How to Say ‘This road seems longer to me.’ in Italian
Questa strada mi sembra più lunga.
KWEH-stah STRAH-dah mee SEM-brah pyoo LOON-gah
[KWEH-stah STRAH-dah mee SEM-brah pyoo LOON-gah]
Phrase Breakdown
Questa strada
KWEH-stah STRAH-dah
This road / this street
Used to point out the road being discussed.
Questa strada è molto stretta.
This road is very narrow.
Words in this phrase
Questa
[KWEH-stah]
this
Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this,' agreeing with a feminine noun.
Questa strada non è quella che faccio di solito.
This road is not the one I usually take.
strada
[STRAH-dah]
road / street
A feminine noun meaning 'road' or 'street.'
La strada scelta oggi mi sorprende: strada diversa dal solito.
The road chosen today surprises me: a different road from usual.
Mi sembra
mee SEM-brah
Seems to me / seems
A common expression to say something appears a certain way.
Mi sembra una buona idea.
It seems to me like a good idea.
Words in this phrase
mi
[mee]
to me
Pronoun meaning 'to me' in the phrase 'mi sembra' = 'it seems to me.'
Mi pare strano, e mi fa pensare che sia un giro più lungo.
It seems strange to me, and it makes me think it is a longer way around.
sembra
[SEM-brah]
seems
Third-person singular of 'sembrare,' meaning 'seems' or 'appears.'
Mi sembra che il tassista voglia evitare il centro.
It seems to me that the taxi driver wants to avoid the center.
Più lunga
pyoo LOON-gah
Longer
Comparative form used here to compare length.
Questa via è più lunga dell'altra.
This street is longer than the other one.
Words in this phrase
più
[pyoo]
more
Used to make a comparison, as in 'more' or 'longer' with an adjective.
Più distanza spesso vuol dire più costo.
More distance often means more cost.
lunga
[LOON-gah]
long
Feminine singular adjective meaning 'long'; with 'più' it becomes 'longer.'
La corsa sembra lunga, lunga abbastanza da farmi dubitare del percorso.
The ride seems long, long enough to make me doubt the route.
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