I notice the “son” quite often in sentences. Does this happen only with “essere”? It certainly sounds more “elegant” 
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Can anyone explain what purpose this serves grammatically? It is unfamiliar to me.
Perbacco, this is an old one you’ve found! Un madrelingua dice: “Son è l’abbreviazione di “sono”. Quindi si puó usare tranquillamente con altri verbi, è peró una forma un po’ colloquiale. P.e., “oggi mi son divertito” “son arrivato, eccomi qui!” “Mi son fatto male” etc”.
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Recently, Civis made this note in the book club:
“Tuscan and northern speakers often shorten sono by apocope when the following word begins with a consonant:
son venuto
son sceso
son pronto
son qui …”
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And a “famous” example that many people might be familiar with…
Una mattina mi son svegliato
Here is a version of it.
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Fantastic! Thank you…
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English Original Sentence
I’m attentive.
Does the Italian Sono pronto mean “I’m an attentive person” or “I’m paying attention”?
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Hi. I think this means - I always wondered if you would come back.
Buona giornata… 
My posting regarding “Sono pronto” was apparently misdirected to some other, randomly chosen sentence.
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Ah, I thought so, but I always like to say hi when I see you here. Hope it gets sorted.
Stammi bene… Floria7
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It just mean “I am ready”.
“I am an attentive person” → “Sono attento”
I’m paying attention" → “sto attento”
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Then perhaps I should unlink “I’m attentive” from “Sono pronto” on Tatoeba?
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Sono pronto - or son pronto… I’m ready.
You’re right…unthink it;-)
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Yes, if it is listed as a translation, it should be removed.
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