A1🔤 Letters M & N
Italian word
nonna
grandmother
Looks like
nun / nona
a religious sister; a musical value (nona = ninth)
⚠️ The trap
Not a false friend with English 'nun' — the Italian for nun is 'suora'. But English speakers sometimes confuse 'nonna' with the musical term 'nona' (ninth).
To say "a religious sister; a musical value (nona = ninth)" in Italian:
suora (for nun)
"nonna" in English means:
grandmother
Example
"La mia nonna fa la pasta a mano."
"My grandmother makes pasta by hand."
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