Monday, December 31, 2012

What's the link?

In an Indian curry restaurant in Japan,
An Indian movie is displayed on a screen like BGM.
Its subtitle seemed like Italian, but not.
It was Roemanian.
What's the link between Indian movies and Roemanian ?

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Italin 5 week boot camp Part 2: Result

I started "Italian 5 week boot camp Part 2"
on October 29th, with rather relaxed attitude.
Why it took two months for 5 week training ?
Because I took a break for a while.

Although I have not finished two text books,
nor spent 10 hours per week,
which were my targets at first,
I am amazed what during 5 weeks I have made.

I read "Vocabolarietto Italiano" to page 90.
Now I am thinking of reading the entire book (to page 210).
And I am also thinking of taking an exam for a diploma.

In short, I am quite satisfied with the fruits.


--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

giorno 35 look-alike

Something Italian language has which English does not is "gender".
There is a wide variety of conjugations of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

As a result, completely different words sometimes look alike each other.
For example,  like this.

Here is another look-alike:
faccia (face, noun); and
faccia (do, verb, conjunctive, first/second/third person, singular, present form).

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

giorno 31 Iron Road


Italian:  "ferrovia"
ferri=iron, via=road

Japanese: 鉄道
鉄=iron, 道=road

Korean: 철도
철=iron , 도=road

Chinese:铁路
铁=iron, 路=road 

French:chemin de fer  
chemin=path, fer = iron

Spanish:ferrocarril
carril=path, (ferro) = iron

German:Eisenbahn
Eisen=iron, Bahn=road

<wallflowers, or going my wayers>

English: railroad

Dutch: spoorweg
spoor=trace, weg=road


--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Monday, December 17, 2012

giorno 22: The champion of monsters


Dutch: monster

Of course, it also means "monster"

Italian: campione
Of course, it also means "champion"

Japanese: 見本、試供品、サンプル

English: sample

Well, English and Japanese seem boresome.


Italian time last week:6.5 hours.
Maybe I am too relaxed ?

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.