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My Italian's terrible, I know. And so, I'm insanely grateful to those who bear the headache of correcting my posts. I'm comforting myself by telling myself that everyone's got to start somewhere :) I'm starting with short posts and lots of help from google translate; hopefully, this will be the practice I need. PM me! I like learning about new cultures. The further you are from asia, the better! And I'll gladly help you with English.
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    11. Undici Amici, abbiamo sentito parlare della fantasma di l'opera? È uno maschio tragico che è stato disilludere e ha causato molto dolore per una coppia bellissima di amanti. Il musical è bello, ma il libro originale è meglio. Ecco è una bella canzone dal il musical. PENSA DI ME Pensa di me, pensa di me con affetto Quando abbiamo detto “goodbye” Mi ricorda di tanto di tanto Mi prometti che tenterai, per favore Quando ritrovi che desideri ardentemente Ricondurre il tuo affetto e essere libero Se ritrovi uno momento Presti uno pensiero per me Non abbiamo detto il nostro amore è per sempre O immutabile come il mare Ma se puoi ancora ricordi Fermati e pensa di me Pensa delle tutte cose Abbiamo avuto e visto Non pensa a come Le cose avrebbero potuto essere Pensa di me, pensa di me sveglio Muto e rassegnato Mi immagina troppo sforzandosi Per farti fuori della mia mente Rammenta quei giorni, ripensa delle tutte volte Pensa di le cose che mai faremo Non ci sarà mai uno giorno Che quando non penserò di te Fiori appassiremo, il frutto di estate appassiremo Hanno i loro stagioni, anche noi Ma mi prometti, per favore, che qualche volta Penserai di me ---------------------- Have you heard of the phantom of the opera? He's a sad and disillusioned man who brought much sorrow to a beautiful pair of lovers. The musical is good, but the original book better. Here's a beautiful song from the musical: THINK OF ME Think of me, think of me fondly When we've said goodbye Remember me once in a while Please promise me, you'll try When you find that once again you long To take your heart back and be free If you'll ever find a moment Spare a thought for me We never said our love was evergreen Or as unchanging as the sea But if you can still remember Stop and think of me Think of all the things We've shared and seen Don't think about the way Things might have been Think of me, think of me waking Silent and resigned Imagine me trying too hard To put you from my mind Recall those days, look back on all those times Think of those things we'll never do There will never be a day When I won't think of you Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade They have their seasons, so do we But please promise me that sometimes You will think of me
    January 9, 2014
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    Hahaha hai mentito, la tua inglese è molto buono!

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    January 6, 2014
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    10. Dieci Il periodo universitario (uno amico ha detto che il mio precedente voce è stato sbagliato, "periodo scuola" non è utilizzi per università) inizi oggi!! Ahhhhhh!!! Lezioni inizi in meno di due ore è ancora sono siedo sul il mio divano, lentamente dattilografo questo perché sono in segno di diniego. Sospiro. Ciao! --------------------- School begins today!! Ahhh! Lessons start in less than two hours' time and yet I'm still sitting on my couch, slowly typing this, because I am in denial. Sigh. Goodbye!
    January 6, 2014
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    Pavol, it depends on the context :)
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    January 3, 2014
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    Poor Paul.

     

    In the street number five, Mr.Temp and Mrs.Temp live with them their shy little shy son. His name is Paul, and Paul is a unpopular boy at his school,. wWhen Paul comes reaches home to his house and to tell talks about how his day was, Mrs.Temp doesn't care about he says, she and just wants to finish cooking to dinner. When Paul's father reaches arrive to home, Paul gets so extremely enthusiastic and happy because his father came and now, Paul can tell to him how his day at school was. But, uUnfortunately, his father doesn't care about what Paul says; and even he doesn't even look at Paul's eyes., All he just wants to do is relax and smoke a cigarettes or two cigarettes before the a hearty dinner. At 6:00 o'clock, Paul thinks sees Hhe can tell now talk about how his day was. Again, none no ones of his parentes pay attention to Paul. His mother just wants to talk about her novels and her gossipy gossip-loving neighboring, and his father just wants to talk about his boring boss. Poor little Paul, no one gonna will listen to him to say talk about the Peter, a boy at his school who everytime always/constantly beats him, or about his ugly teacher who let him in punishment punishes him [or do you mean "sends him to detention"?] simply because he is just a shy boy. :/

