Quando Quando Quando

• By: Tony Renis

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Dimmi quando tu verrai

Tell me, when will you come

Dimmi quando, quando, quando

Tell me, when, when, when

L'anno, il giorno e l'ora in cui

The year, the day, and the hour when

Forse tu mi bacerai

Maybe you'll kiss me

Ogni istante attenderò

I’ll wait for every moment

Fino a quando, quando, quando

Until when, when, when

D'improvviso ti vedrò

Suddenly, I’ll see you

Sorridente accanto a me

Smiling next to me

Se vuoi dirmi di sì

If you want to say yes

Devi dirlo perché

You have to tell me because

Non ha senso per me

It doesn’t make sense to me

La mia vita senza te

My life without you

Dimmi quando tu verrai

Tell me, when will you come

Dimmi quando, quando, quando

Tell me, when, when, when

E baciandomi dirai

And as you kiss me, you’ll say

"Non ci lasceremo mai"

"We’ll never leave each other"

Se vuoi dirmi di sì

If you want to say yes

Devi dirlo perché

You have to tell me because

Non ha senso per me

It doesn’t make sense to me

La mia vita senza te

My life without you

Dimmi quando tu verrai

Tell me, when will you come

Dimmi quando, quando, quando

Tell me, when, when, when

E baciandomi dirai

And as you kiss me, you’ll say

"Non ci lasceremo mai"

"We’ll never leave each other"

"Non ci lasceremo mai"

"We’ll never leave each other"

"Non ci lasceremo mai"

"We’ll never leave each other"

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
quando /ˈkwando/ A1	adverb - when
verrai /verˈrai/ A2	verb - you will come
bacerai /baˈtʃerai/ B1	verb - you will kiss
attenderò /atˈtendeˈro/ B1	verb - I will wait
sorridente /sorriˈdente/ B2	adjective - smiling
vita /ˈvita/ A2	noun - life
senso /ˈsenso/ B2	noun - sense
lasceremo /laʃʧeˈremo/ B2	verb - we will leave

Grammar:

• Dimmi quando tu verrai

  ➔ Use of the direct object pronoun 'dimmi' (say to me) combined with the interrogative adverb 'quando' (when).

  ➔ 'Dimmi' is a contraction of 'di + mi', meaning 'tell me'.

• L'anno, il giorno e l'ora in cui

  ➔ Use of the definite articles 'L'' with nouns to specify 'the year', 'the day', and 'the hour', emphasizing specific time references.

  ➔ The contraction 'L'' is used before vowels to combine with the definite article 'the' in Italian.

• Forse tu mi bacerai

  ➔ Use of the modal verb 'bacerai' (will kiss) in the future tense, indicating possibility or intention.

  ➔ The suffix '-ai' indicates the simple future tense in Italian for first-person verbs.

• Non ha senso per me

  ➔ Use of the phrase 'non ha senso' (does not make sense) in the present tense, expressing negation of logical or emotional coherence.

  ➔ The phrase 'ha senso' means 'makes sense'; negating it 'non ha senso' indicates lack of logic or meaning.

• Se vuoi dirmi di sì

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood 'vuoi' (you want) with 'dirmi' (to tell me), expressing a conditional or hypothetical situation.

  ➔ 'Vuoi' is the present indicative form of 'volere' (to want), used here in a conditional phrase.

• La mia vita senza te

  ➔ Use of the noun phrase 'la mia vita' (my life) with the preposition 'senza' (without), expressing dependency or necessity.

  ➔ 'Senza' means 'without' in Italian, indicating absence or lack of something.