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i'm a newbie
#82698
12/05/04 12:25 PM
12/05/04 12:25 PM
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istanbul
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hi everyone
in fact i'm familiar with this forum. i've been here afew years ago but i would not visit the site often and sadly forgot my password. i'm just interested in learning italian lately. hope i can find anyone here to correspond in italian if you can endure it?
salute
nos perituri mortem salutamus
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82700
12/05/04 01:50 PM
12/05/04 01:50 PM
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toronto
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welcome to the site, again. lol. hopefully you visit it alittle more this time.
"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82702
12/05/04 05:11 PM
12/05/04 05:11 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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Welcome aboard Sally!!!  Sorry to say I know very few words in Italian, but there are a few here who do know it.  Enjoy the board! TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82704
12/05/04 05:37 PM
12/05/04 05:37 PM
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Folsom Prison
DonFerro55
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Welcome, good luck with your Italian. I took a few classes once but drifted away from it.
Have fun.
Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82706
12/06/04 03:33 AM
12/06/04 03:33 AM
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Frankie 5-angels
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Welcome! I'm not Italian but here's a few words I've picked up from The Godfather and The Sopranos... Va Fangool - "Go away" Baked Ziti - Nice food Madonna - "Oh shit" Pezzonovante - "Big shot" Merde - "Shit" Cent Anni - "Cheers" Goomar - "Bit on the side" I hope this helps!! :p 
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82707
12/06/04 07:53 AM
12/06/04 07:53 AM
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istanbul
cant do it Sally
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thank you all for the warm welcome. i was not an active member here as my english wasnt so good (still isnt). but this time i promise i'll be as much talkative as i can . forgive me, i forgot to introduce myself in my previous post. my name is metin. a 25 years old turkish guy, anarchist, agnostic, worker doing digital printing, living in istanbul. i'm addicted to the godfather and i re-watch it over and over. especially i love the first part of the trilogy. well, in the course of time you'll know me closer i hope and i think i'll find a second home in this site. as i said my english is not good. now you might ask why i'm willing to learn anotehr foreign language while i havent done a good job on one. well, i dont know. the beauty of the words in italian attracts me so much and it has a fantastic pronounciation. also i was once told that if i learn it alittle, it will enrich my english as well since the english vocabulary has derived a vast part of it from latin which is the root of italian. by the way, i already knew the words "centanni" and "pezzonovante" but maddonna ah shit...lol
nos perituri mortem salutamus
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82708
12/06/04 10:09 AM
12/06/04 10:09 AM
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istanbul
cant do it Sally
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btw, isnt it "maron" that means "oh shit"? i remember michael saying maron when he tries the gun that clemenza prepares
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82709
12/06/04 12:20 PM
12/06/04 12:20 PM
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Originally posted by cant do it Sally:
btw, isnt it "maron" that means "oh shit"? i remember michael saying maron when he tries the gun that clemenza prepares Don't take that list above as being literal. "Marone" (as said in Brooklyn) is the same as "Madonna", and the literal translation would be "Mary, mother of God". Its used to exclaim surprise or amazement. For instance, you go to buy a loaf of bread and the baker tells you it costs $20. You might say, "Marone", and you might be thinking, "Oh shit", but its literally, "Mother of God" (as if implying disbelief).
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Re: i'm a newbie
#82710
12/06/04 12:51 PM
12/06/04 12:51 PM
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istanbul
cant do it Sally
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i apologize if i've offended anyone here. i didnt know it was something religious. thanks for the info.
nos perituri mortem salutamus
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