Language Tip of the Week
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by Alesha Allen |
If something is stressing you out in 天美传媒, you could say you don鈥檛 care or, more colloquially, you don鈥檛 give a damn.
In Italian this would be:
Non mi鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
If you are askedLe d脿 fastidio?the person is not asking you if you are fastidious! The word fastidio means 鈥渋rritation鈥漮r 鈥渂other鈥 so the expression means 鈥溾
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by Pat Eggleton |
A novella is not a novel in Italian. It is a short story.A romanzo is not a romance, but a novel.So what do you call a book whose theme is a love story?鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Here are two words which sometimes cause confusion:Diretto means 鈥渄irect鈥 and a treno diretto is a through train. A volo diretto is a direct flight.Diritto鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Cos矛 means 鈥渋n this way鈥 or 鈥渓ike this鈥.So the opera title 鈥淐os矛 fan tutte鈥 means 鈥淎ll [women] act like this鈥.If you are buying things in a shop and the鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Here is a very useful word that you can add to your Italian vocabulary:AddiritturaIt has a literal meaning of 鈥渟traight鈥 in the sense of 鈥渄irectly鈥.E andato鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Words by Pat Eggleton
In Italian we use the comma - which is a virgola, not a comma! 鈥 to indicate the decimal point.
So we write 1,5 instead of 1.5 and we鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Words by Pat EggletonOn the day when Italians remember their departed loved ones, here is what to say when someone dies.The expression you need to use鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
In this photo: Musei Capitolini (Roma), Palazzo NuovoWords by Pat EggletonThe next time you arrive at an Italian museum or office and find them closing up ten鈥
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by Pat Eggleton |
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Pasquale SorrentinoConfusione does mean disorder or confusion but it is also used for 鈥渃rowded鈥 :C鈥櫭 molta confusione 鈥撯
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