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ITALIAN TONGUE-TWISTERS
Trentatré trentini entrarono in Trento, tutti e trentatré trotterellando. Thirty three people from Trentino enter (the town of) Trento—all thirty three are trotting! Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palle di pelle di pollo e tutti i pesci vennero a galla a vedere la palla di pelle di pollo fatta d’Apelle figlio di Apollo, ma quella palla di pelle di pollo сaduta del colle, dentro ‘na molla. Mo’ rott’ quella palla di pelle di pollo fatta d’Apelle, figlio di Apollo. Apelle, son of Apollo, made a ball of chicken skin and all the fish came to the surface to see the ball of chicken skin made by Apelle, son of…
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EVERYDAY ITALIAN EXPRESSIONS YOU SHOULD USE
Speak like a true Italian with these everyday Italian expressions and idioms that you are bound to hear on the “strada’s” and in the “piazza’s” of Italy. I’ve compiled a list of my favourite Italian idiomatic expressions, learning some of these are bound to help you navigate better whilst in Italy. 1. Alea iacta est Alea iacta est (“The die is cast”) is attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC, as he led his army across the Rubicon river in Northern Italy. With this step, he entered Italy at the head of his army in defiance of the Senate and began his long civil war against Pompey and the Optimates. The phrase, either in the original Latin or in translation, is…