{"id":9729,"date":"2015-07-27T21:04:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2015-07-27T21:04:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:04:40","slug":"who-is-mica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/who-is-mica\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Mica?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; or more to the point, what is <strong>mica<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>Mica<\/strong>:\u00a0a group of sheet silicate minerals<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>M<\/strong>ultimedia, <strong>I<\/strong>nformation, <strong>C<\/strong>ommunication &amp; <strong>A<\/strong>pplications<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>M<\/strong>ultidimensional <strong>I<\/strong>ndependent <strong>C<\/strong>omponent <strong>A<\/strong>nalysis<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>M<\/strong>obile <strong>I<\/strong>ntensive <strong>C<\/strong>are <strong>A<\/strong>mbulance<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>M<\/strong>aryland <strong>I<\/strong>nstitute <strong>C<\/strong>ollege of <strong>A<\/strong>rt<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em><strong>Mica<\/strong>:\u00a0a word that you hear Italians use a lot but are never quite sure what it means<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Mica<\/strong> is, in fact, all of the above, but for our purposes as students of Italian, it\u2019s obviously the last of these that we\u2019re going to look at today.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><u><strong>Mica<\/strong> has two distinct translations:<\/u><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>1. Mica<\/strong> = not, at all, hardly, exactly. In this case <strong>mica<\/strong> is used to reinforce a negation. Let\u2019s have a look at some every day examples<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>non \u00e8 mica vero!<\/strong> = it\u2019s not true at all!<br \/>\n<strong>non l\u2019ho mica fatto apposta!<\/strong> = I hardly did it on purpose!<br \/>\n<strong>ti piace questa gonna?<\/strong> <strong>\u2026 non \u00e8 mica brutta!<\/strong> = do you like this skirt? \u2026 it\u2019s not bad at all!<br \/>\n<strong>non \u00e8 mica per caso che ho scelto questo prodotto!<\/strong> = I didn\u2019t exactly choose this product by chance!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9733\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Gonna Ridicola 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9733\" class=\"wp-image-9733 size-full\"  alt=\"&quot;ti piace questa gonna?&quot; ....... lolololololol!!!!!\" width=\"434\" height=\"640\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001.jpg 434w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001-237x350.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><em>&#8220;ti piace questa gonna?&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;. wtf &#8230;.. lolololololol!!!!!<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Very commonly, the negative <strong>non <\/strong>is dropped completely and replaced by <strong>mica<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>mica \u00e8 vero!<\/strong> = it\u2019s not true at all!<br \/>\n<strong>mica l\u2019ho fatto apposta!<\/strong> = I didn\u2019t do it on purpose!<br \/>\n<strong>ti piace questa gonna? \u2026<\/strong> <strong>mica \u00e8 brutta!<\/strong> = do you like this skirt? \u2026 it\u2019s not bad!<br \/>\n<strong>mica \u00e8 per caso che ho scelto questo prodotto!<\/strong> = I didn\u2019t choose this product by chance!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Tip: A useful common expression is <strong>mica male<\/strong>, meaning &#8216;not bad&#8217;, e.g. <strong>mica male questa pasta<\/strong> = this pasta&#8217;s not bad<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2. Mica<\/strong> = by any chance, perhaps. In this case <strong>mica<\/strong> is used in questions such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>hai mica visto i miei occhiali?<\/strong> = have you by any chance seen my glasses?<br \/>\n<strong>avete mica il pane senza sale?<\/strong> = have you got any bread without salt by any chance?<br \/>\n<strong>non hai mica visto Elena stamattina?<\/strong> = you haven\u2019t seen Elena this morning by any chance have you?<br \/>\n<strong>ci sono mica dei chiodi pi\u00f9 grandi per favore?<\/strong> = are there perhaps some bigger nails please?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here\u2019s an excellent video (in Italian) by <strong>Fiorella Atzori<\/strong>\u00a0explaining the use of <strong>mica<\/strong>. I strongly suggest that you try to follow it, and if you like what you hear, subscribe to Fiorella&#8217;s channel, <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCN5zwIR-N3WitHgyBrRPbfQ\" target=\"_blank\">sgrammaticando<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t1P09lUpWsY?list=PL91A1C1F36227D6F1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Maxresdefault 002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9730\"  alt=\"maxresdefault-002\" width=\"535\" height=\"355\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/maxresdefault-002.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/maxresdefault-002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/maxresdefault-002-350x232.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"237\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001-237x350.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\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001-237x350.jpg 237w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/gonna-ridicola-001.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><p>&#8230; or more to the point, what is mica? Mica:\u00a0a group of sheet silicate minerals Multimedia, Information, Communication &amp; Applications Multidimensional Independent Component Analysis Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance Maryland Institute College of Art Mica:\u00a0a word that you hear Italians use a lot but are never quite sure what it means Mica is, in fact, all&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/who-is-mica\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":9733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[668],"class_list":["post-9729","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-language","tag-colloquial-italian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... or more to the point, what is mica? 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