Photo Credit: Italian Tribune
This post was inspired by Diane of the blog Oui in France, she wrote a similar post entitled "What I'm Really Thinking When You Correct My French" which I absolutely adore. I'm an extremely analytical person and a recovering perfectionist so I had to really renounce my innermost urges to default on these personality traits when learning a second language. Perfectionism does not suit language learning at all because you are going to make mistakes, be wrong, and embarrass yourself time and time again. Even now, I struggle to quiet that voice inside my head that is constantly critical of what I am saying in Italian. I know I just need to let it be. Anyways, here’s a little sampling of what I’m usually thinking when I’m speaking Italian…!
“Non mi ricordo la mia password.”
Shit, is password a girl?
Isn’t there that rule about foreign words used in Italian always being masculine?
Ya, it's definitely a boy. There's a rule about it. IL meeting. IL film. IL computer.
*feeling of complete and utter doom*
But wait, there are always exceptions.
Maybe this is an exception.
Please language God, make this be an exception.
La password.
Il password.
La password.
They both sound good to me.
It was probably masculine.
Now I sound like a complete idiot...
I need to redeem my credibility and linguistic skills by saying something really complex.
What can I say?
Oh I know! I’m going to throw in a subjunctive. Yes. That’ll be impressive.
“Penso che sia una buon’idea!”
Take that! Subjunctive master.
Why isn’t this person acknowledging my mastery of Italian?
There are even Italians who don’t use it when necessary and I just did, bow down!
Wait, did I mess up the gender of “idea”?
Shit.
I can’t believe I’ve studied Italian all these years and I’m having doubts about the gender of “idea”.
I’m the worst.
How is this possible?
I hate this.
*conversation ends*
I just had that entire conversation in Italian.
I’m a fucking genius.
I wonder if his English is better than my Italian…
I hope he has a super thick accent and can’t use phrasal verbs.
Phrasal verbs in English are hard.
I mean, practically very few non-native speakers can use them like we do.
English is so underrated in difficulty.
Italian verbs are definitely harder though, I should probably study them more.
Yeah, I’m going to study one verb a day, every day, FOREVER.
Who am I kidding…I’d rather go for gelato.
THE END.
What about you? What would your dialogue look like? Let me know below!
If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to "dare un'occhiata" at these ones:
Taking Risks in Language Learning
Language Burnout
The Gift of Language: Italian and Beyond
The Neverending Story of Learning Italian
Living in Italy, Speaking in English
Parli Italiano?
How to Keep Learning Italian in Italy
A note on the photo: I took this from an article that is equally interesting, called: Guest Editorial: Why is the Italian Language So Difficult to Preserve? It's quite an interesting read so if you have another 5 minutes to spare, check it out!
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“Non mi ricordo la mia password.”
Shit, is password a girl?
Isn’t there that rule about foreign words used in Italian always being masculine?
Ya, it's definitely a boy. There's a rule about it. IL meeting. IL film. IL computer.
*feeling of complete and utter doom*
But wait, there are always exceptions.
Maybe this is an exception.
Please language God, make this be an exception.
La password.
Il password.
La password.
They both sound good to me.
It was probably masculine.
Now I sound like a complete idiot...
I need to redeem my credibility and linguistic skills by saying something really complex.
What can I say?
Oh I know! I’m going to throw in a subjunctive. Yes. That’ll be impressive.
“Penso che sia una buon’idea!”
Take that! Subjunctive master.
Why isn’t this person acknowledging my mastery of Italian?
There are even Italians who don’t use it when necessary and I just did, bow down!
Wait, did I mess up the gender of “idea”?
Shit.
I can’t believe I’ve studied Italian all these years and I’m having doubts about the gender of “idea”.
I’m the worst.
How is this possible?
I hate this.
*conversation ends*
I just had that entire conversation in Italian.
I’m a fucking genius.
I wonder if his English is better than my Italian…
I hope he has a super thick accent and can’t use phrasal verbs.
Phrasal verbs in English are hard.
I mean, practically very few non-native speakers can use them like we do.
English is so underrated in difficulty.
Italian verbs are definitely harder though, I should probably study them more.
Yeah, I’m going to study one verb a day, every day, FOREVER.
Who am I kidding…I’d rather go for gelato.
THE END.
What about you? What would your dialogue look like? Let me know below!
If you enjoyed this post, you may also like to "dare un'occhiata" at these ones:
Taking Risks in Language Learning
Language Burnout
The Gift of Language: Italian and Beyond
The Neverending Story of Learning Italian
Living in Italy, Speaking in English
Parli Italiano?
How to Keep Learning Italian in Italy
A note on the photo: I took this from an article that is equally interesting, called: Guest Editorial: Why is the Italian Language So Difficult to Preserve? It's quite an interesting read so if you have another 5 minutes to spare, check it out!
RECENT POSTS FEED:
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