What is a blessing for a new home in English and Italian?

Answer 1

Con la forza dello Spirito santo benedici questa casa chi entra e chi esce is one Italian blessing for a new home. An equivalent in English may be 'Through the power of the Holy Spirit, bless [those] who enter and [those] who leave this house'. The phrase is pronounced 'kohn lah FOHR-tsah dehl-loh SPEE-ree-toh SAHN-toh beh-neh-DEE-chee KWEH-stah KAH-sah kee EHN-trah ay* kee EH-shay'.*

In the word by word translation, the preposition 'con'means 'with'. The feminine definite article 'la' means 'the'. The feminine gender noun 'forza' means 'force, power'. The preposition 'di' and the masculine definite article 'il' combine to form 'dello', which means 'of the'. The masculine gender noun 'Spirito' means 'ghost, spirit'. The masculine adjective 'santo' means 'holy'. The verb 'benedici' means '[you] bless'. The feminine demonstrative 'questa' means 'this'. The feminine gender noun 'casa' means 'house'. The interrogative/relative pronoun 'chi' means 'who'. The verb 'entra' means '[he/she/it] does enter, enters, is entering'. The conjunction 'e' means 'and'. The verb 'esce' means '[he/she/it] does leave, is leaving, leaves'.

*The sound 'ay' is similar to the sound 'ay' in the English noun 'ray'.