Anyone Speak Italian?

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UPDATED: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 17:31
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BORIS

Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:37 AM

Ah the water scene...unusurped in my mind until years later, by the wet "Colin Firth as Mr Darcy" scene in Pride and Prejudice.
I switched the volume off when I watched Fantigharo 3, and shamelessly relied on the subtitles for a bit, but then gave them up and just watched the visuals...I'm a textiles junkie, so I was happy focusing on the luscious sets and costumes...oh yeah and the lovely Kim Rossi Stuart. Have you ever watched an Italian series called Montalbano? it's based on books about a Sicilian police investigator...very entertaining, the characterisations kill me.

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:22 PM

I loved Roberto Benigni in "Life is Beautiful"...but after seeing Johnny Stecchino and hearing about his other movies, it seems like he plays the same person a lot. It's REALLY adorable that he professes his love to his wife in every movie ^_^ But y'know, I wanna see if he's got some more range. Nonetheless, I can watch Life is Beautiful a billion times and not tire of it.

Nope, I've never heard of Montalbano--I'll see if I can find it. Also, you're in Australia? If only you were a man, lol, 'cuz I am in love with Australian accents, not to mention Italian people, so... got any brothers ;)

I'm going to watch Chiedimi Se Sono Felice now, and from seeing like, what, the first 10 seconds, I can tell I'm going to like it! I think next I'm going to see "Ricordati di Me" and maybe "Le Chiavi di Casa." God, once I watched one, now I gotta keep watching more

EDIT: S'okay about your Italian, Boris... 'cuz it takes me awhile just to figure out what to say. I usually have to crack open my Italian book too, it's bad--I just like getting things right. Ma possiamo practicare, no?

--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

BORIS

Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:04 AM

Fa Bene Praticare un altra Lingua. ieri sera ho "praticato" a lungo con una donna anziana (un amica di miei genitori). eravammo a un matrimonio Turchese. Lei mi ha racontatto le storie di quando si e fidanzata.
I do have a brother, and he's disgustingly good looking ( black hair, dark skin, blue eyes)....unfortunately for you, he's happily married to a lovely English girl...I don't have any Italo-Australian male friends, as most of the one's I know are total mamma's boys...and their mamas don't approve of me. will keep my eyes open for you though.
You are right about Benigni he doesn't have much range.

Rosaria

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

Friday, May 16, 2008 6:21 PM

Okay, been absent for awhile >.>

Anywho, I watched Tre Uomini e Una Gamba with my friend and wow...it was funny even the second time around. I've been trying, without any luck, to find subtitles for Anplagghed Al Cinema with Aldo, Giovanni, e Giacomo because I REALLY want to understand what's happening! I found it on Youtube and I laugh at some parts, but there's lots I'm not comprehending :(

Does anyone know where I could possibly get the DVD of it? Even if it was with italian subs, that'd be better than nothing (though english subs preferred). I'm willing to pay for it to get shipped to the US!

Anymore movie suggestions? ^_^ Preferably something in the comedy genre?

Hehe, anyone wanna translate this?

;)

*puppy dog eyes*
--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

BORIS

Saturday, May 17, 2008 4:33 AM

I saw the clip...it made my eyes water at first but I only watched a couple of minutes as it got tedious fast....the general premise of the skit is that they are doing an excercise to highlight the beauty of knowing more than one language. It is a bit hard to translate, as "Professor Cataldo" (tall guy with floppy hair) is speaking in a central/Southern dialect I'm not familiar with. The English speaking guy, has limited English, and mistranslates a lot of what the presenter says , who in turn mis translates what he says ( eg he tells tall guy the English speaker called him a "transvestite", when in fact what he said was that he would "translate". The English speaker then has to translate some scenarios spoken by professor Cataldo in his dialect.He doesn't understand so just makes up what he thinks is going on......in short it's typical Italian comedy, a total mish mash of verbal humour making a joke of the fact that there are many uninterpretable Italian dialects, and lots of Italians who think they can speak English but actually can't. sorry I can't be more help, but I think it would lose it's humour in translation anyway.

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

Saturday, May 17, 2008 4:29 PM

Hahaha...transvestite, funny! I knew it was something like that by the way he drew back. I love Aldo, Giovanni, e Giacomo, they are hilarious ^_^ Thanks though, it did help, though I got the gist of it already. I think without subs it's kind of good because I remember more of the Italian words when I'm not reading something. Guess I'll just keep watching their skits without 'em.

--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

BORIS

Sunday, May 18, 2008 1:33 AM

It's all in the facial expressions and body movements with those three the words are almost unnecessary..kind of like an accompaniament. I can't watch too much of them, it does my head in. I'm gonna download some stuff and show it to my Dad. I'd be interested to see if he thinks they are funny.

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:42 AM

*il bumpo*

Siete qui still? ;)

Man, io compro an Italian import CD for like...25 bucks! Si, lo so, but I really wanted it! But I discovered there's an Italian import store in San Fran, so maybe next time I go there I'll see what they have.

I also discovered that RAI has streaming videos--so: http://www.raiclicktv.it/raiclickpc/secure/homePage.srv I guess you might find it useful, Boris :)

My comprehension is getting much better now that I started watching Italian tv/movies without the subtitles. I've started intermixing some Italian into my poetry writing in hopes that I won't forget everything, lol. And I'll force myself to keep writing, then it'll be less painful. I just wish my understanding could match my level of speaking/writing It was always the one thing that made me want to quit Tagalog, 'cuz it's no fun if I can't communicate!

I have a question though. What exactly does "Dai" (pronounced like "die") mean? I hear it mentioned like randomly in the things I watch, and I'm kind of assuming it means "Come on!" or something, or "Give me a break!" (I was thinking more literal, since Dai means give).

*cracks knuckles* Okay, hm...

Mi laureeró (graduate?) in giugno e sono molto felice e (excited)! Ma voglio un lavoro adesso (full time) perché...well, perché ho bisogno di soldi! L'economia é mal. E per (recent graduates) é piü difficile per trovare un lavoro. Oh well. Non posso aspettare per l'autunno perché c'é tanti programme (isn't "program" the weird one that's masculine?) televisioni buoni--Chuck, Heroes, Sarah connor Chronicles, Dollhouse...etc. Yay. Adesso, mi piacciono i programme Burn Notice e Arrested Development (molto divertente!). Ma (enough about me)! Come tutte voi?

--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

BORIS

Monday, June 2, 2008 11:48 PM

Dai...it's one of those "extra expression" types of sounds...if someone says something dumb, you might respond with "ma Dai!" kinda means Geezus or "what the" or "come on!"in the same range...another superfluous word in Italian is "Bo!" which means "I dunno". I really need to call some cousins and practice my Italian, it's slipping. Also see if you have any local Italian cultural groups, they might clue you in to where you can get cheap DVD's...or if you befriend them they may lend them to you. Buona Fortuna.

Rosaria

CANTTAKESKY

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 5:03 PM

A good way to meet people who want to practice other languages is Livemocha.com . It also offers its own chat/webcam client. I've had a lot of fun on there.

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