{"id":13696,"date":"2017-03-27T19:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2017-03-27T19:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:37:59","slug":"spot-the-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/spot-the-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot The Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was inspired by a recent linguistic scandal in which an Italian politician misspelt the simple preposition ‘a<\/strong>‘ (to) and wrote ‘ha<\/strong>‘ (he\/she\/it has) instead. Now, you can do better than that, can’t you dear readers? Let’s find out …….
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Below I’ve written a series of sentences containing some of the most common spelling mistakes made by Italians. See if you can spot the deliberate mistake in each of these Italian sentences. Just for fun, see if you can also spot the mistakes in the photos.<\/p>\n

la mamma \u00e8 andata ha comprare il pane<\/strong> (mum’s gone to buy the bread)<\/p>\n

Giorgio a comprato una macchina nuova<\/strong> (Giorgio has bought a new car)
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non o avuto il tempo di passare in farmacia <\/strong>(I didn’t have time to go by the chemist)<\/p>\n

cosa preferisci, t\u00e8 ho caff\u00e8? <\/strong>(what do you prefer, tea or coffee?)<\/p>\n

mi puoi passare un p\u00f2 di pane? <\/strong>(can you pass me a bit of bread?)<\/p>\n

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vorrei un chilo di mele \u00e8 uno di arance <\/strong>(I’d like a kilo of apples and a kilo of oranges)<\/p>\n

il treno e arrivato con venti minuti di ritardo <\/strong>(the train arrived twenty minutes late)<\/p>\n

il prossimo hanno voglio andare a visitare la Sicilia <\/strong>(next year I want to go and visit Sicily)<\/p>\n

Mario e Michela anno detto che non possono venire <\/strong>(Mario and Michela said that they can’t come)<\/p>\n

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aspetta un’attimo, arrivo subito! <\/strong>(wait a moment, I’ll be straight there!)<\/p>\n

voglio dare un occhiata a questo negozio <\/strong>(I want to have a quick look at this shop)<\/p>\n

ai letto questo libro? <\/strong>(have you read this book?)<\/p>\n

mi piacciono le tagliatelle hai funghi <\/strong>(I like tagliatelle with mushrooms)<\/p>\n

non \u00f2 mai visitato Gubbio <\/strong>(I’ve never visited Gubbio)<\/p>\n

Answers<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nThe mistakes are highlighted in red:<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 la mamma \u00e8 andata ha<\/span><\/del> comprare il pane <\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 la mamma \u00e8 andata a<\/span> comprare il pane\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 Giorgio a<\/span><\/del> comprato una macchina nuova <\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Giorgio ha comprato una macchina nuova\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 non o<\/span><\/del> avuto il tempo di passare in farmacia<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 non ho avuto il tempo di passare in farmacia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 cosa preferisci, t\u00e8 ho<\/span><\/del> caff\u00e8?<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 cosa preferisci, t\u00e8 o caff\u00e8?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 mi puoi passare un p\u00f2<\/span><\/del> di pane?<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 mi puoi passare un po’ di pane?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 vorrei un chilo di mele \u00e8<\/span><\/del> uno di arance<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 vorrei un chilo di mele e uno di arance<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 il treno e<\/span><\/del> arrivato con venti minuti di ritardo<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 il treno \u00e8 arrivato con venti minuti di ritardo<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 il prossimo hanno<\/span><\/del> voglio andare a visitare la Sicilia<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 il prossimo anno voglio andare a visitare la Sicilia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 Mario e Michela anno<\/span><\/del> detto che non possono venire<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Mario e Michela hanno detto che non possono venire<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 aspetta un’<\/span><\/del>attimo, arrivo subito!<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 aspetta un attimo, arrivo subito!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 voglio dare un<\/span><\/del> occhiata a questo negozio<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 voglio dare un’occhiata a questo negozio<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 ai<\/span><\/del> letto questo libro?<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 hai letto questo libro?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 mi piacciono le tagliatelle hai<\/span><\/del> funghi <\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 mi piacciono le tagliatelle ai funghi<\/strong>I<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude41 non \u00f2<\/span><\/del> mai visitato Gubbio<\/strong>
\n\ud83d\ude42 non ho mai visitato Gubbio<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

This article was inspired by a recent linguistic scandal in which an Italian politician misspelt the simple preposition ‘a‘ (to) and wrote ‘ha‘ (he\/she\/it has) instead. Now, you can do better than that, can’t you dear readers? Let’s find out ……. Below I’ve written a series of sentences containing some of the most common spelling…<\/p>\n

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