tutti e
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “all and”.
Pronoun
[edit]tutti e m pl (feminine tutte e)
- (followed by a cardinal number) all (of them)
- tutti e tre ― all three of them
- 2000, George Orwell, translated by Stefano Manferlotti, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori, page 105:
- Ansimavano tutti e due, ma il sorriso era tornato agli angoli della bocca della ragazza.
- They were both breathing fast, but the smile had reappeared round the corners of her mouth.
- (literally, “Both of them were panting, but the smile had returned to the corners of the girl's mouth.”)
Determiner
[edit]tutti e m pl (feminine tutte e)
- (followed by a cardinal number) all of
- non occorreva che lei considerasse tutte e tre le possibilità
- she did not need to consider all three possibilities