Viva Italia

Currently reading “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert and there’s this part in the book that just made me want to learn Italian again—I’ve always wanted to ever since I saw Cinema Paradiso…It’s such a beautiful language.

They even make cursing sound classy! Hehehe check it out (as written in the book):

Italian man at a soccer game: Dai, dai, dai, Albertini, dai…va bene, va bene, ragazzo mio, perfetto, bravo, bravo…Dai! Dai! Via! Via! Nella porta! Eccola, eccola, eccola, mio bravo ragazzo, caro mio, eccola, eccola, ecco—AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! VAFFANCULO!!! FIGLIO DI MIGNOTTA!! STRONZO!! CAFONE! TRADITORE! Madonna…Ah, Dio mio, perche, perche, perche, questo  e stupido, e una vergogna, la vergogna…Che casino, che bordello…NON HAI UN CUORE, ALBERTINI! FAI FINTA! Guarda, non e successo niente…Dai, dai, ah…Molto miliore, Albertini, molto miliore, si, si, si, ecolla, bello, bravo, anima mia, ah, ottimo, eccola adesso…nella porta, nella porta, nell—VAFFANCULO!!!!

English translation by Liz Gilbert: Come on, come on, come on, Albertini, come on…OK, OK, my boy, perfect, brilliant, brilliant…Come on! Come on! Go! Go! In the goal! There it is, there it is, there it is,  my brilliant boy, my dear, there it is, there it is, there—AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! GO FUCK YOURSELF!!! YOU SON OF A BITCH!! SHITHEAD!! ASSHOLE!! TRAITOR!…Mother of God…Oh my God, why, why, why, this is stupid, this is shameful, the shame of it…what a mess…YOU DON’T HAVE A HEART ALBERTINI!!! YOU’RE A FAKER! Look, nothing happened…Come on, come on, hey, yes….Much better, Albertini, much better, yes, yes, yes, there it is, beautiful, brilliant, oh, excellent, there it is now…in the goal, in the goal, in the—-FUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!

Cafone! Traditore! Vaffanculo!!!!!!!!!!