Usually the announcers use the English terms except for "fuorigioco" and "calcio d'angolo". I like when they scream CONCLUSIONEEEE! when a guy takes a powerful shot...that cracks me up everytime...that and "clamoroso"...heard that a lot during the last round of the CL
Yes I like CL comments by Sandro Piccinini (on Mediaset channels) very much, it makes me laugh when he suddenly screams and after a couple of seconds, comes back talking as usual!
Happy Birthdays to Sue and Tree. Buon Compleanos...(I think that's right) I like this word of the day. I tried to order Rai international and was able to decipher the Italian operators lines before the English came on. "CONCLUSIONEEEE" What does this mean?
"Conclusioneeeeee" is a typical drawn-out Italian way to say "Shot..... ", which then may or may not be followed by "e GOLLLLLLLLLLLLL(-uh)!". Actually, I think I'd write it "ConclusiOOOOne!" But my personal word of the day is "smagliante", as in the birthday card I got - "Tanti auguri! Ci vuole forza, tenacia, volonta' e intelligenza per arrivare in forma cosi' smagliante alla tua eta'!" Ha ha. I knew from the context that it must be a compliment (given in the typical backhanded way of "cute" birthday cards), but I had to look up the specific meaning, which is "dazzling".
BTW, speaking of words used in announcing games, my favorite one - which is quite specific to Italy (as far as I know) - is "campanile", used to describe a very high ball. It means "bell tower".
Usually they just scream "Rete! Rete! Rete!" or "errore incredibile da _____" (insert player) or grande parata ecc...
Key - AY - Voh chi is always pronounced like "key" in english vowels in Italian are like: a = the a in my name Chad e = ei in "eight" i = ee in "Tree" o = o in "no" u = u as in "rule"
C and G in Italian are kind of like C and G in Spanish. There are hard vowels and soft vowels. The hard vowels are A, O and U. The soft vowels are E and I. C followed by a hard vowel sounds like a K. C followed by a soft vowel sounds like CH. So "casa" (house) starts with a K sound. "Certo" (certainly) starts with a CH sound. Ditto for G. "Gatto" (cat) starts with a "G" like gun. "Gente" (people) starts with a J sound, like just. The exceptions are this. If you want a K sound or a hard G sound before a soft vowel, add an H after the letter. "Chianti" (a type of wine from Tuscany) is pronounced like "Ke-ahntee." "Luoghi" (locations) is pronounced like "Lou-oh-ghee." If you want CH sound or a J sound before a hard vowel, add an I after the letter. "Ciao" is pronounced like "chow." "Giardino" (garden) is pronounced like "Jardeenoh." So, ca = kah ce = chay ci = chee co = koh cu = koo cia = chah che = kay chi = kee cio = choh ciu = choo ga = gah ge = jay gi = jee go = goh gu = goo gia = jah ghe = gay ghi = gee gio = joh giu = joo Make sense? I hope so.
chayk key double consonants are always pronounced twice... Should I give a "fiorentino" lesson as well? "indo tu va??" "icche tu dici?" people laugh at me all the time since I speak italian with a fiorentine dialect. I had to call the phone company about a month ago and when the operator asked my name and he realized I wasnt Italian he about flipped out. "macchè...sei americano? impossibile!" I guess an American speaking Fiorentino is a bit much...
grazie...ho quasi 30 anni ora...che palle... What did you want to say here? no one is going to cook me
Haven't you ever heard that expression? Maybe it's a Roman thing. In this sense it means who cooks for you -- how to do you eat? It's often asked by women of young men living on their own. I just thought it sounds funny. I was also thinking about Tuscany and Florence and the food there and I thought: I hope you're enjoying it. If there's anything I have not gotten over about Italy, it is the food and the wine and i cibi buoni e naturali and everything about being 'a tavola'.
I try to keep myself as distant as possible from Roma and all things Roman. I loathe that city. I figured it was a figure of speech, just never heard it before
has nothing to do with le squadre. I just think after the initial first few times you go there and see all the stuff to see...go to Trastevere...that it's just an impersonal, urban sprawl. 90% of that city reminds me of the worst parts of any large american city...traffic sucks...ppl are cold and rude and it's just filthy... I'm not fond of Milano or Napoli either for the same reasons... My favorite place in all of Italy is Como by far
But Rome is still Rome. It's just that it's a big city. It depends on what you want. Rome has so much going on. In Florence, I would have been bored to tears in my 20s. But now that I'm a tad older, probably not. My favorite place in Italy, besides a restaurant in Pisa and another in La Lucchesia, is the island of Palmarolla. And with, vi do la buona notte.
I spent two days in florence, 6 days in Perugia (work) and 2 days in Venice and only one day in Rome. I'd love to get back to all those places, as well as Como and Genova. I think I need 3 weeks in Italy to make it a good vacation.