TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.
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[I tried all sorts of cd's etc before i 1st visited italy only to find out the area we went to spoke its own dialect and hardly anyone understaood me!
Tha shook my confidence a bit!
Next time I tried starting a conversation was with 2 kids on a ski lift, I asked them what I thought was
"what is your names?"
I got the answer
"I don't understand I am from Naples"!!!!!!
YOU CANNOT WIN!
My real howler however was when I mixed up dog and meat ! Oh well they laughed!
Tha shook my confidence a bit!
Next time I tried starting a conversation was with 2 kids on a ski lift, I asked them what I thought was
"what is your names?"
I got the answer
"I don't understand I am from Naples"!!!!!!
YOU CANNOT WIN!
My real howler however was when I mixed up dog and meat ! Oh well they laughed!
Dont give in,beleive me or not suddenly it will all pop into place,
Mvh Chris
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After that and several more beers I stuck to drunkenese, an international language!
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The best one i heard up there in Norway was when a Brit tried to impres his new girlfreind and instead of asking her to dance asap,he asked her if she fancied a bit on the dance floor,needles to say she just laughed because she new he was trying his hardest to learn the lingo
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I would say ........ "si eccita facilmente /subito"
I don't think you need the extra 'lo'.
Last edited by Lorna at Vicenza; May 12th 2009 at 11:48 am. Reason: missing word
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Yes i know Lorna,they really upset some of there work collegues when they said this,it was sometimes hard for me to understand but i suppose when one is a catholic then "pig god" would be hurtfull,
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The funniest thing my wife said when we came to Italy.
She went shopping and was looking for Pillows for the spare bed and asked "questi sono peli di uccello" well the woman in the shop could not stop laughing. 3 and bit years on and i still laugh
She went shopping and was looking for Pillows for the spare bed and asked "questi sono peli di uccello" well the woman in the shop could not stop laughing. 3 and bit years on and i still laugh
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