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Hey, what better visual could I use to represent something Italian , such as my group that meets on wednesdays here in Reno, other than a GELATO counter in Firenze, Italy. Che meraviglioso! I belong to a group comprised of 'Fellow-Lovers-of-ALL-Things-Italian' that meets each wednesday at 3pm, or at least that's the plan..
It's usually very entertaining and informative and it gives us the chance to open our mouths/minds and to play with 'la lingua Italiana'..With Italian,like so many other things in life, if you don't USE it, well, you LOSE it...Since the italian language is so demonstrative in its' nature, some may even say histrionic is more like it, ( "AND this ,by the by, is one of its' main 'draws'for me and is also so apparent in the country itself.") but because of this you really do need to at least attempt to wrap your mouth and mind around it fairly often OR it becomes truly difficult to understand or speak...We Americans speak, ("No!! Not with forked-tongues, at least not the majority of us.") our language using as little movement of the mouth as is humanly possible, or so it appears once you've visited Italy or tried to speak their language properly....This is impossible/ Questo e' IMPOSSIBILE if you're really trying to learn the gist of the Italian language..In order to get the proper pronunciation and accents that are involved one must OPEN UP the ol 'BOCCA' and really get involved with the individual vowels/accents, etc; in Italian you sound-out-and-hear-all-of-the vowels in any given word...That said, once you're proficient at spkg the language, well that's a different story and all those vowels have a tendency to run together creating a near to melodic sound,NOT unlike singing, but......... at the beginning this enunciation/pronunciation thing is 'molto importante!.So, unless you have the oppurtunity to use the language other than while visiting on a vacation occasionally, you definitely have the tendency to revert back to OUR normal way of spkg, without using the emphasis that is such the part of this beautiful language...My group meets from 1 -2 hrs each wednesday, at the home of one of its' members; we trade-off wkly and sometimes,weather permitting, we meet-up in one of the parks along the river downtown and get a hit of'outdoors while practicing la lingua. How nice is that ?!? The out-of-doors meeting hasn't happened recently, not with weather that we've had for quite some time now, but hopefully soon. We each usually bring something prepared/translated to read to the others in the group, in Italian, and, after we each read our own selected material individually/aloud/3 times ("You'd be surprised how often someone will ATTEMPT to try and get out of the '3 times' thing.") the others have to answer specific questions, pertaining to the article/story that has been read to us..In Italian...It get's interesting to say the least.....First off, the reader definitely gets the chance to use that 'BOCCA' thing I mentioned above and it's really quite novel to see the difference between the first attempt and the third rendition..Then there's the oppurtunity for those listening to REALLY listen.....AND THEN....for the reader and the person who has been chosen to answer each of the specific questions to try and pull it all together to ask/answer the questions...One definitely needs to be 'On One's Toes/Fare Attenzione' ...This group comes together and 'works' well as a unit because of the commonality of our fascination/love of All Things Italian.Each of us have visited 'il Bel Paese' many times in the past and it shows during our times together..We are all there for the fun/the interaction and definitely to brush-up on our lingua italiana, which makes for a very enjoyable afternoon....As you most likely have already guessed at this point, Mi piace moltisssssssssssimo il mio gruppo italiano ed i nostri mercoledi insieme! Ti piace L'Italia ?? And On We Go/Flow.....Curati Bene..........Treat Yourself Well
It's usually very entertaining and informative and it gives us the chance to open our mouths/minds and to play with 'la lingua Italiana'..With Italian,like so many other things in life, if you don't USE it, well, you LOSE it...Since the italian language is so demonstrative in its' nature, some may even say histrionic is more like it, ( "AND this ,by the by, is one of its' main 'draws'for me and is also so apparent in the country itself.") but because of this you really do need to at least attempt to wrap your mouth and mind around it fairly often OR it becomes truly difficult to understand or speak...We Americans speak, ("No!! Not with forked-tongues, at least not the majority of us.") our language using as little movement of the mouth as is humanly possible, or so it appears once you've visited Italy or tried to speak their language properly....This is impossible/ Questo e' IMPOSSIBILE if you're really trying to learn the gist of the Italian language..In order to get the proper pronunciation and accents that are involved one must OPEN UP the ol 'BOCCA' and really get involved with the individual vowels/accents, etc; in Italian you sound-out-and-hear-all-of-the vowels in any given word...That said, once you're proficient at spkg the language, well that's a different story and all those vowels have a tendency to run together creating a near to melodic sound,NOT unlike singing, but......... at the beginning this enunciation/pronunciation thing is 'molto importante!.So, unless you have the oppurtunity to use the language other than while visiting on a vacation occasionally, you definitely have the tendency to revert back to OUR normal way of spkg, without using the emphasis that is such the part of this beautiful language...My group meets from 1 -2 hrs each wednesday, at the home of one of its' members; we trade-off wkly and sometimes,weather permitting, we meet-up in one of the parks along the river downtown and get a hit of'outdoors while practicing la lingua. How nice is that ?!? The out-of-doors meeting hasn't happened recently, not with weather that we've had for quite some time now, but hopefully soon. We each usually bring something prepared/translated to read to the others in the group, in Italian, and, after we each read our own selected material individually/aloud/3 times ("You'd be surprised how often someone will ATTEMPT to try and get out of the '3 times' thing.") the others have to answer specific questions, pertaining to the article/story that has been read to us..In Italian...It get's interesting to say the least.....First off, the reader definitely gets the chance to use that 'BOCCA' thing I mentioned above and it's really quite novel to see the difference between the first attempt and the third rendition..Then there's the oppurtunity for those listening to REALLY listen.....AND THEN....for the reader and the person who has been chosen to answer each of the specific questions to try and pull it all together to ask/answer the questions...One definitely needs to be 'On One's Toes/Fare Attenzione' ...This group comes together and 'works' well as a unit because of the commonality of our fascination/love of All Things Italian.Each of us have visited 'il Bel Paese' many times in the past and it shows during our times together..We are all there for the fun/the interaction and definitely to brush-up on our lingua italiana, which makes for a very enjoyable afternoon....As you most likely have already guessed at this point, Mi piace moltisssssssssssimo il mio gruppo italiano ed i nostri mercoledi insieme! Ti piace L'Italia ?? And On We Go/Flow.....Curati Bene..........Treat Yourself Well
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