TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.
Oct 23rd 2013, 6:29 pm
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DD had an Italian test at school and only got level 5 this time. She made some grammatical errors in her tema, but was absolutely horrified at the wrong word choice she made.
She wrote: "Ci sono tanti preservativi nel cibo fast food", wanting to say " there are a lot of preservatives in fast food".
She had forgotten the false pair preservative=conservanti, much to the amusement of her Italian teacher.
She wrote: "Ci sono tanti preservativi nel cibo fast food", wanting to say " there are a lot of preservatives in fast food".
She had forgotten the false pair preservative=conservanti, much to the amusement of her Italian teacher.
Bless her. It's how we all learn. At least the teacher was amused.At my house this week, and after years of being told that Alex has a memory like a sieve, he got his first ever 10/10 in Italian class .............. for memorising and knowing the Italian National Anthem of all things. I can't really take any credit for this because after testing him 7 times I got bored and told him to go and find somebody on You Tube singing it and learn it that way. Bloody hell - it worked. He'll have forgotten all the words by tomorrow of course, but I'm wondering if I should try and conjugate verbs to music. He learns songs and tunes and adverts in a minute.
Yesterday I put my signature under the teacher's 10/10 and instead of just scribbling my signature like I usually do, I wrote "firmo con gioia." The teacher was amused and showed it to another. Poor Alex is screwed now. They'll expect higher marks from him now.
Chloe got jelly, gelatina, jam and marmellata all wrong last week. Not quite as bad as preservativi though. Good job they weren't talking about figs !
Oct 23rd 2013, 7:33 pm
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That's the kind of thing I used to say. Bless her. It's how we all learn. At least the teacher was amused.
At my house this week, and after years of being told that Alex has a memory like a sieve, he got his first ever 10/10 in Italian class .............. for memorising and knowing the Italian National Anthem of all things. I can't really take any credit for this because after testing him 7 times I got bored and told him to go and find somebody on You Tube singing it and learn it that way. Bloody hell - it worked. He'll have forgotten all the words by tomorrow of course, but I'm wondering if I should try and conjugate verbs to music. He learns songs and tunes and adverts in a minute.
Yesterday I put my signature under the teacher's 10/10 and instead of just scribbling my signature like I usually do, I wrote "firmo con gioia." The teacher was amused and showed it to another. Poor Alex is screwed now. They'll expect higher marks from him now.
Chloe got jelly, gelatina, jam and marmellata all wrong last week. Not quite as bad as preservativi though. Good job they weren't talking about figs !
Bless her. It's how we all learn. At least the teacher was amused.At my house this week, and after years of being told that Alex has a memory like a sieve, he got his first ever 10/10 in Italian class .............. for memorising and knowing the Italian National Anthem of all things. I can't really take any credit for this because after testing him 7 times I got bored and told him to go and find somebody on You Tube singing it and learn it that way. Bloody hell - it worked. He'll have forgotten all the words by tomorrow of course, but I'm wondering if I should try and conjugate verbs to music. He learns songs and tunes and adverts in a minute.
Yesterday I put my signature under the teacher's 10/10 and instead of just scribbling my signature like I usually do, I wrote "firmo con gioia." The teacher was amused and showed it to another. Poor Alex is screwed now. They'll expect higher marks from him now.
Chloe got jelly, gelatina, jam and marmellata all wrong last week. Not quite as bad as preservativi though. Good job they weren't talking about figs !
Oct 28th 2013, 2:39 pm
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hi helpful people, I have just seen this in an email: "rompere le scatole"
From the context I am asuming this is an idiom for to pester or to bother - am I right?
From the context I am asuming this is an idiom for to pester or to bother - am I right?
Oct 28th 2013, 2:58 pm
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Hi me and my fiancee recently moved to Milan. I tried to find this info elsewhere on the forum but... would anyone know of any cheap, private Italian language tutors out here? Or at least how to find them? Many thanks!
Jan 27th 2014, 1:16 pm
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. Rompere means break.It's a colloquial form and must be used only with people you are close friend with.
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Hi guys I have just been asked to explain what Capstone means in Italian for the bloke in the very plush office upstairs.
My first attempt is:
Anybody got any better suggestions or ideas for improvement?
All help gratefully recieved.
My first attempt is:
Storicamente la parola “Capstone” significa l'ultima pietra posta sul tetto di un edificio per completarne la costruzione. In Italiano “Capstone” si può tradurre letteralmente come un pietra posta a conclusione dei lavori.
Ma oggigiorno, la parola “Capstone” viene utilizzata come una metafora e significa, inoltre, un fiore all'occhiello, il raggiungimento di un obiettivo o il compimento di un importante corso di formazione
.Ma oggigiorno, la parola “Capstone” viene utilizzata come una metafora e significa, inoltre, un fiore all'occhiello, il raggiungimento di un obiettivo o il compimento di un importante corso di formazione
Anybody got any better suggestions or ideas for improvement?
All help gratefully recieved.
Feb 3rd 2014, 9:18 am
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Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.
Hi guys I have just been asked to explain what Capstone means in Italian for the bloke in the very plush office upstairs.
My first attempt is:
Anybody got any better suggestions or ideas for improvement?
All help gratefully recieved.
My first attempt is:
Storicamente la parola “Capstone” significa l'ultima pietra posta sul tetto di un edificio per completarne la costruzione. In Italiano “Capstone” si può tradurre letteralmente come un pietra posta a conclusione dei lavori.
Ma oggigiorno, la parola “Capstone” viene utilizzata come una metafora e significa, inoltre, un fiore all'occhiello, il raggiungimento di un obiettivo o il compimento di un importante corso di formazione
.Ma oggigiorno, la parola “Capstone” viene utilizzata come una metafora e significa, inoltre, un fiore all'occhiello, il raggiungimento di un obiettivo o il compimento di un importante corso di formazione
Anybody got any better suggestions or ideas for improvement?
All help gratefully recieved.