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ahmedkhalifa
qual'è la differenza tra ..... ??
qual'è la differenza tra discendere e scendere ??
e ascendere e salire ??
graziee
Nov 8, 2012 12:49 PM
Answers · 5
scendere ad esempio: che io sto scendendo le scale.
salire --> Io sto salendo sull'autobus, sulle scale e con l'ascensore.
Ascendere --> esempio L'angelo è sceso sulla terra.
Discendere --> L'aereo sta discendendo a terra.
November 15, 2012
Comunque, "Qual è la differenza...", senza apostrofo.
November 10, 2012
Salire = ascendere
Scendere = discendere
Salire e scendere are used for all sort of actions indicating getting up/getting on something, or getting off/down (there is very physical element to it)
Salire in montagna:
Scendere dal letto:
Salire le scale
Scendere in cantina
Scendere a fondovalle
Salire sull'autobus
Scendere dall'autobus
Sometimes they can be used to indicate a direction (up or down)
La strada scende
La strada sale
or something more symbolic
scendere in piazza = to protest
Scendere in campo = to get ready for a competition
Salire in cattedra = addopting the attitued of wanting to teach sthg to somebody
Discendere and ascendere are more adapt to describe religious/ spiritual transformations or heritage linkages.
ascendere al paradiso = be elevated to heaven
discendere all'inferno = go to hell
Lei discende da una famiglia nobile = She has noble ancestors - comes from a noble family
But they can also be used for physical actions, especially discendere.
Siamo discesi a valle
Note that the noun Ascensore (lift/ elevator) comes from ascendere
November 9, 2012
discendere = scendere
ascendere = salire
Only in the meaning.
The context of usage is quite different!
/Ascendere/ is used in a religious or mythological contexts,
while /discendere/ is used in religious or mythological contexts,
and also in expressions like:
-- l'aereo e` disceso a mille metri di quota.
In simple contexts salire, and scendere are far better choices!
November 8, 2012
discendere e scendere hanno lo stesso significato (they have the same mean)
ascendere e salire sono gli opposti di scendere e discendere (they are opposite of scendere and discendere)
pratically ascendere and salire mean go up discendere and scendere mean go down I hope to be useful for you XD!
November 8, 2012
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