Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Help please Broggins, or any other Italian speakers

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by BDG

Lets make this a bit of fun and see what people would suggest is the one phrase they would add apart from the obvious already mentioned.

"I'm sorry for the football mate, you played well but we were better..."

[Rushjob]

Shaun, this may be of use.....

" No, equilibro sempre la mia birra sulla mia testa...... "

[BDG]

Originally Posted by Rushjob

Shaun, this may be of use.....

" No, equilibro sempre la mia birra sulla mia testa...... "

OK but what does it mean... "Please pour the beer over my head"

A million thanks to you all, shame i'm going on the KTM, don't fancy getting the Ducati to 10,000 ft off road

[Rushjob]

Originally Posted by BDG

OK but what does it mean... "Please pour the beer over my head"

A million thanks to you all, shame i'm going on the KTM, don't fancy getting the Ducati to 10,000 ft off road

" No, I always balance my beer on my head..... " ish.......

[Brogins]

Ok man, Dom was quite good...

here the grammatically correct version.. you will look like a local!!!

Sì.
No.
Per favore.
Grazie.
IN CHE DIREZIONE E'
3 birre per favore.
PER FAVORE AVETE UNA STANZA?
(La) - vostra figlia è bella.
PER FAVORE METTA GIU' LA PISTOLA (I am sure it will not happen..!!)

Jeff is right, you probably will not have a lot of problems... people will try to communicate in English.... not like the French :-) (I am giving hard time to Tonio today!!!..:-) )

"I'm sorry for the football mate, you played well but we were better.."

I really don't think you will need to know this sentence in Italian as It will not happen.. :-) .... !!!!

I would add:

QUANTO COSTA? - How much it is (moneywise)
BUONGIORNO - Goodmorning
BUONANOTTE - Goodnight (after 8 PM..)
QUANTO TEMPO E' NECESSARIO PER.... - How long is going to take for.......
LA DUCATI E' LA MOTO PIU' BELLA DEL MONDO - the duke is the most beautiful bike of the world...
SONO UN MOTOCICLISTA - I am a Motorcycle rider
.....

Ciao,
Brogins

[Eamonn]

Only drink cappacino in the morning (it's a breakfast drink)

In the afternoons/evenings only have Expresso (the king of coffee) - resorting to an 'Americano' (a watered down Expresso) is for wimps !

When asking for something start with :
Vorrei del - I want some ......
or
Vorrei un - I want a .....

Numbers 1 to 10:
uno
due
tre
quattro
cinque
sei
sette
otto
nove
diece

The letter 'c' is always pronounced 'ch' when there's a vowel after it - so cinque is pronounced 'chin-kwey'


If you try to talk in Italian, the Italians will often try to respond in English.... You can have a great time both talking in languages that neither are very good at !

HTH, and have a great time !

[Jools]

Originally Posted by Eamonn

Only drink cappacino in the morning (it's a breakfast drink)

In the afternoons/evenings only have Expresso (the king of coffee) - resorting to an 'Americano' (a watered down Expresso) is for wimps !

Or if they don't understand 'Expresso' try Espresso