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Forum: Italy
Sep 23rd 2021, 7:14 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I suppose you could say che mancha quel qualcosa a trattare con la gente, mancha charisma o gentilezza, o manca di simpatia !
Bo !
Forum: Italy
Sep 30th 2018, 10:36 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

You obviously don't follow Italian politics................
Forum: Italy
Jul 8th 2018, 10:38 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Interesting how meanings have changed, Alibi in an old Encyclopedia (1950s) referred to not having been able to have committed a crime. Democracy was another classic, it referred to the election of...
Forum: Italy
May 30th 2018, 10:56 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Smile Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Arabic doesn't come out very well on here (وَٱللّٰه ), Nuff sed.from wanna de wurst persins in de world fer langage compertens, ie. a Brit!
Forum: Italy
May 28th 2018, 11:22 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Walahi, veramente, truly, wirklich, vraiment, realmente e sono un miserabile ignorante inglese, purtroppo non parlo Gaelic o Celtic, bastardo ignorante che sono, pero queste 6 lingue mi
servono...
Forum: Italy
May 28th 2018, 11:06 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

What is a Cleb or Kleb? Berlusconi started this a few years ago referring to his. Adopted now by RAI and MS. If they mean Club, Can someone explain the
pronunciation?
Renzi and his "Alibi",...
Forum: Italy
Jun 21st 2016, 8:17 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I lived and worked in Naples for 6 months, the first weeks were hilarious but you do get into it and there weren't too many misunderstandings by the end of my stay. Great place for tourists off the...
Forum: Italy
Jun 18th 2016, 6:45 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Neapolitan and Sicilian are not too bad with the odd word that catches me out, some of the very local Sicilian dialects are difficult, but the worst I have found in 30yrs in Italy were tight Ligurian...
Forum: Italy
Jul 17th 2015, 3:52 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Noodles in Italy means Chinese or Asian spaghetti, according to my Italian wife, son etc and some friends (It) I just spoke to. Called my 86 yr old mother in law she does not know...... so I guess...
Forum: Italy
Jul 17th 2015, 7:50 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Aren't those glass noodles? the normal noodles (cream coloured) are often called "nidi di" pasta or spaghetti, spaghettini. That is about as close as it gets in Italy. Noodles is also widely used as...
Forum: Italy
Jun 7th 2015, 6:52 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

"Telephone people" Orange has sold our details to who knows who! We answer the house phone when it displays an unknown number with "Hello who is this" followed by "I don't understand" even if they...
Forum: Italy
Jun 6th 2015, 11:31 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

When I was in the Middle East I used to say NO several times and thank you all in Arabic and it was OK, but a woman friend always had problems with them, then she would swear at them in Arabic, they...
Forum: Italy
May 19th 2015, 7:07 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I learnt Latin at school for several years and when I first came to Italy without speaking Italian, I used to knock around with my wifes cousin who had also learnt Latin. So we spoke Latin, the...
Forum: Italy
May 18th 2015, 10:40 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

ALIBI.............Another Renziism?
Alibi.............. from Latin meaning Altrove or Somewhere Else. He and since him (Dopo Renzi) have been using this inplace of Excuse. This has now become a...
Forum: Italy
Dec 13th 2014, 9:30 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Lorna, I note that you have a lot of posts so may I presume that you have been in Italy a long time? I guess that this is the prima media so he has run into a group of locals. .... I think it is...
Forum: Italy
Dec 10th 2014, 9:12 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

This is one of those cases where more words are necessary, for 'apologetic' that is.
As for the rest, how old is your son and how long has he been in the school?
Forum: Italy
Dec 9th 2014, 5:03 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I would go with this one.
Forum: Italy
Dec 8th 2014, 11:54 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Maybe she was referring to her Saxon partner's.:lol:
Forum: Italy
Dec 8th 2014, 11:44 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I remember the pronunciation too, When I first came to Italy, courting my wife I spoke no Italian, in fact we spoke German. I remember that my wife's cousin spoke latin so while she was at work we...
Forum: Italy
Dec 8th 2014, 7:13 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I only know about nominative, vocative, dative, accusative, genitive etc because I learnt Latin as a 3rd language in school. If you didn't learn Latin in school the most you would know about would...
Forum: Italy
Dec 7th 2014, 7:04 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Once we've asked for "Cane" in the butcher's shop and spoken about the illumination entering the "Galera" we start to realize that slightly better pronunciation is required even in foreign languages.
Forum: Italy
Dec 7th 2014, 6:57 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

It looks like I'm not the only dummy around.
Do we need the apostrophe? | OxfordWords blog (http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/05/do-we-need-the-apostrophe/)
Maybe a squigly bit we could lose?...
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 1:51 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

A nice 1 for Italians/non English speakers.
1,1 was a racehorse, 2,2 was 1,2.
1,1 1 1 race and 2,2 1 1 2.
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 8:15 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

You are correct, I have been doing this mistakenly for years...
Sorry.

1. (Grammar) it is or it has

Usage: One of the commonest mistakes made in written English is the confusion of its and...
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 6:55 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,054
Posted By Maybe1day

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

And - Scopata, as oft muted in TV with it's double meaning?
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