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| yuriFromRoma Groupie Italy Joined 4711 days ago 48 posts - 69 votes  Speaks: Italian* Studies: English, Russian | Message 41 of 67 28 May 2012 at 10:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
Leonardo almost fools me when he speaks Italian! He's very good at it, sometimes it seems to me that he was born and raised in Milan!
Good piece of advice, for sure Francesco does not excel when it comes to speak Italian (at the same time, he definitely does excel in one other thing at least!!). Regarding the phrase you linked, I would not define it "romanesco" because it's just a very bad usage of the languange and nothing more, and, by the way, I would rather say: "se avessi saputo che rimaneva, gli avrei detto: 'Rimani!'". 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 42 of 67 29 May 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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About the accent from Rome, recently I've watched an Italian movie called "Nessuno mi può Giudicare". My listening comprehension in Italian is usually very good, above 85-90%, but that movie was REALLY hard for me to understand, since the story was in the suburbs of Rome, and the people's accent was just incredibly....strange, I don't know...
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 43 of 67 11 December 2012 at 12:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVUEibj-lk Danny from Zenit speaking Russian. today he got a red card for swearing in Russian at the referee lol.
Cristiano has picked up a bit of Russian from his supermodel: http://youtu.be/jUVJkePBkes?t=53s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreDBocfn2U 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5227 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 44 of 67 11 December 2012 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm surprised no one posted this video yet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxA9ghHkOM Brazilian Joel Santana, ex-coach of South Africa, trying to speak English. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4620 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 45 of 67 19 December 2012 at 10:30am | IP Logged | |||||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqhC5jVCAw
Scotsman Aidan McGeady (Spartak Moscow) speaking Russian. I like the bit at the end. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4620 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 46 of 67 19 December 2012 at 11:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think one of the reasons that footballers learn foreign languages quickly is that they are basically just expected to get on with it. A reporter will think nothing of sticking a microphone in a player's face and asking him questions in a language that is new to the player. The responses in the early days will be stuttering and full of apalling grammar but being forced to think on your feet is a great learning process. They have no opportunity to hide.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 47 of 67 20 December 2012 at 12:44am | IP Logged | |||||
He is Irish. But funny otherwise. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4620 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 48 of 67 20 December 2012 at 10:57am | IP Logged | |||||
Born and raised in Glasgow. Speaks with a thick Scots accent. He plays for Ireland by virtue of the fact that his grandparents were born there but in reality he's Scottish. The Irish have really exploited this grandparent ruling and several members of their squad aren't from Ireland. Edited by beano on 20 December 2012 at 11:10am 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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