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Dov'è la mia cintura nera?
Where is my black belt?
Literally: 'Where is the my belt black?'

Dr B. was looking for his Ju-Jitsu black belt this morning (he's training tonight) and could not find it. He tried to ask me where it is in Italian but was missing a couple of words. He then said he found it, again in Italian, and I only had to correct him on a small detail. He's making progress.

Oliver asked me for some useful sentences to impress an Italian he is seeing on Friday night. Well Ollie, I suggest that you wear a black belt, so you can use today's phrases on on Saturday morning ;-)

Non importa, l'ho trovata.
It does not matter, I have found it.
Literally: 'Not (it) matters, it (I) have found.

If you want to find out more

When two vowels (a, e, i o and u) meet, one of them is removed and replaced by an apostrophe. So instead of 'Dove è' (Where is) you say 'Dov'è'. Instead of 'La ho trovata' ('I have found it') you say 'L'ho trovata'.

Words like 'my', 'your', 'his' etc are almost always preceded by the article (the equivalent to 'the'). My belt = La mia cintura.

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