ITALY CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

ITALY – “THE BOOT”

ITALY – THE FLAG

ITALIAN LANGUAGE - FOODS  Pizza  Spaghetti  Lasagna  Gelato  Pepperoni  Pasta  Tortellini  Calzone  Maccaroni

ITALIAN FOOD - CHEESE Parmigiano-Reggiano (imitated by Kraft as Parmesan) Mozzarella

ITALIAN LANGUAGE  MACCHINA  BICICLETTA  FORMAGGIO  TUTTI  NON C’É MALE  UNA VOLTA  CIÀO  MOZZARELLA  DA SOLITO  A = CAR  E = RED  I = BE  O = ROW  U = BLUE  CI = CHICKEN  CE = CHANGE  CH = KICK  GH = SPAGHETTI  GI = GINGER

ITALIAN LANGUAGE – MUSIC INFLUENCE  OPERA - “WORK”  PIANO-FORTE - “PIANO”  Piano – Soft  Forte - Loud  BRAVO - “GOOD”  A CAPELLA – “AT THE CHAPEL”

ITALIAN LANGUAGE – MUSIC INFLUENCE  BASSO  PRIMA DONNA  ALTO  CANTO  PIANO  PIÚ PIANO  PIANISSIMO

ITALIAN LANGUAGE – FAMILIAR WORDS  FANTASTICO  POSSIBILE  FRUTTA  ATTACCO  IRATO  SPIRITO  VACANZA  PARCO  AUTOMOBILE

ITALIAN LANGUAGE – SCIOGLILINGUA Trentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando Trecentotrentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando Tremilatrecentotrentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando

ITALIAN LANGUAGE – SCIOGLILINGUA  Sopra la panca la capra canta. Sotto la panca la capra crepa.

ITALY – WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE

ASCOLI PICENO

PIAZZA DEL POPOLO

ASCOLI PICENO

LA QUINTANA

ASCOLI – LA QUINTANA

ITALY – WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE

ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE CIÀO - The word derives from the Venetian phrase sciào vostro (in Italian schiavo vostro) or s-ciào su literally meaning "I am your slave". Used in 30+ countries as a form of “hello” and/or “goodbye”.

ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE MARCO POLO – VENETIAN

ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE

Cinquecento Old and New circa 2010

ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE 1984 Testa Rossa “Red Head”