Il maltempo colpisce l’Italia

Bad weather hits Italy

Negli ultimi due giorni, il maltempo ha colpito l’Italia, soprattutto le regioni del Nord.

ci sono state forti piogge e anche molta neve, che hanno causato molti problemi.

A Roma, Oltre alla pioggia, c’è stata anche la grandine, che ha colorato di bianco tutte le strade.

secondo le previsioni, il maltempo continuerà fino al weekend.

Keywords

il maltempo: bad weather

colpire: to hit

causare: to cause

la grandine: hail

colorare: to color

Grammar

Pronome relativo CHE
Relative pronoun CHE

“la grandine, che ha colorato…”
(hail, which whitened…)

In Italian, “che” is a versatile relative pronoun that connects a dependent clause (the relative clause) to a main clause. It can refer to people, things, or concepts. In this articles, the two occurrences of che refer to piogge e neve (rain and snow) and la grandine (hail).

“Che” is unchangeable, regardless of gender or number. In English it’s commonly translated as “that” or “who/whom” depending on whether it refers to things or people.
Let’s see some examples:
– La persona che ha vinto il premio è molto felice. (The person who won the prize is very happy.)
– Ho comprato un libro che mi interessa molto. (I bought a book that interests me a lot.)
– La città che ho visitato era molto bella. (The city that I visited was very beautiful.)

Translation

In the last two days, bad weather has hit Italy, especially the northern regions.

There have been strong, very intense rains and also a lot of snow, causing many problems.

In Rome, in addition to the rain, there was also hail, which whitened all the streets.

According to the forecast, the bad weather will continue until the weekend.