{"id":14979,"date":"2017-10-09T20:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=14979"},"modified":"2017-10-09T20:50:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:50:12","slug":"tutto-a-posto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/tutto-a-posto\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutto A Posto?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutto a posto?<\/strong> is a phrase that you’ll hear all the time in Italy. It’s commonly used when friends and acquaintances meet each other: Ciao, come va … tutto a posto?<\/strong> Hi, how’s it going … everything okay?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, that seems nice and straightforward, you say … so where’s the catch?<\/p>\n

The catch is that we also have the very similar sounding apposta<\/strong>, which has (wouldn’t you know it!) a totally different meaning. So, let’s get down to business and sort these two out.<\/p>\n

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Una barzelletta … a proposito di niente!<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

A Posto<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

A posto<\/strong> literally means ‘in place’. So when you ask someone the question tutto a posto?<\/strong>, you’re asking them if everything is where\/how it should be and, by implication, if everything is okay.<\/p>\n

A posto<\/strong> is frequently used by commesse<\/strong> (shop assistants) when concluding a sale:
\nCliente: Ciao Lucia, mi dai un pezzetto di focaccia, e due filoncini per favore?<\/strong>
\nCustomer: Hi Lucia, can you give me a little bit of focaccia and two baguettes please?
\nCommessa: Ecco la focaccia … e i due filoni … a posto cos\u00ec?<\/strong>
\nShop assistant: Here’s the focaccia … and the two baguettes … is that everything?<\/p>\n

We also use a posto<\/strong> when talking about sorting things out or fixing stuff:<\/p>\n

Oggi voglio mettere a posto l’officina … c’\u00e8 troppo casino!<\/strong>
\nI want out sort out the workshop today … it’s too untidy!
\nCi hanno finalmente messo a posto la macchina, quindi domani possiamo andare a Firenze.<\/strong>
\nThey’ve finally fixed the car, so tomorrow we can go to Florence.<\/p>\n

Apposta<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Apposta<\/strong>, on the other hand, means ‘on purpose’, ‘specially’, ‘expressly’, or ‘purpose made’:<\/p>\n

Scusami, non l’ho fatto apposta.<\/strong>
\nExcuse me, I didn’t do it on purpose.
\nGiorgio ha costruito una capanna apposta per le capre.<\/strong>
\nGiorgio built a hut specially for the goats.
\nSecondo me l’hanno fatto apposta cos\u00ec, di modo che dobbiamo pagare di pi\u00f9!<\/strong>
\nI think they did it like this on purpose so that we’d have to pay more!<\/p>\n

A posto<\/strong> and apposta<\/strong> together … che confusione!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Per mettere a posto questo aggeggio ci vuole un attrezzo apposta.<\/strong>
\nTo fix this gadget you need a special tool.
\nLa camera da letto l’ho messa a posto apposta per te!<\/strong>
\nI sorted the bedroom out especially for you!<\/p>\n

Buona continuazione!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Tutto a posto? is a phrase that you’ll hear all the time in Italy. It’s commonly used when friends and acquaintances meet each other: Ciao, come va … tutto a posto? Hi, how’s it going … everything okay? Well, that seems nice and straightforward, you say … so where’s the catch? The catch is that…<\/p>\n

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