{"id":277,"date":"2010-02-28T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=277"},"modified":"2013-07-02T09:08:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:08:14","slug":"che-taggia-di","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/che-taggia-di\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Che t’aggia dì’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my imagination, all of you who read my last blog \u2018Gesture of the Day\u2019<\/font><\/strong><\/a> have been spending hours in front of the mirror practicing and perfecting your moves. Now I won\u2019t pretend that learning body language will improve your grammar, but it will perhaps help you to speak Italian in a more convincing way, that is to \u2018feel\u2019 the language rather than just recite it. This is, of course, quite advanced stuff, especially if you come from a culture that doesn\u2019t use a great deal of expressive body language. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

As I said in my previous blog, physical gestures are not easy to translate into words \u2026.. so in order to give you a vivid depiction of the gesture \u2018che cavolo dici?\u2019<\/strong> (what the \u2018cabbage\u2019 are you talking about?), or \u2018cazzo vuoi\u2019<\/strong> (what the fuck do you want?) here is a link to a great video in which, if you watch carefully you will see this gesture used several times. Watch and learn from the masters!: