soon

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/suːn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).

Frasi

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Le ore piacevoli volano troppo presto.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Mann ha presto trovato lavoro come apprendista ingegneristico.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Morì poco dopo le sue dimissioni dalla cattedra di Bussey.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

I poeti del fuoco furono presto considerati vecchio stile.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

I coloni iniziarono presto ad arrivare, costruendo fattorie, fienili, aziende e ranch.