{"id":4827,"date":"2014-02-26T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2014-02-26T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:38:51","slug":"our-first-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/our-first-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">It\u2019s all very well studying those grammar books but, as I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll know, having a conversation in Italian is another matter entirely. Here\u2019s a blog in which Serena and myself have fun pretending that we\u2019re out on our first date together, and we\u2019re each trying to discover what the other likes to do in their free time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201c\u2026 e i tuoi passatempi preferiti quali sono?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201c\u2026 and what are your favourite pastimes?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201cI miei passatempi preferiti? Beh, innanzitutto mi piace lavorare a maglia \u2026 lo trovo molto rilassante, quasi una meditazione, e creativo allo stesso tempo.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Segoe Print\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#646b86\">\u201cmy favourite pastimes? Well, most of all I like knitting<\/font><font color=\"#646b86\"> \u2026 I find it really relaxing, almost like meditation, and creative at the same time\u201d.<\/font>&#160; <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201c\u2026 s\u00ec, immagino, ma come fai, segui delle istruzioni da qualche rivista?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201c\u2026 yes, I can imagine, but how do you do it, do you follow instructions in a magazine?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena:\u201c\u2026 no, non copio mai completamente un modello, ma prendo varie idee e le adatto per creare qualcosa di personale.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cno, I never completely copy a pattern, I pick up lots of ideas and adapt them to create something personal\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201cche ganzo!\u201d(pensando fra s\u00e9 e s\u00e9 \u2018mi piacerebbe davvero un bel maglione fatto a mano \u2026 vediamo un po\u2019!), e a parte questo c\u2019hai altri passatempi?\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201ccool! (thinking to himself&#160; \u2018I\u2019d really like a nice hand knitted sweater \u2026 let\u2019s see!\u2019), and have you got any other pastimes?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201ccerto, quando il tempo lo permette, mi piace andare a fare passeggiate \u2026 in montagna, nei boschi,&#160; lungo la costa &#8230;\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cof course, when the weather allows I like going for walks \u2026 in the mountains, in the woods, along the coast \u2026\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201cma davvero? questo mi piace anche a me!\u201d (\u2026 questa s\u00ec che \u00e8 una bella e brava ragazza!)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201creally? I like doing that as well!\u201d (\u2026 she really is a pretty and clever girl!)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sun2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Stock Footage Couple On The Shore Of The Sea Romantic Couple At Sunset Two People In Love At Sun3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sunset-man-and\" border=\"0\" alt=\"stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sunset-man-and\"  width=\"540\" height=\"310\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sun3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201cE tu invece? Cosa ti piace fare nel tuo tempo libero?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cand how about you? what do you like to do in your free time?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201chmmm \u2026 ho sempre avuto tantissimi passatempi, anche troppi! Suono la chitarra da sempre, comunque, gi\u00e0 da un paio di anni non suono pi\u00f9 cos\u00ec spesso come una volta\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201chmmm \u2026 I\u2019ve always had loads of pastimes, too many perhaps! I\u2019ve always played the guitar, however, for a couple of years now I don\u2019t play as often as I used to\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201ce adesso cosa fai?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cso what do you do now?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: (pensando fra s\u00e9 e s\u00e9, \u2018in realt\u00e0 non faccio un cavolo, ma questo non glielo posso dire \u2026\u2019) \u201cehm, sai che cos\u2019\u00e8 il softair?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">(thinking to himself, \u2018actually I do bugger all, but I can\u2019t tell her that \u2026\u2019) \u201cumm, do you know what airsoft is?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201cno, non ne ho la pi\u00f9 pallida idea! che cos\u2019\u00e8?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cno, I haven\u2019t got the foggiest idea! what is it?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201cecco, il softair \u00e8 una specie di guerra simulata in cui spari ai tuoi amici con una replica di fucile d\u2019assalto, e \u2026\u201d (hmmm, insomma \u2026 forse era troppo presto per svelare questa mia strana passione, speriamo bene \u2026).<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cwell, airsoft is a kind of simulated war in which you shoot your friends with a replica assault rifle, and \u2026\u201d (hmmm, with hindsight \u2026 perhaps it was a bit early to reveal this strange passion of mine, let\u2019s hope for the best \u2026).<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Serena: \u201csparare agli amici? Caspita! questa s\u00ec che \u00e8 una bella idea!\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cshoot at your friends? Wow! that\u2019s really a great idea!\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">Geoff: \u201cSere, siamo fatti l\u2019uno per l\u2019altra, ci sposiamo subito?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#646b86\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">\u201cSere, we\u2019re made for each other, shall we get married immediately?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"535\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/romantic-couple-with-white-horse-and-campari-cocktails.jpg\" aria-label=\"Romantic Couple With White Horse And Campari Cocktails Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"  width=\"537\" height=\"356\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/romantic-couple-with-white-horse-and-campari-cocktails_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\">\n<p><font size=\"4\"><em><strong><strong><strong>\u2026 50 anni dopo \u2026 ho vinto IO!!!<\/strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <font color=\"#646b86\">50 years later \u2026 I won!!!<\/font><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Xk9nO.jpg\" aria-label=\"Xk9nO Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Xk9nO\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Xk9nO\"  width=\"537\" height=\"361\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Xk9nO_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">If you think you would find this style of conversational blog useful please let us know and we\u2019ll write them regularly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font color=\"#000040\" size=\"3\" face=\"Segoe Print\">P.S. the 20th anniversary of our real first date is in a few days time!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sun3-350x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sun3-350x201.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/stock-footage-couple-on-the-shore-of-the-sea-romantic-couple-at-sunset-two-people-in-love-at-sun3.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It\u2019s all very well studying those grammar books but, as I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll know, having a conversation in Italian is another matter entirely. 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