Comments on: Troublesome Italian words with more than one meaning http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/ Fluent Every Year Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Randy (@Yearlyglot) http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1274 Randy (@Yearlyglot) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:13:23 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1274 il baleno / la balena<br><br><br>What!!!???? That's crazy! Hahahahaha il baleno / la balena

What!!!???? That's crazy! Hahahahaha

]]> By: Benjameno http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1273 Benjameno Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:42:59 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1273 il banco/la banca<br>il fisico/ la fisica<br>il baleno / la balena<br>il bando / la banda<br>il tetto / la tetta<br><br> ... e via discorrendo il banco/la banca
il fisico/ la fisica
il baleno / la balena
il bando / la banda
il tetto / la tetta

… e via discorrendo

]]> By: Randy (@Yearlyglot) http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1271 Randy (@Yearlyglot) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:44:38 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1271 This is an interesting detail for me. What appears to be a minor gender change is actually a complete change of meaning. This seems to be a uniquely "Italian" feature. This is an interesting detail for me. What appears to be a minor gender change is actually a complete change of meaning. This seems to be a uniquely “Italian” feature.

]]> By: Randy (@Yearlyglot) http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1270 Randy (@Yearlyglot) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:43:01 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1270 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Melissa http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1269 Melissa Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:19:49 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1269 volevo aggiungere che dovrebbe essere "secondo me" ;-) volevo aggiungere che dovrebbe essere “secondo me” ;-)

]]> By: Melissa http://www.yearlyglot.com/2010/07/troublesome-italian-words-with-more-than-one-meaning/#comment-1267 Melissa Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:15:07 +0000 http://www.yearlyglot.com/?p=3334#comment-1267 buckle your seat belt, its going to be a bumpy ride! There are also lots of Italian words that are confusing because they are spelled very similarly but have different meaning depending on their genders. Esempi:<br>il filo = wire / la fila = line or cue<br>il foglio = paper / la foglia = leaf<br>il gambo = stalk / la gamba = leg<br>il collo = neck / la colla = glue<br>il porto = port / la porta = door<br><br>I wrote a blog about this that may be of interest called "Non fraintendermi! -Don't misunderstand me!" <a href="http://melissamuldoon.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/non-fraintendermi/" rel="nofollow">http://melissamuldoon.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/...</a><br><br>(I didn't know you were from Chicago...I lived there for many years in Oak Park and Wheaton and worked downtown!) buckle your seat belt, its going to be a bumpy ride! There are also lots of Italian words that are confusing because they are spelled very similarly but have different meaning depending on their genders. Esempi:
il filo = wire / la fila = line or cue
il foglio = paper / la foglia = leaf
il gambo = stalk / la gamba = leg
il collo = neck / la colla = glue
il porto = port / la porta = door

I wrote a blog about this that may be of interest called “Non fraintendermi! -Don't misunderstand me!” http://melissamuldoon.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/…

(I didn't know you were from Chicago…I lived there for many years in Oak Park and Wheaton and worked downtown!)

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