Pizza con salsiccia
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http://duolingo.com
Don't use it myself though. I hate grammar anyway, no matter the language, so I never learn the rules.
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Italia GAF |OT| La terra dei cachi
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http://duolingo.com
Don't use it myself though. I hate grammar anyway, no matter the language, so I never learn the rules.
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interactivemonodrama
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Da quando posso mangiare un fantasma?
If you're going to pass through Leghorn on the way to Pisa don't forget to visit their main attraction, just outside the city:
lol no but I had to read the book back then.
Hehe thank you, I just find grammatical genders a bit difficult. I mean how do you know what's masculine or feminine? For example, la birra and il vino.
Thank you to you as well, that looks fairly comprehensive.
"la" is feminine "il" is masculine. It's a simple way to know the words gender if you read or listen them.
Generally those ending in "a" are feminine and "o" masculine, but these are only the major cases, I suggest to read some grammar text to clarify it.
Italian ain't easy we have lots of rules and special cases.
But I think it's pretty easy to pronounce after you've learned some rules.
That's the thing, you'd think beer is masculine and wine feminine. Anyways, I've been taught the correct pronunciation by an Italian friend, I just have to learn all the different rules. It's a nice change of pace after having learned Japanese.
well, If you handle japanes I don't think italian will be a pain to learn.
Pizza con salsiccia
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Italian is very easy to pickup if you've studied french, spanish or portuguese.
Deadly Cyclone
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I've studied some Spanish and want to get into Italian, I just need to find the time. Duolingo is what I was using, they have a Chrome app.
Pizza con salsiccia
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I forgot almost all my spanish because of italian 
I forgot almost all my spanish because of italian
They are closer than Italian and French.
I can understand most written spanish without having ever studied it.
There are some italian dialects/languages that have more differences lol
Pizza con salsiccia
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I know, there are lots of differences with Romagnol for instance, a dialect that is strangely close to French and Gascon.
I could read italian before I started "learning" it (never took lessons). I can still understand spanish, read it, write it, but for the life of me, I cannot speak it anymore: I keep using italian verbs.
This could have been a problem when I had my last spanish exam in January.
Anyway, as soon as I get out of the office, I'm going for PIZZA again. Love living here, pizza is so cheap (and better than in France).
I could read italian before I started "learning" it (never took lessons). I can still understand spanish, read it, write it, but for the life of me, I cannot speak it anymore: I keep using italian verbs.
This could have been a problem when I had my last spanish exam in January.
Anyway, as soon as I get out of the office, I'm going for PIZZA again. Love living here, pizza is so cheap (and better than in France).
oh well, never saw this thread before.
btw Venice is overrated, it's actually an awful place to live in but a nice place if you stay there for no more than one week.
should add "viva la figa" in the thread title, mandolino isn't a thing anymore.
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not really.
btw Venice is overrated, it's actually an awful place to live in but a nice place if you stay there for no more than one week.
should add "viva la figa" in the thread title, mandolino isn't a thing anymore.
yep. come see us in Tuscany, great place.
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not really.
Sickboy007
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Sickboy007
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He really is a source of endless joy.
Sickboy007
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I think they should amend the Severino law so that people who bleached their goatees will never be admitted to parliament.
Vermillion
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Heyyy, you guys are awake. So I'm writing a paper for an italian class...
How would I say "until"? As in "Loro erano antipatico a me [...] l'ultimo anno."
How would I say "until"? As in "Loro erano antipatico a me [...] l'ultimo anno."
TheLucifer
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"Fino a"
Also, that sentence should be "Loro erano antipatici fino all'ultimo anno." And you could write it without "loro", people would understand it anyway in this case.
Pizza con salsiccia
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How the fuck did it get so fucking cold in Emilia-Romagna all of a sudden ?
I'm glad I was only there for the week-end because it was fucking freezing. Even if it's constantly raining now, I'm much happier in Rome.
