{"id":916,"date":"2011-08-23T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=916"},"modified":"2011-08-23T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T00:30:00","slug":"beware-of-the-b-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/beware-of-the-b-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the &lsquo;B&rsquo; Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">In Italian we have a confusing group of words beginning with <strong>\u2018b\u2019<\/strong> and ending with groups of vowels.&#160; All of these words sound very similar, and it can take quite a while to begin to differentiate them:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>il boia<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>il buio <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>la bua<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>il bue (plur: i buoi)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>il boa<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>la boa<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Complete the sentences below by inserting the correct word from the list above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>1. Quando ero bambina un giorno ho visto una coppia di <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>che tirava l\u2019aratro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>2. La mattina del 16 ottobre 1793 Maria Antonietta fu portata davanti al <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>3. Giovannino \u00e8 caduto e si \u00e8 fatto la <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>al ginocchio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>4. Siamo ormai a met\u00e0 della gara, infatti la prima barca ha appena compiuto il giro di <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>5. Mia zia Vicky mi ha raccontato che quando arriv\u00f2 in Inghilterra per la prima volta nell\u2019inverno del 1946 faceva un freddo <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>6. Quella notte il cielo era coperto, non c\u2019era la luna, faceva molto <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>7. Dicono che il <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>sia addirittura capace d\u2019ingoiare una capra intera<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>8. Quando ero bambina avevo paura del <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>9. La mamma dice al bambino: \u201cVieni qua che ti do un bacino cos\u00ec ti passa la <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>10. Mia nonna aveva un <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>di piume di struzzo che portava sempre quando andava a teatro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>11. Quando fa pesca subacquea mio fratello usa la <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>per segnalare la sua presenza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>12. A Geoff piacciono molto le uova all\u2019occhio di <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>E per finire, ecco una frase in cui ho usato tre di queste parole misteriose: \u201cEra ormai <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>e il <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>aspettava impaziente l\u2019arrivo del condannato a morte sul carro trainato da una coppia di <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/u>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So, is anyone feeling brave enough to post their answers in the comments section? <strong>Su, forza!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Italian we have a confusing group of words beginning with \u2018b\u2019 and ending with groups of vowels.&#160; All of these words sound very similar, and it can take quite a while to begin to differentiate them: il boia il buio la bua il bue (plur: i buoi) il boa la boa &#160; Complete the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/beware-of-the-b-words\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-italian-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Italian we have a confusing group of words beginning with \u2018b\u2019 and ending with groups of vowels. 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