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DJB
Also Italian
Io sono
Tu sei
Lui/ Lei e'
Noi siamo
Voi siete
Loro sono
I agree its was a pain conjugations but every language is learnable
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Presumably then, an Italian might say 'she said she didn't do it', and has to be careful not to imply that 'you' said she didn't do it?
L' detto che non la fatta. Or Lei ha detto che non la fatta. Or Ha detto che non la fatta lei.
Lei is used when talking to an older person or writing a letter. The same thing in english when one word has more than one meaning. You have to see it in its context.
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Yes it does Chulla . But "she" (lei) can get mixed up with formal you ( lei)
Its not as comlpex as english
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A couple of years ago when visiting my mum we went into Lidl. She picked up some loose nuts. At the checkout they were weighed, she paid and we came out. I wasnt famiglia with english prices but I checked the package and to me seemed very expensive. Back in the store I had it rechecked, the cashier insisted it was right but on insistance she weighed it again this time moving the scales slightly. It weighed a lot less and she found that the scales had lodged against the back and was causing an increase on goods, goodness knows how many hadnt noticed the expensive goods.
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Chulla , how dare you compare me with an Aeroplane !!!!!!!! only joking because your wife may not speak to me again if I shout at you.
But Brenda may sound italian to you because you've known me for so long. There is a name in italian which is similar Wanda ( Vanda)
Many english names are popular here but the emphasis on certain letters change the name completely. Nicola is a masculine name pronounced NicOla emphasis on O. AlicE emphasis on E (female). Ida (Eeda) A lot of masculine names translated are very old names but quite popular here. Maurizio, Maurice, Giorgio, George. Alberto , Albert. Bernardo , Bernard. Enrico , Eric. And loads more that dont come to mind.
We had a customer who used to tell us stories about her daughter, this lady was in love with Italy and called her daughter Padella, unusual yes but it means frying pan. ( no dont laugh)
A neices baby here was named Giove a nice enough name until its translated to Jupiter!!!
Mothers surnames in my ancesters were quite common to and they originated in the north of england.
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I hate my name Brenda! It puts in mind a big buxom barmaid. Mum wanted to call me Wendy but dad said everyone would call me Windy so Brenda it was. My husband calls me Ci ( pronounced chee). Or baby! Italian names have their maculine and feminine versions with some exceptions. Some of them translated are very old names. A neice called her son Iacopo and everyone said ugh or words to that effect but as he grew we couldnt see him with another name. I like the name Anjelica but cant say its my favourate and I dont really have a hate name apart from my own.
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My son was called James malcolm. Malcolm after my father .I wanted a name that was nice as a child and still a mans name as he grew . We were lucky it was never changed into Jamie or Jim. I realised after that it was my paternal grandfathers name and his fathers before him. It wasnt done intentionally. My husband chose my daughters name Deborah Sara, ( Sara after his mother)because he liked the name. But I really dont like children names to be taken from relatives as is the case with my husbands family. Especially if its a big family ....it gets very complicated.
My grandchildren all have ordinary names like Steven Andrew, Matthew Owen and Chloe Marion (a bit out of the ordinary). Ok in Uk but here the pronounciation gets changed to Stevehn Andreuh, Mattew Owehn and Chloeh. ( in italian every letter is pronounced)
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I love both but my grandchildren go mad for scotch pancakes. I always make double qty because as they are ready they are wolfed down. Last time I made them I prepared twice the double qty, I only had chance to eat a couple and my daughter ate 4. My dad made me a griddle years ago and I wouldnt swap it for the world. Couldnt make them today as plumber was still in the house.
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Banjo, I was never a fan of pasta. Before I got married my husband to be took me to Anzio to meet a couple of his friends who had english girlfriends. We ended up at a family gathering. On the menu was spaghetti with a VERY hot chilli sauce. Non of us girls could eat it and the men finished the lot. After we got married the only sauce I could make was simple tomato sauce and this was served every time we had pasta but over the years Ive become more adventurous and try anything. Being married to an italian introduced me to many dishes I couldnt even dream of........and then of course are the sicilian dishes........ugh and Ive just had a bowl of leek and tomato soup, what a let down.
Fettucine ai funghi , youve got good taste.
Edit....I now love chilli and put it on almost everything. I even make my own chilli jam to put on cheese etc
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Reading this whilst having my breakfast. Toast and trying my new recipe clementine and limoncello marmalade. Got so into it that I didnt even know what it tasted like so I will have to try it all over again. ,!
But I love eating although meat is gradually getting less and less. We tend to eat italian anyway but I love seafood and in chinese, and even indian I tend to eat king prawns. I also love pasta with fresh sardines, wild fennel and pinenuts, when it is served with a sprinkling of fried bread crumbs and sugar. Sounds strange I know but its delicious , its a sicilian speciality . In uk I love lamb in any which way and steak and kidney pie or pudding. Desserts.....anything sticky, gooey, melt in the mouth or fresh.......just about everything especially cannoli filled with sweet ricotta and cinnamon and finished each end with a piece of chocolate or candied fruit. Why oh why get started on a food thread when theres work to do. I just want to start eating all these lovely things.
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One of the things I love ( like most women) are the shops. The assistants dont look you up and down if you ask for a garment in your size, here they they check you out as if they dont believe you. ( only in some shops)
2nd you can find almost everything and a good selection too.