I'm glad I was only there for the week-end because it was fucking freezing. Even if it's constantly raining now, I'm much happier in Rome.
Vermillion
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TheLucifer
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Grazie mille!
I'm trying to pad this out wherever I can
EDIT: Thank you, Alucard!
You know, I was seriously afraid I was writing some wrong/dumb thing. In Italian, my native tongue.
And I still am!
Vermillion
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Ah! Un'altra domanda - come si dice "first grade," "second grade," ecc. in italiano?
Ma però non hai sbagliato
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Are you talking about elementary school? In that case is prima elementare, seconda elementare, terza elementare etc.
eso76
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as in school ?
Sickboy007
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I'd say prima elementare, seconda elementare etc. That is, if you're speaking of primary school. 6th to 8th is prima media, seconda media, terza media and 9th to 12th is prima liceo,seconda liceo, etc.
Vermillion
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Viola of the Abyss
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Usual wave of cold weather throughout the whole country
Lately with having to districate myself between three languages I don't know what's what anymore...
The other day I couldn't even remember the correct way of saying birthdate in Italian >_>
I was thinking "Giorno di nascita"... (it's "Data di nascita")
Prima elementare, Seconda elementare, ecc...
Watch out though, we never say ottava elementare, nona elementare in place of 8th and 9th grade.
The Italian schooling system is made by 5 years of primary + 3 middle + 5 high school and then University.
So it's:
Prima elementare
Seconda elementare
Terza elementare
Quarta elementare
Quinta elementare
Prima media
Seconda media
Terza media
Prima superiore
Seconda superiore
Terza superiore
Quarta superiore
Quinta superiore
And then there's University with "Primo anno di Università", ecc...
You can say "liceo" instead of "superiore" if you're attending a Liceo high school.
Things get a bit more complicated in the case of Liceo Classico (classical studies oriented high school, which is a very popular school even amongst those who intend to pursue a scientific career)
The Liceo Classico is numbered this way:
Quarta ginnasio
Quinta ginnasio
Prima liceo
Seconda liceo
Terza liceo
Generating all kinds of confusion...
I don't know if it's still like this as I attended high school in the last century, but I don't think it's much different now.
Vermillion
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Interesting. Thank you!
Vermillion
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Sorry, one more thing! Would anyone mind if I PM'd them my paper to look over? I've already turned it in, and it's pretty short... but any suggestions for the future would be great.
TheLucifer
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After reading it five times, I'm pretty sure it's fine. Maybe.Ma però non hai sbagliato
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Heh, sometimes English words come to mind faster than Italian words. And I'm getting used to translate what I hear in Italian to English in my mind, I even find English-only jokes doing so.
Yeah, I don't know what the hell is wrong with me.
Yeah, sure!
Vermillion
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Benone, spedito!
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" a me mi erano antipatici"
which is correct italian.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dislocazione_a_sinistra
contrarily to this, which is most widely seen as an uncorrect expression, a "mistaken" very common in northern Italy should be avoided:
"piuttosto" means ONLY rather.
If you see someone using it as "or" you can legitimately act as a grammar nazi
Sentenza
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Can't say I ever heard a single person using "piuttosto" as a replacement of "or", actually.
TheLucifer
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Alright, I'm working on it!
One of my business partners use it ALWAYS as "or". Every time we have a meeting with some clients, when he goes with all these long disjunctive lists saying plenty of "piuttosto", I totally stop listening and start thinking how much it would feel good to punch him in the face.
Viola of the Abyss
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It's rare but I do, and I have this reaction:
One of my business partners use it ALWAYS as "or". Every time we have a meeting with some clients, when he goes with all these long disjunctive lists saying plenty of "piuttosto", I totally stop listening and start thinking how much it would feel good to punch him in the face.
good for you, I think is widespread in northern italy. we must stop the milanesization of italy!
It was a joke on me using "ma però"
Yeah that happens to me too but only on certain words like "patented", i don't know why it's so hard for me to remember "brevettato".