{"id":269,"date":"2010-02-10T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=269"},"modified":"2010-02-10T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T12:00:18","slug":"farsi-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/farsi-male\/","title":{"rendered":"Farsi Male"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last blog, Una Veduta dall mia Finestra<\/strong> was inspired by the landscape that I see from my window. This blog draws inspiration from a rather different source, my accident prone husband Geoff. Within the last three weeks he has managed to fall from a two meter wall and crack his ribs, remove a patch of skin from the top a his head (he is 1 meter 88cm tall so it happens often), and twist his big toe on the stairs. The toe is now impressively swollen, and\u00a0black and blue, \u2026..Pazienza!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Accidenti, mi sono fatto proprio male!\u2019<\/strong> (Damn, I\u2019ve really hurt myself!) were not the exact words that he used when he tripped on the stairs yesterday and remodeled his toe, but you get the idea. So now we\u2019ll all benefit from Geoff\u2019s infortuni<\/strong> (misfortunes) with a look a what\u00a0to say when\u00a0you\u00a0 have an accident (<\/span>\u2018avere un incidente\u2019<\/strong><\/span>), but I\u2019m afraid you\u2019ll have to find your parolacce<\/strong> (swearwords) elsewhere!<\/span><\/p>\n

Farsi male<\/strong> (to hurt oneself). <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the\u00a0expressions we use when talking about personal accidents are in the reflexive and therefore follow the normal reflexive rules: <\/span>For example, you would say \u2018mi sono fatto<\/span> male\u2019<\/strong> if you are male, and\u00a0\u2018mi sono fatta<\/span> male\u2019<\/strong> if you are female. Likewise, if you want to ask someone else if they have hurt themselves you would say \u2018ti sei fatta<\/span> male?\u2019<\/strong> to a female friend and \u2018ti sei fatto<\/span> male?\u2019<\/strong> to a male friend. If you want to use the\u00a0polite, \u2018lei\u2019<\/strong>, form you would say \u2018si \u00e8 fatto(a) male?\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To explain what part of your body you have hurt\u00a0use farsi male a<\/span><\/strong>, e.g.:\u00a0\u2018m<\/strong><\/span>i sono <\/strong><\/span>fatto(a)<\/strong><\/span> male alla<\/span> schiena\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve hurt my back).\u00a0\u2018mi sono <\/strong><\/span>fatto(a)<\/strong><\/span> male al<\/span> gomito\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve hurt my elbow)<\/span><\/p>\n

To tell someone how you hurt yourself, or in what way you are injured, here are a few useful phrases:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Sono\u00a0caduto(a)\u2019<\/strong> (I fell) or \u2018ho fatto una caduta\u2019<\/strong> (I had a fall), e.g. \u2018sono <\/strong><\/span>caduto(a)<\/strong><\/span> da quel muro\u2019 <\/strong> (I fell from that wall), <\/span>‘stamattina ho fatto una brutta caduta da quel muro’ <\/strong>(this morning I had a bad fall from that wall).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Sono scivolato(a)\u2019<\/strong> (I slipped), e.g.\u00a0\u2018sono <\/span><\/strong><\/span>scivolato(a)<\/strong><\/span> sul ghiaccio\u2019<\/strong> (I slipped on the ice).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Mi sono tagliato(a) il\u00a0dito\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve cut my finger), n.b. when we talk about parts of the body, we don\u2019t use the possessive adjective \u2018my\u2019 or \u2018your\u2019.\u00a0Instead we use\u00a0the definite article\u00a0\u2018the\u2019, e.g. \u2018mi sono <\/strong><\/span>tagliato(a)<\/strong><\/span> la<\/span> mano\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve cut my hand, literally: I\u2019ve cut myself the hand),\u00a0\u2018mi sono <\/strong><\/span>fatto(a)<\/strong><\/span> male alla<\/span> mano\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve hurt my hand, literally: I\u2019ve hurt myself\u00a0the hand).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Ho preso una scossa\u2019<\/strong> (I got an electric\u00a0shock).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Mi sono bruciato(a) il braccio\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve burnt my arm). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Mi sono scottato(a) la bocca\u2019<\/strong> (I’ve scalded my mouth).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Farsi un livido<\/strong> (to bruise oneself), e.g. \u2018Mi sono <\/strong><\/span>fatto(a)<\/strong><\/span> un livido sulla gamba\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve bruised my leg).<\/span><\/p>\n

Graffiarsi<\/strong> (to scratch\/graze oneself), e.g. \u2018Mi sono graffiato(a) il ginocchio\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve grazed my knee).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Ho battuto la testa\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve banged my head).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Ho preso una storta\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve sprained my ankle).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u00c8 molto doloroso\u2019<\/strong> (It\u2019s very painful).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Mi fa male\u2019<\/strong> (It hurts),\u00a0\u2018mi fa male il piede\u2019<\/strong> (my foot hurts).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Si \u00e8 gonfiato\u2019<\/strong> (It’s swollen).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Ho bisogno di un cerotto\u2019<\/strong> (I need a plaster), \u2018<\/strong>Ho bisogno di una benda\u2019<\/strong> (I need a bandage)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sanguinare<\/strong> (to bleed), \u2018il dito sta sanguinando\u2019<\/strong> or \u2018sanguina il dito\u2019<\/strong> (my finger is bleeding), \u2018sanguina il naso\u2019<\/strong> (I\u2019ve got a nose bleed).<\/span><\/p>\n

Va bene, per adesso basta che\u00a0non voglio pensare pi\u00f9\u00a0a queste cose.\u00a0Pensiamo a qualcosa di bello, ecco, sta\u00a0uscendo il sole!<\/span>
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My last blog, Una Veduta dall mia Finestra was inspired by the landscape that I see from my window. This blog draws inspiration from a rather different source, my accident prone husband Geoff. Within the last three weeks he has managed to fall from a two meter wall and crack his ribs, remove a patch…<\/p>\n

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