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How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 3

January 29, 2014 By Cher Leave a Comment

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[066] How to Talk About Foreign Languages and Cultures: Mini-Story Pt. 3

TRANSLATION

Oggi parlerò della mia passione per tutto ciò che riguarda le lingue straniere.

Today I will talk about my passion for all foreign languages.

Si tratta principalmente di un elenco delle lingue che intendo imparare seguito da una breve descrizione dei motivi che mi spingono a farlo.

It’s mostly a list of languages that I plan on learning following with a short description of the reasons why I am challenging myself to do it.

In totale, mi piacerebbe studiare quattordici lingue.

In all, I would like to learn fourteen languages. {This has actually changed, and I’m up to 25 in 25 years.}

Quest’anno studio l’italiano.

This year, I’m studying Italian.

L’anno prossimo, studierò il cinese, lo spagnolo messicano e la linguistica.

The following year, I will study Chinese, Mexican Spanish and Linguistics.

Poi il sanscrito, il coreano, il giapponese, il latino, il portoghese, l’arabo, il francese, il danese, e la matematica – probabilmente il calcolo differenziale – e, se avrò  tempo, la meccanica quantistica.

Then Sanskrit, Korean, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Danish, and math — probably differential equations – and if I have time, quantum mechanics.

Infine, un po’ sardo, di gallurese e di calabrese.

At the end, a little bit of the Sardegnian dialect, Gallurese and the Calabrian dialect.

Studio l’italiano perché amo la cultura, il cibo e la storia di questo paese;

I study Italian because I love the culture, the food and the history of this country;

il cinese perché sono taiwanese ed è da tanto tempo che volevo impararlo;

Chinese because I’m Taiwanese and I have wanted to learn it for a long time;

lo spagnolo messicano perché il mio ragazzo è messicano e mi piacerebbe fare conversazione con sua madre;

Mexican Spanish because my boyfriend is Mexican and I would like to have conversations with his mom;

la linguistica, il latino e il sanscrito perché sono le lingue base;

Linguistics, Latin and Sanskrit because they are foundational languages

il coreano e il giapponese perché mi piacciono le serie televisive e in particolare gli anime;

Korean and Japanese because I like the television series and in particular anime;

il danese perché mi piace la Danimarca e i danesi mi sembrano molto simpatici, buffi e furbi;

Danish because I like Denmark and the Danish are very nice, funny and clever;

la matematica, perché Cartesio ha detto che “capire la matematica significa capire il mondo” e io vorrei capire come funziona l’universo;

Mathematics because Rene Descartes said that “to understand math is to understand the world” and I would like the understand how the universe functions.

infine, il sardo, il gallurese e il calabrese perché mi piacciono i dialetti e vorrei comprendere come questi siano legati all’Italiano.

At the end, Sardo, Gallurese, and Calabrese because I like dialects and I would like to understand how they are linked to Italian.

YOUR TASK

Listen to the story again in all Italian and see how much of it you can understand.

Resources mentioned:

— 9 Italian Cheeses to Know and Love [Slideshow]

— 27 Online Resources to Boost Your Italian Language IQ

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About Cher

Cher is the founder of The Iceberg Project and a passionate learner of the Italian, Mandarin and Spanish languages. In a little town called Vegas, you can find her searching the Internet for Doctor Who and Parks & Rec memes, drinking bubble tea, or talking about how much she loves grammar.

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