Monday, December 16, 2024

“Come ti senti quando parli in italiano?”

How do I feel when I speak Italian, you ask? Te lo dico! ... And thanks to Pensierini magazine for publishing my short piece on their website. Sometimes I also feel the need to write in Italian!

     “Come ti senti quando parli in italiano?”

Quando arrivai a Siena nel 1993, sono rimasta totalmente spaesata. Avevo studiato l’italiano all’università in USA ma nessuno mi aveva detto che a Siena (come in tutta la Toscana) la gente aspira la ‘C’. Sono arrivata come studentessa per un soggiorno di sei mesi e girando per Siena, non capivo e non mi facevo capire.

Di preciso, non avevo capito che si trattava non solamente di un paese dove la gente parlava in altra lingua; si trattava di un paese dove la gente pensava in un modo totalmente diverso dalla mentalità americana. Per esempio, quando entravo in un negozio e la commessa mi diceva, “Dimmi.” In America, nessuno dice “dimmi” quando entri in un negozio! Non bastava sostituire le parole – bisognava fare molto di più.

Per leggere il resto del testo//to read the rest, visit:

https://pensierini.blog/come-mi-sento-quando-parlo-in-italiano/libera/


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