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Monday, October 18

How to Speak Italian - Part I

I received this excellent portrayal in my inbox - it is so spot-on I thought I'd repropose it here.  As my Uncle would often quip, "If you cut off your hands you'd be speechless!"  Well, consider this your encyclopedia for speaking Italian - in gestures.

Cartoon by Alfredo Cassano

10 comments:

  1. Francesca:
    Good one! Also there are oral ones like, "moh, bah, and boh!"

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  2. And if you want to get real fancy, try this as submitted by CuzLiz:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM

    It's hand-dancing to
    Tu vuo' fare l'americano...!

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  3. Francesca:
    That hand dancing was great!

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  4. The artist did more where that came from...so, be sure to check it out!

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  5. Ciao!
    You have very interesting post !:) We will suggest this Museum also to our students to visit !

    We are language school – SCUOLA TOSCANA, situated in very center of Florencia, in front of Basilica Santa Croce and we have italian courses for foreigns! I invite you to visit our official page and our facebook and you can also follow our blog and find some fresh ideas😛 !

    On our Blog we have a post of body language - gestures it Italy and that you can teach also and do the activity!

    https://wordpress.com/posts/it…
    http://www.scuola-toscana.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/scuol…

    Saluti della bella Firenze!:)

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