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Forum: Italy

Oct 21st 2009, 7:44 am

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Read Me: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

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Posted By silvietta

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I think the translation could be "At least"...we may use "semmai" when there is a uncertain situation: ex. "At what time tonight?" "No lo so ancora, semmai ci sentiamo piu' tardi (così ci...

Forum: Italy

Oct 13th 2009, 12:53 pm

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Read Me: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

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Posted By silvietta

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

That's true...I met a truck driver who got his grandfather born in Italy when the Italian border was extended in Slovenian land. After the war, Italian border was reduced and he got his father born...

Forum: Italy

Oct 12th 2009, 2:25 pm

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Read Me: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

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Posted By silvietta

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I'm sorry for this, I'm working on it...:o
For Trentino ok, but down there they use two languages, not a dialect. Also in Val d'Aosta they use both French and Italian, and close to the borders (see...

Forum: Italy

Oct 12th 2009, 2:00 pm

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Read Me: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

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Posted By silvietta

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

First of all I'd like to apologize in advance for my English...:o
Dialects are really common here in Italy for 2 main reasons:
the first, a dialect is mostly verbal (rarely written),and...

Forum: Italy

Oct 12th 2009, 1:17 pm

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Read Me: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

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Posted By silvietta

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Maybe I can help you undestand... Sardo is not a dialect, it is a language with a well-structured grammar and sintax. It is not uncommon at all to find old women that can only speak Sardo, not a word...

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