3rd I get to meet up with friends
4th people are friendly and even if you dont know them they always address you as " miduck"
5th. Many restaurants to choose from
And .....all of it !
And ......I feel at home again !
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BTW Benjamin, were you referring to me in your football team? If so who's the other one ?
Sorry I'm busy jam, marmalade making and crystalising peel and clementines. Did you see the pic of all the fruit i had, i've got to do something with it !!
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Thankyou Broxtowelad and DJBenton for the info. I use ipad , pc takes too long to bootup. I do have € sign and I have used it on Nottsalgia but strange it didnt come up this time. Querty keyboard in english.
Thanks again
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My Nottingham life is very short. I came to Nottingham when I was 5 . Mum is from Barrow in Furness, her father was born there.His father died and mother remarried and produced another family , his only blood brother died in early life. Went further back and all were born in Barrow. Grandmother was born in Greenock and so were all her ancestors.
Dad was born in Millom Cumberland ,his parents lived in Ulveston after the youngest child was born. ( The birth place of Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame )
Paternal Grandfather was Scottish from Prestwick . His mother and father were also from around that area but moved around fairly frequently according to records. Grandmother was from Cornwall and has a very interesting history and goes back to 1670's
G grandfather was illegitimate so although I have his birth certificate I was only able to get his parents. G grandmother married eventually and gained the now family name which came from Ireland. He died after being married only 9 years and she married again and bought us into another family. A bit complicated to follow ancestry wise .
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But we do get oranges and clementines
My husband has just brought these in 20 euro for both cases. We had a case of oranges a couple of weeks ago from Sicily but these are from Calabria. We have lorries come up from the south every few weeks selling local products.
Looks like now I will have to make some more marmalade and some candied peel for the cannoli !!!
My cantina is getting a bit full
I edited this 3 times as euro symbol didnt appear
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Bring back the slogan wear something light at night. Living in the country driving along dark hilly lanes you come across no end of locals out for an evening stroll and you are on top of them before you know it. Ive come to recognise all the dangerous spots and bring my speed right down to a crawl, ive had too many scares to travel at even 20 mph. People dont realise that dark clothing is the wrong type to wear on a dark country lane.
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Its not only the cyclists. Here it seems that its the reason that cars were invented to mount the kerb. Theres been no end lately and among the victims are small children. They caught one driver yesterday, drugged up to the eyeballs with 3x the allowed alcohol and killed a small child and injured a few more. Interviewing witnesses afterwards they were saying that he wasnt at all concerned and lit a cigarette. Sorry but I think he needs shooting.
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Banjo I love porridge too I am awaiting a delivery today from British corner shop. 2 large crunchy nut cereals, 2x15 packs of oats so simple syrup flavour, crunchy peanut butter ( we can get smooth here but dont like it ) can't remember what else but it'll be a huge box with over €100 of goodies so must be quick and make room in my cupboards.
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Regarding food stuff from Amazon......they dont export to Italy mores the pity. Probably Italian regulations, they are very strict on food products.
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Cotechino e lenticchie at christmas. If I'm forced but I have to be in the mood, its supposed to be lucky.
I don't like cooked salami either prefer cured salami. Have you tried donkey salami? And horse salami. Much better for you as its lean.
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We seem all to have this problem, not finding the food that we yearn for in a "foreign " land. A lot of things I can't get here so I make out an order for the British corner shop. Order £100 of goodies and the transport is halved ( usually 11.99 reduced to 5.99) they deliver world wide. Here I can't get a decent cereal, yes they are there but a very poor selection. Baking ingredients....syrup, treacle, soft dark brown sugar,suet, bacon we are starting to see it but its sliced so thin that you can "spit" ( sorry) through it, mixed dried fruit, currants and the list goes on. You either do without or find alternatives. ( if you dont send away for them)
Sausages...the only english ones I like are cumberland. I love Sicilian ones they are made without the rusk filling just pure meat and spices including fennel seeds. There is a sausage speciality here and it can be eaten raw, ugh you say but its worth trying. Some friends from uk came to visit a few years ago and we persuaded them to try " carne cruda" a speciality from alba , raw thinly sliced veal topped with sometimes artichokes, parmesan shavings, finely chopped celery etc. they turned their noses up but did eventually try it and ended up eating the lot and asking for more. Italians can 't get their head round the fact that christmas cakes and mincemeat need time to mature . The first time I said I was making my xmas cake in sept my sil's thought I was mad and eventually I had a job convincing them to try it when it was ready.
We are lucky to have friends come down for the wine festival and they stock us up with baked beans, cheddar, bacon and last time they brought us 12 bottles of hp sauce and 12 of daddies sauce. So they take home a couple of cases of local wine. Fairs fair.
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This is one I completed a while ago but forgot to take foto.
I'm about to start on this one
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Religious symbols used on old farmhouses this one to represent work in plenty
This one is the hand of the previous owner when he was 12
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The English Language
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Chulla all three say the same thing. She said she didn't do it.
In fact I made a mistake in the first one it should have been " L'ha detto che non la fatta" she said she didnt do it.. I was fed up with my avatar and tried to post a different one but although I cropped the photo it said it was too big , so in the end I got fedup and left it.