     

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    Once again, I've made compulsory corrections in red, and optional improvements in blue. I'll attempt to explain some of the amendments:

     

    "Shy little son" - I don't think there is any hard-and-fast rule for this, but it's just convention to arrange the adjectives this way when you have "little" describing a person or animal. For example, you should also say "cute little boy" or "sweet little girl" or "mischievous little kitten".

     

    In the sentence form "X, when Y", it means "X was happening/going on, then Y suddenly happened at the same time". So remember to put a fullstop after X if you actually mean "When Y happened, Z happened"!

     

    "Arrive", "reach", and "get" - when talking about travelling to a destination, the correct prepositions are "arrive at" or "arrive in", "reach" (no preposition), and "get" or "get to" (depending on the destination). Although it's not grammatically wrong to use "arrived at" with "home", its uncommon to do so and people usually prefer "reach".

     

    "Talk", "tell" and "say" - "talk about (something)", "talk to (someone)"; "tell (someone) (something)", "say (something) to (someone)". I don't really know how to explain the difference on when to use which, but in general, you can "talk about" and "say" something without having a recipient, but for "tell", you need to mention the recipient (the only exception is when you "tell of", which is a slightly more complicated case).

     

    "Want" - when you use "want" to describe an <em>item</em> you desire, then yep, you don't need a preposition (for example, I want a cat). When you use it to describe your intentions, however, you need to add "to" after "want" (for example, I <em>want to</em> cook)

     

    Let me know if you don't understand what I'm saying, hahah :)

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    January 3, 2014
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  • Commented

    Hi Allysson! I'm learning Italian too :)

     

    This wiki page helps me a lot. Hopefully it will be of help to you too :) By the way, I believe what you're asking about can be found under section 2, "Inflection of nouns and adjectives"

     

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

     

    Cheers!

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    January 2, 2014
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    How do you sign off in Italian? For example, in english: In a conversation between friends or lovers, you could say "best wishes/all the best" (for one-way letters such as birthday wishes), or "love" or "yours truly" In a casual work conversation with colleagues you know well, you could say "cheers" or "thanks". In more formal conversations, "yours sincerely/sincerely yours" (if you're requesting something, such as in a job application), "best/warm/warmest regards" or simply "regards", or even "best" (although I hate this last one) How would you sign off in Italian in the various settings?
    January 1, 2014
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    9. Nove Felice anno nuovo, il miei amici! Spero il anno 2014 vi darà molto felicità! Il periodo scolastico inizierà a sei giorni. Il tempo [qual è la differenza tra "tempo" e "volta"?] passa in fretta quando è durante le vacanze. Non potrò trascorrere del tanto tempo a imparare italiano o su italki quando la scuola ricomincia, e questo rattristami. Tenterò scrivere frequentemente, purché non posso molto scrivere a causa di il corto tempo che ho. Spero quale miglioro, necessiterò meno tempo per scrivo ogni frase e potrò scrivere di più. ---------------- Happy new year, my friends! May 2014 bring you great happiness :) School begins in 6 days' time. Time sure passes quickly during the holidays! I won't be able to spend as much time learning Italian or on italki when school resumes, which is sad. I'll do my best to write frequently, even if I can't write much due to the little time I have. Hopefully, though, as I improve, I will need less time to form each sentence.
    January 1, 2014
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    January 1, 2014
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    I'm extremely amused by how Alessandro's comment received two thumbs down :P

     

    Why do you burn the dolls? What does this action signify?

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    December 29, 2013
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