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Forum: Italy
Jan 14th 2016, 8:02 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

"fare" in Italian in used for so many things

"fare una doccia"
"fare i compiti"
"fare il bravo"
"fare la spesa"

etc etc etc
Forum: Italy
May 22nd 2015, 8:14 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

It is true that grammar analysis is difficult, and takes a lot of exercise. But it is necessary to understand deeply the structure of the language (and especially the branch called "analisi logica")...
Forum: Italy
May 21st 2015, 7:06 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Well....my daughter spent a long part of this school year in doing boring spelling exercises, at school an at home. Kids would enjoy more to spend their time in doing something less boring, once...
Forum: Italy
May 20th 2015, 1:44 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Dear all, I find this conversation quite interesting as it confirms to me the urgency of a deep reform in English about the translitterisation (or spelling) of vowels. Until some clear rules about...
Forum: Italy
May 18th 2015, 5:56 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Of course no one knows how the Romans pronounced ALIBI but it is a latin word that exists in English and also in Italian - and in Italian it has not transported from English - and the Italian...
Forum: Italy
May 18th 2015, 1:51 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Sorry...I wanted to say: Bonolis is perfect in his role as he represents the average ignorant person in which people that watch such TV shows identify completely and feel at ease with their...
Forum: Italy
May 18th 2015, 1:43 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Bonolis is perfect in his role as he represents
Forum: Italy
May 13th 2015, 10:40 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

If I have understood well, I confirm:

Ringraziamenti = Acknowledgements is indeed correct, e.g., in books, scientific papers, and so on.
Forum: Italy
Mar 24th 2015, 10:16 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Yes, sorry. I knew but I made the mistake anyhow. Thanks for remembering me.

PS about false friends: my daughter now, after 6 months of international school in English, is doing some funny...
Forum: Italy
Mar 24th 2015, 9:55 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

sorry - I forgot the link.
It says the same things you say.

about mother-tongue people: there are many who cannot use the past tenses properly - and the conjunctive forms too. To be...
Forum: Italy
Mar 24th 2015, 9:05 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Mark is right.
the Passato remoto is quite unknown in the North, and it is wrong. It is abused in the South, and it is wrong too.
The correct use is not use it when the action is fine in time: it...
Forum: Italy
Jan 7th 2015, 9:59 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Maybe the reader should understand from the context. It is difficult that "studies" (pl) are based on ONE series, unless you are previously talking about ONE specific series.
Forum: Italy
Jan 7th 2015, 9:41 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Yes, series is used as singular and plural, like "sheep". One sheep, two sheep.

you may find many exemples on the web

grammar - Is "series" Plural or Singular? - English Language Learners Stack...
Forum: Italy
Jan 7th 2015, 9:28 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

If you are talking about an academic, you might use "media scientist". E.g. Umberto Eco is cited as "media scientist". (by google search)

in particular, social media science is a new discipline in...
Forum: Italy
Dec 7th 2014, 8:39 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Because "its" is a pronoun and not a saxon genitive. Grammar again.
I understand that you British might think that "it's" is the possessive (saxon genitive) of it, so that it can be used instead of...
Forum: Italy
Dec 5th 2014, 8:03 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I guess the real reason for complaining about accents is that you cannot handle those little signs that sometimes are useful for not making mistakes.... :-)
am I wrong?

(it's - its -...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 6:32 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

BTW, I have to let you know that "le ginocchia" is formally feminine while "il ginocchio" is masculine", yes, but it is because it comes from a latin noun that belong to the 4th "declension", and not...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 6:20 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

:goodpost:
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 5:05 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Oh I see.....I might suggest then that you adopt the phonetic alphabet instead of the latin alphabet, admitting that the latin alphabet is not suitable for English.
This will render the...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 11:12 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I know, and - as I said other times, I appreciate a lot that I am welcome in this community. I think we are all joking about language and I am not offended, I just take part of the joke.

By the...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 10:28 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Fine for me. Just don't demand that we can write it and pronounce vowels correctly! :-) Anytime we see a vowel in English, it is a guess!

BTW, after just 3 months of school in English, my...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 10:11 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

Yes but you should decide once forever how do you want to pronounce vowels!
it is simple: there are 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U.

Assign one and only one sound to each of them and solve the problem!...
Forum: Italy
Dec 1st 2014, 9:21 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

I understand you all, but please consider that most of the times we Italians find an italian word or name used abroad, it is misspelled or mis-pronounced, if different from "pizza" or "gelato". :-)
...
Forum: Italy
Nov 12th 2014, 2:14 pm
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

It's not my kind of shop, as I have always been able to manage without it :-), but just in case, what's the correct name?
Forum: Italy
Nov 12th 2014, 10:05 am
Replies: 1,507
Views: 268,132
Posted By primularossa

Re: TALK THE TALK. ITALIAN LANGUAGE QUESTIONS.

about finishing schools: I agree that I would say "collegio inglese" or "collegio svizzero" (if in Switzerland). I always joke threatening my daughter to send her in a "collegio svizzero" when she...
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