{"id":4544,"date":"2014-01-29T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4544"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:14:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:14:01","slug":"how-not-to-say-i-love-you-in-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/how-not-to-say-i-love-you-in-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Say I Love You in Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italians are very romantic, and town walls all over Italy are covered in graffiti with big passionate declarations of love. Ma amore non fa sempre rima con cuore<\/strong> (but love does not always rhyme with heart), as we say in Italian, so despite the good intentions these romantic graffiti are often full of grammatical mistakes which can make them very comical at times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori-6_thumb\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
such as this very simple one: PEDONAMI<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The writer of the message above forgot an \u2018r\u2019<\/strong>, so instead of \u2018perdonami\u2019<\/strong> (forgive me), he\/she wrote \u2018pedonami\u2019<\/strong> which can be interpreted as \u2018run me over\u2019 (pedone<\/strong> is a pedestrian or a pawn in chess. The verb \u2018pedonare\u2019<\/strong> doesn\u2019t actually exist but to me this image conveys the idea of a pedestrian run over by a car).<\/p>\n

The next photo is an example of graffiti written using text messaging shorthand, peppered with numerous grammatical errors and spelling mistakes (to find out more about text messaging in Italian click here<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LA VITA MI A DATO UN REGALO BELLISSIMO E IO COME LO STUPIDO O PERSO E X QUESTO IO CI\u00d2 UN DOLORE ATROCE KE SOLO TU PUOI QUARIRMI XKE 6 PARTE DI ME!<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Translated into Italian the graffiti should read: \u201cLa vita mi ha dato un regalo bellissimo e io come uno stupido l\u2019ho perso e per questo io c\u2019ho un dolore atroce che solo tu puoi guarirmi, perch\u00e9 sei parte di me!\u201d <\/strong>(Life gave me a wonderful present and I, like an idiot, lost it, that\u2019s why I have a terrible pain that only you can cure, because you are part of me!)<\/p>\n

A very common mistake in a lot of graffiti is missing out the letter \u2018h\u2019<\/strong>, which is not pronounced in Italian but is written, e.g. \u2018o\u2019<\/strong> instead of \u2018ho\u2019<\/strong> (I have), \u2018ai\u2019<\/strong> instead of \u2018hai\u2019<\/strong> (you have), and \u2018a\u2019<\/strong> instead of \u2018ha\u2019<\/strong> (he\/she\/it has). But it\u2019s interesting and sad at the same time to notice that these writers still have a vague memory of the existence of a silent \u2018h\u2019<\/strong> somewhere in their spelling, so this letter sometimes appears in the most unexpected places. The example below is a wonderful collection of misplaced h<\/strong>\u2019s and accents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NN TI VOGLIO PERDERE LO O SBAGLIATO \u00c8 CONTINUER\u00d2 HA FARLO MA SAPPI CHE TI AMER\u00d2<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Italian translation: \u201cNon ti voglio perdere. Lo (io?) ho sbagliato e continuer\u00f2 a farlo, ma sappi che ti amer\u00f2 <\/strong>(I don\u2019t want to lose you. I was wrong and I will continue to be, but you must know that I will love you).<\/p>\n

Some people cannot resist the temptation of correcting the mistakes of others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIRELA \u2026 TI AMO!!! 6 LA COSA PIU BELLA CHE CI \u00d2<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Italian: \u201cMirella \u2026 Ti amo!!! Sei la cosa pi\u00f9 bella che ho\u201d <\/strong>(\u201cMirella \u2026 I love you!!! You are the most beautiful thing I have\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u2026 or add amusing comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CON TE ACCANTO POSSO RINUNCIARE HA TUTTO \u2026 ANCHE ALL\u2019ITALIANO \u2026<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Original message in red: \u201cWith you by my side I can give up everything \u2026\u201d added later in black: \u201ceven the Italian language \u2026\u201d (referring to the \u2018h<\/strong>\u2019 in front of the preposition \u2018a<\/strong>\u2019, in Italian we say rinunciare a<\/u> tutto<\/strong>, to give up everything)<\/p>\n

But this has to be my favourite:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"amori<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I LOVE YOU ALESIA \u2026 whoops, I mean ALESSIA<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can find more grammatically incorrect love graffiti on this site: amori grammaticalmente scorretti<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/font><\/em> and if you feel like doing a bit of graffiti yourself you\u2019d better read our blog How to Say \u2018I Love You\u2019 in Italian<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, who\u2019s going to admit to having written romantic graffiti, come on, own up \u2026 leave a comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Italians are very romantic, and town walls all over Italy are covered in graffiti with big passionate declarations of love. Ma amore non fa sempre rima con cuore (but love does not always rhyme with heart), as we say in Italian, so despite the good intentions these romantic graffiti are often full of grammatical mistakes…<\/p>\n

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