Il grave attentato a Mosca

The serious attack in Moscow

venerdì sera alle 20, c’è stato un grave attentato a Mosca, in Russia.

Un gruppo di uomini ha ucciso molte persone dentro il teatro Crocus City Hall.

Secondo i giornali russi, i morti sono circa 137, e ci sono anche molti feriti.

I responsabili di questo attentato sono stati degli uomini dell’Isis-K.

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Keywords

attentato  ( noun )
Definition: an intentional act of violence, often aimed at causing harm or death.
Example: L’attentato terroristico ha causato molte vittime.

uccidere  ( verb )
Definition: to cause the death of someone.
Example: Il criminale ha ucciso una persona innocente.

morto  ( adjective )
Definition: no longer alive.
Example: Le vittime dell’attentato sono state dichiarate morte sul posto.

ferito  ( adjective)
Definition: someone who suffered a physical injury or damage.
Example: I soccorritori hanno portato i feriti all’ospedale.

responsabile ( noun )
Definition: a person or group who has committed an action or a crime.
Example: La polizia sta cercando di identificare i responsabili dell’attentato.

Grammar

Passato prossimo
Present perfect

The present perfect is a compound tense formed with the present indicative of “avere” or “essere” (auxiliary verbs) + the past participle of the verb.
Whether it requires “essere” or “avere” depends on the verb. Usually, if the verb is transitive, it requires “avere”, if intransitive or reflexive, it requires “essere”.

HO + SCRITTO = I wrote/have written
SONO + ANDATO/A = I went/have gone

Translation

Friday evening at 8:00 p.m., there was a serious attack in Moscow, Russia.

A group of men killed many people inside the Crocus City Hall theater.

According to Russian newspapers, the death toll is around 137, with many others injured.

The perpetrators of this attack were members of ISIS-K.

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