{"id":12751,"date":"2016-10-26T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=12751"},"modified":"2016-10-28T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T14:25:06","slug":"october-grammar-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/october-grammar-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"October Italian Grammar Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for a quiz, and time for all of you who are normally too shy, or too busy to leave us a comment. That includes you, astronauts up in the space station, and you, submariners under the polar ice cap \u2026 we know you\u2019re reading this!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fill in the blanks in the Italian translations below. You can find all the answers in blogs that we have published over the last few months.<\/p>\n

1. Finch\u00e9 or finch\u00e9 non?<\/span><\/p>\n

we can\u2019t go out while it\u2019s so hot = non possiamo uscire di casa __________ fa cos\u00ec caldo
\n<\/strong>we can\u2019t go out until it\u2019s cooler = non possiamo uscire di casa _________ fa pi\u00f9 fresco<\/strong>
\nhe kept driving until it got dark = ha continuato a guidare _________ ha fatto buio<\/strong>
\nhe kept driving while there was still light = ha continuato a guidare _________ c\u2019era luce<\/strong>
\nstay as long as you want = (tu) resta _________ vuoi<\/strong>
\nstay until Marco arrives = resta _________ arriva Marco<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Communicating<\/span><\/p>\n

Can I speak to you about the meeting? = _________ della riunione?<\/strong>
\nI spoke with Giovanni about the meeting = _________ Giovanni della riunione<\/strong>
\nGiovanni told me that you wanted to see me = Giovanni _________ che mi volevi vedere<\/strong>
\nIf you see Giovanni tell him that the meeting is at eight o\u2019clock = se vedi Giovanni _________ che la riunione \u00e8 alle otto<\/strong>
\nLaura told me that Giovanni isn\u2019t well = _________ raccontato Laura che Giovanni non sta bene<\/strong>
\nIn fact Giovanni phoned Laura yesterday evening = Infatti Giovanni _________ Laura ieri sera<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Necessities<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

the gas bill must be paid today = oggi _________ pagare la bolletta del gas<\/strong>
\nwe have to pay the gas bill today = oggi _________ pagare la bolletta del gas<\/strong>
\nif you want to catch that train you have to leave right now = se vuoi prendere quel treno _________ partire subito<\/strong>
\nto build a wall you need bricks = per costruire un muro _________ i mattoni<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nto make a cake you need flour = per fare un dolce __________ la farina<\/strong>
\n<\/em>to make cement you need sand and water = per fare il cemento ____________ la sabbia e l’acqua<\/b><\/p>\n

Can you translate the following barzelletta<\/strong> (joke)?<\/p>\n

\"barza3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Post your answers, even if you only manage one or two, and try not to worry about making mistakes in ‘public’, we’re all here to learn. Sbagliando si impara!<\/strong> (one learns by making mistakes!)
\nWe’ll publish the solutions to the quiz at the end of the week. In bocca al lupo!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Time for a quiz, and time for all of you who are normally too shy, or too busy to leave us a comment. That includes you, astronauts up in the space station, and you, submariners under the polar ice cap \u2026 we know you\u2019re reading this! Fill in the blanks in the Italian translations below…<\/p>\n

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