diff --git a/src/german/LangGer.gf b/src/german/LangGer.gf
index 147e4cd85..811ae3b75 100644
--- a/src/german/LangGer.gf
+++ b/src/german/LangGer.gf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ concrete LangGer of Lang =
   LexiconGer
   ,ConstructionGer
   ,DocumentationGer --# notpresent
+  ,MarkupGer - [stringMark]
   ** {
 
 flags startcat = Phr ; unlexer = text ; lexer = text ;
diff --git a/src/italian/LangIta.gf b/src/italian/LangIta.gf
index f9bf89708..821d4a3d5 100644
--- a/src/italian/LangIta.gf
+++ b/src/italian/LangIta.gf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ concrete LangIta of Lang =
   LexiconIta
   ,DocumentationIta --# notpresent
   ,ConstructionIta
+  ,MarkupIta - [stringMark]
   ** {
 
 flags startcat = Phr ; unlexer = text ; lexer = text ;
diff --git a/src/romance/ExtendRomanceFunctor.gf b/src/romance/ExtendRomanceFunctor.gf
index 348e2bee3..4e084d214 100644
--- a/src/romance/ExtendRomanceFunctor.gf
+++ b/src/romance/ExtendRomanceFunctor.gf
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ incomplete concrete ExtendRomanceFunctor of Extend =
     ComplGenVV = variants {} ;     -- VV -> Ant -> Pol -> VP -> VP ; -- want not to have slept
     ComplSlashPartLast = ComplSlash ;
 
-    CompoundN = variants {} ;     -- N -> N -> N ; -- control system / controls system / control-system
+    CompoundN a b = lin N {s = \\n => b.s ! n ++ a.s ! Sg ; g = b.g} ; -- connessione internet = internet connection
     CompoundAP = variants {} ;     -- N -> A -> AP ; -- language independent / language-independent
 
   lin