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la lingua italiana
Mi chiamo chiamo Nelli. Sono nata a Ural ma adesso abito a Diveevo dove si trova un famoso monastero di donna di donne. Questo un posto non e'lontano da Niznii Novgorod. Quando e'stata la ero una bambina piccola mi piaceva molto ascoltare la musica italiana e proprio in questa circostanza mi parlava per dicevo che devo dovevo studiare questo questa la bella lingua. A proposito studiavo anche della musica (ho finito il conservatorio). Ecco che cosa ha fatto con me questa lingua!0 votedMarch 14, 20161- "To be on the same page" can be translated in Italian literally with "ci capiamo" (we understand each other) or "vogliamo le stesse cose" (we want the same things) . If you want to use an Italian expression, you can say "siamo sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda" or "siamo sulla stessa frequenza " . :)0 votedNovember 21, 20152
- The prepositional articles (in Italian Preposizioni articolate) are very frequent in Italian sentences and they describe a relationship between other words in a sentence. They are "made" by adding the determinative article to the preposition. For instance, the one you used: della is formed with "di" (preposition) + "la" (determinative article). They follow the same rules of articles, that is why you find della, dello or del, because they have to follow the same gender and number of the name they are describing. if you find "della banca" it means someone is say something "about the bank". For instance: "la direttrice della banca è una donna/ the bank's manager is a woman". In this sentence we are using "della" as we use the " 's" in English. Another example: "Abbiamo parlato della banca/we talked about the bank." Here della is used as "about" in English. The prepositional articles are many and they all have different use but if you learn how to use the simple preposition (di, a, da,... ) you can also use the prepositional articles. For instance the other prepositional, "nel" is used as the English "in the" for example "il fiore é nel vaso/ the flower is in the vase". I hope I was helpful but if you have more questions feel free to ask, I'll be happy to help you.0 votedNovember 1, 20153
Correzione:
"Ciao a tutti. Sono tornato dopo molti anni di distanza <em>dall'Italia.</em> Francamente -puoi dire "<em>ho perso un po' l'italiano</em>, oppure <em>ho dimenticato un po' l'italiano- </em>nel corso degli anni e <em>adesso</em> voglio ricominciare. <em>Potete aiutarmi</em> amici italiani?<em> In cambio</em> (al posto di "barattare")<em> sarò felice di aiutare in inglese." </em><em>
</em>Se ti va, scrivimi pure, sarò felice di aiutarti con l'Italiano! :)
0 votedOctober 29, 20150- The partitive articles are not originally articles but "compound preposition" (preposizioni articolate) used as articles. They are used mainly to substitute the non existent plural for the indeterminative articles (un, uno, una do not have a plural form) and they are used to indicate a part of something. For example :"ho letto dei libri / I read some books" it means I didn't read all the books but some of them. They are also used with singular nouns that don't have a specific quantity as for example: "mi passi del sale?" / can you give me some salt?" You don't say how much salt, but just "some" of it. The difference between degli and gli is that the first one is a partitive article, the second is a determinative one. As I already said tough, the partitive articles are not exactly articles, they are "made" by a simple preposition plus an article. It is a very long argument that involves articles and prepositions so I hope I was clear enough but if you need a better explanation feel free to contact me anytime. :)0 votedOctober 20, 20151
- In Italian the articles are very important because they help us to know the gender and number of a noun. You may know that in Italian all words have a gender (male or female) :even though Italian comes from latin and Greek , there isn't a "neutral" gender and thanks to the article we can understand if a noun is male or female. We can also understand if we are talking about something general or specific because we have "determinativi" and "indeterminativi" articles. To use your example: if I say "la donna" you know I'm talking about some specific woman, instead if I say "una donna " I'm talking about a not specific woman. Here some examples: "la donna vestita di rosso è mia sorella / the woman in the red dress is my sister." "Ieri ho visto una donna con Luca/yesterday I saw a woman with Luca". The article is not a necessary part of a sentence, in fact you can make some sentences without it but if there is, it helps making the sentence more fluid and understandable . I hope I was helpful and not too boring. :)0 votedOctober 19, 20150
- "Non vedo l'ora di sentirti" means literally "I can't wait to hear you" but it's used to express you can't wait to talk again with someone. "Sentire" has different meanings . Here some examples: "Non mi sento bene. I'm not feeling well." "Non sento la musica. I can't hear the music." "senti come è morbido questo maglione. Feel how soft is this sweater." I hope I was helpful. :)0 votedOctober 10, 20153
- Protezionismi is the plural of protezionismo. This word is used to indicate a economic policy: the countries that use this policy try to protect their activity from the competition of other countries. Generally "protezionismo" is used in the informal speech to say that somebody is doing his own interests, and in this case it means that someone is using this economic policy not for the good of the countries but for his own interest. I hope my explanation is easy to understand even if my english is not really good. :)0 votedMay 17, 20130
Primo post
(Mi chiamo Jeff e questo è il mio primo post. Grazie per il vostro aiuto.)
Comincio apprendere Ricomincio a studiare (di nuovo) (di nuovo is not necessary if you say "ricomincio" which means "re-start") l'Italiano di nuovo dopo molti anni. Non devo parlarlo (lo, at the and of a verb, is a pronoun referred to the previous subject, in this case "italiano") per il mio lavoro o altro (nouns, pronouns and articles usually agrees each other.) . Lo faccio solo perché mi piace.
Io sono un ingegnere e lavoro come architetto per fare i computer chip negli Stati Uniti, in California in particolare. Viaggio molto, ma normalmente per l'Asia. Comunque devo trovare una ragione per visitare l'Italia presto e praticare esercitarmi con l' Italiano. (try to remember that italian uses more often the articles like "il, lo, la, i, gli, le"; they means "the" in english but their use is different, is more important and more used.)
OK, credo che questo sia abbastanza per ora.0 votedMay 17, 20132
