[Italian] Italian

[María José]

Could you please tell me these words in Italian: key, son, father, mother, well(pozo), moon, castle, horse, man, woman, sun, Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, week? I'm helping my daughter with her homework and we have to translate these words into lots of different languages...

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Gemma

Could you please tell me these words in Italian: key, son, father, mother, well(pozo), moon, castle, horse, man, woman, sun, Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, week? I'm helping my daughter with her homework and we have to translate these words into lots of different languages...

key = chiave
son = figlio
father = padre
well(pozo) = posso
moon = luna
castle = castello
horse = cavallo
man = uomo
woman = donna
sun = sole
Monday = lunedì
Wednesday = mercoledì
Sunday = domenica
week = domani

[María José]

Thanks, Rusty.

[Alfonso]

Ma domani non è week, ma tomorrow.
Week è settimana.

[María José]

Gracias. He tenido que traducir esas palabras a gallego, sueco, euskera,latín, catalán,alemán, portugués, asturiano... Me pregunto para qué les sirve eso. El profe lo sabrá... Nunca en mi vida había visto tantos diccionarios de internet.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Ma domani non è week, ma tomorrow.
Week è settimana.

Sei corretto, Alfonso.
Avevo fatto una volta prima lo stesso sbaglio.

[Elaina]

Alfonso,

Are you saying that domani means tomorrow and not week?

Elaina

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Alfonso,

Are you saying that domani means tomorrow and not week?

Elaina

Yes, he is. I was wrong.
domani = tomorrow

Sorry to jump in.

[Elaina]

No problem......you know I have been trying to learn very basic Italian and I remember hearing domani = tomorrow. But thinking maybe I was mistaken. This is why I was asking.

Thanks!
Elaina

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Elaina

No problem......you know I have been trying to learn very basic Italian and I remember hearing domani = tomorrow. But thinking maybe I was mistaken. This is why I was asking.

Thanks!
Elaina

I was in a real hurry when I posted, and the wrong word came crashing through. That wasn't the first time I've used it incorrectly, though. I need to keep thinking seven, setti, settimana.

[Jessica]

Looks like you got your answers.

[irmamar]

Rusty. Tu anche parli italiano? Io parlo soltanto un po'. Ho fatto un corso d'italiano fa tanti anni... e ho dimenticato tuto, ma sarebbe un piacere parlare un po' con qualcuno.

[Rusty]

Non parlo italiano. Lo ho studiato da solo, ma non molto. Lo leggo bene e capisco un po'.

[irmamar]

Bene, come me. Giá siamo due! È difficile ricordare parole adesso esteso, che fa anni che non parlo con nessuno, se bene a volte sento parlare.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Io anche posso parlare italiano, mi piace tantissimo, mi chiedo se in questo chat c´è qualquno che possa dirmi di tanto in tano l´equivalente di certi modismi. I modismi mi afascinano. Non solo in inglese ma anche in italiano e francese. Grazie a tutti.

[irmamar]

Io posso parlare un po' d'italiano, ma non credo que ti posso aiutare con i modismi , non so tanto italiano

[brute]

I love the sound of Italian. It contains all the most beautiful sounds. I would love to learn it, but NOT UNTIL I have a better knowledge of Spanish. It is too similar to Spanish and would confuse me too much. I would also like to learn Portuguese for the opposite reason. It sounds so unusual and challenging.

I notice that Spanish takes such words as Spaghetti which is already plural (singular spaghetto) and adds an S to make it doubly plural. The spelling is further mangled so that the Spanish can pronounce it.

ESPAGUETIS

[poli]

English really botches up Italian too. Have you ever heard of the dish
shrimp scampi? In the USA, a popular drink is called a latte. It's an espresso with steamed milk combo which I am sure is also available at any Starbucks in the UK too. The reality is that latte means milk-- just milk nothing more in Italian.

Portuguese sounds really nice too, and I am surprized you find it odd-sounding. Brazilian Portuguese is especially nice. Written Portuguese is similar to Spanish, even more similar than Italian.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by brute

I love the sound of Italian. It contains all the most beautiful sounds. I would love to learn it, but NOT UNTIL I have a better knowledge of Spanish. It is too similar to Spanish and would confuse me too much. I would also like to learn Portuguese for the opposite reason. It sounds so unusual and challenging.

I notice that Spanish takes such words as Spaghetti which is already plural (singular spaghetto) and adds an S to make it doubly plural. The spelling is further mangled so that the Spanish can pronounce it.

ESPAGUETIS

Yes, and we also say 'los paparazzis' (paparazzo, pl.: paparazzi). Spanish doesn't make the plural with 'i', as in Italian with male names, for instance, but with 's', so we simply add 's' to make the plural: espaguetis, paparazzis.

[brute]

Originally Posted by poli

English really botches up Italian too. Have you ever heard of the dish
shrimp scampi? In the USA, a popular drink is called a latte. It's an espresso with steamed milk combo which I am sure is also available at any Starbucks in the UK too. The reality is that latte means milk-- just milk nothing more in Italian.

Portuguese sounds really nice too, and I am surprized you find it odd-sounding. Brazilian Portuguese is especially nice. Written Portuguese is similar to Spanish, even more similar than Italian.

Yes. We are now infested with coffee houses selling Latte, usually pronounced Lar-tay. Even worse is McDonalds Filet au (French) Fish (English).
I agree with you about Brazilian Portuguese, it sounds much softer on the ear than the European variety, which is full of harsh Zh and Sh sounds and strange unpronoucable nasal diphthongs.