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- "I am an insect."
"I am an insect."
Translation:Sono un insetto.
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did you dream you were una farfalla?
or are you now una farfalla, dreaming of being un uomo?
"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt." German "Ungeziefer" is vague, referring to any sort of vile vermin...In an Italian translation, we read: "Un mattino, al risveglio da sogni inquieti, Gregor Samsa si trovò trasformato in un enorme insetto." German "Ungeziefer" is rather vague, referring to vermin in general, though what follows in the story suggests that poor Gregor has indeed turned into a huge bug.
Why yes, yes I am an insect. I guess im an insect, cook, butterfly, and monkey (so far) All deez changes in me, i cant take it! XD. :)
Spiders are ARACHNIDS! Spider-Man gets bugged by it all the time! Heh, bugged.
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Duo says that butterflies are insects and even he is one of them, being an owl. This latter part is a bit hazy, but we may work it out eventually ;)
❤❤❤❤❤❤. Im a fish when do I get my moment of acknowledgement from DL?!
Is Duo telling us about himself or does the insect introduces him/herself to us?
Does anyone know why I can't use the subject "Io"? I wrote it before 'sono' and I got it wrong. So far, I've learned that "Io" goes with "sono".
昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶...Zhuangzi, who lived some 2400 years ago in China, says that he once dreamt of being a butterfly. He then asks whether he might really be butterfly dreaming that he is a man...Nowadays one throws Molotov cocktails at the police (though not in China!) and "dreams" that one is a "mostly peaceful protester." It's called "narrative"...
During Zhanguo Shidai one might certainly live a better life as a butterfly than as a humanoid insect cannon-fodder. That era could not be correctly characterised as one of the finest periods of human existence. By a very long shot.
