{"id":128,"date":"2009-04-19T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-04-19T05:00:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T09:00:43","slug":"parole-curiose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/parole-curiose\/","title":{"rendered":"Parole Curiose"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things that attracts a lot of people to the Italian language is its musicality. This is probably largely due to our rather \u2018generous\u2019 usage of vowels which enable scorrevolezza<\/strong> (fluency), well at least for us \u2018natives\u2019, students of Italian may disagree! Try this little\u00a0scioglilingua <\/strong>(tongue twister)\u00a0for example:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Above the bench the goat lives, below the bench the goat dies)<\/span><\/p>\n

Too easy? Try this one then.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trentatre\u2019 Trentini entrarono dentro Trento\u00a0tutti e trentatre\u2019\u00a0trotterellando<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/span>Thirty three people from Trento entered into Trento all thirty three trotting along)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hmmm, o.k.\u00a0you\u2019d better get yourself a refreshing glass of water, perhaps even have a lie down. <\/span>Now if you\u2019re feeling refreshed, and you\u2019ve realigned your tongue\u00a0are you <\/span>ready for another challenge? Dai, proviamoci!<\/strong> (Come on, let\u2019s try!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to\u00a0our \u2018superfluity\u2019 of vowels, the Italian language contains a number of\u00a0\u2018parole curiose\u2019<\/strong> (curious words). So here is your challenge in the form of a little quiz:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Which is the shortest word in the Italian language that contains all five vowels (aeiou<\/strong>)? You will find a clue at the end of my blog Un po’ di giardinaggio<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Which Italian word has six i<\/strong>\u2019s and no other vowels? (clue: prime numbers have this quality)<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Which Italian word has the most o<\/strong>\u2019s? (clue: politicians are very good at doing\u00a0this whenever a proposal is made)<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Name at least two Italian words that have five a\u2019<\/strong>s. (clue: one of these is potentially explosive, another may require an exorcist, yet another will be useful if you\u2019ve lost a dog)<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Which\u00a0word is considered to be the longest in\u00a0Italian? (clue: it has 26 letters and it happens very quickly!)<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Which is the longest Italian word with no repeating letters? (clue: you can find them at the circus, they have very good balance)<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/span>Click on\u00a0Post a Comment<\/span>\u00a0below to post your answers, buona fortuna<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the things that attracts a lot of people to the Italian language is its musicality. This is probably largely due to our rather \u2018generous\u2019 usage of vowels which enable scorrevolezza (fluency), well at least for us \u2018natives\u2019, students of Italian may disagree! Try this little\u00a0scioglilingua (tongue twister)\u00a0for example: Sopra la panca la capra…<\/p>\n

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