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Old 17-03-10, 03:13 PM
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Default Let me help the Aussies to speak Italian :)



I thought I would return the favour, so please feel free to use this free service

I'll start with the typos most annoyed me around OZ.


"I want some gelati"

Gelati is the plural of "gelato" but in Italian you would not say that way.

"I want some gelato" should be used.

1 gelato
2 gelati
3 gelati

Pizzas: not an Italian world. The plural is "pizze".

1 pizza
2 pizze
3 pizze
"Some pizza for you". (if it`s one)
"Some pizze for you" (if it`s more than one)
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Old 17-03-10, 04:28 PM
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Mi chiamo David, io sono molto bello.

How's that?
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Old 17-03-10, 05:40 PM
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Bene.

Mi chiamo Marco, come ti chiami?
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Old 17-03-10, 08:27 PM
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Guys, seriously: cheating with online translators will not help you!!
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Old 17-03-10, 08:28 PM
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Mi chiamo David, io sono molto bello.

How's that?
Show proof please (for the ladies , not for me! )
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Old 17-03-10, 09:14 PM
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haha no translators just good old high school italian
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Old 17-03-10, 11:13 PM
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haha no translators just good old high school italian
OK then Marco! But it should be "Italian"

Io mi chiamo Lorenzo ma questo lo sapevi già, giusto?

Ciao
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Old 17-03-10, 11:21 PM
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No translator for me either, just what I remember from primary school LOTE :P

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Old 18-03-10, 06:17 PM
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Non sapevo il tuo nome è stato Lorenzo. Ho pensato che fosse italiandragon!

disclaimer: ok now i'm using a translator :P
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Old 18-03-10, 07:53 PM
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Non sapevo il tuo nome è stato Lorenzo. Ho pensato che fosse italiandragon!

disclaimer: ok now i'm using a translator :P
Guess what? Now, it's incorrect!

The verb tense is wrong. Quite complicated to explain as it's not just a typo here.

For more info you can start here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense
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