11 Intervista a Fabio Quagliarella (1 Viewer)

[Martin]

In this episode we have a very special mystery guest star for you who, strangely enough, wishes to remain mysterious.

Intervista a Fabio Quagliarella

1. Ventiquattro giugno duemiladieci. Risultato finale: Slovacchia - Italia: tre a due.
2. Giornalista: Fabio, gol stupendo, ma non è bastato[sup](1)[/sup].
3. Quagliarella: No, decisamente no. Purtroppo.
4. Giornalista: Perché il fallimento, secondo te[sup](2)[/sup]?
5. Quagliarella: Non c'è un perché. Abbiamo avuto tantissime azioni e... è andata[sup](3)[/sup] così. Non abbiamo fatto sicuramente una gran bella figura, ci assegniamo[sup](4)[/sup] tutti la responsabilità.
6. Giornalista: Pensi che avete preparato lo schema giusto per la partita?
7. Quagliarella: Credo di sì[sup](5)[/sup]. Il mister ci ha parlato molto di questo avversario, come si deve stare attenti in difesa. Ma non ha funzionato, ecco tutto[sup](6)[/sup].
8. Giornalista: E il gol annullato, cosa ne pensi[sup](7)[/sup]?
9. Quagliarella: Non ho visto bene, può darsi[sup](8)[/sup] che la palla è entrata, ma non lo so.

Interview with Fabio Quagliarella

1. Twenty fourth of June two thousand and ten. Final result: Slovakia - Italy: three-two.
   [Twenty-four June two-thousands-ten. Result final: Slovakia - Italy: three to two.]
2. Journalist: Fabio, great goal, but it wasn't enough.
   [Fabio, goal wonderful, but not is enough.]
3. Quagliarella: No, definitely not. Unfortunately.
   [No, decidedly not. Unfortunately]
4. Journalist: Why the flop, according to you?
   [Why the failure, according-to you?]
5. Quagliarella: There isn't a why. We had so many chances and... it went like this. We certainly didn't make a good showing, we all take responsibility for it.
   [Not there-is a why. Have had very-many chances and... is gone like-this. Not have done surely a big beatiful figure, to-ourselves assign all-of-us the responsibility.]
6. Journalist: Do you think you prepared the correct strategy for this match?
   [Think that have prepared the plan right for the match?]
7. Quagliarella: I believe so. The coach has told us a lot about this opponent, about how you have to pay attention in defense. But it didn't work, that's all.
   [Believe that yes. The coach us has talked much about this opponent, how oneself must stay attentive in defense. But not has worked, here everything.]
8. Giornalista: And the annulled goal, what do you think of it?
   [And the goal annulled, what of-it think?]
9. Quagliarella: I didn't see it well, it could be that the ball went in, but I don't know.
   [Not have seen well, can give-itself that the ball is entered, but not it know.]

Notes

1. "bastato" comes from "bastare", which literally means "to be enough" and is a verb that doesn't exist in English. "basta!" means not just "enough!", but actually "it is enough!" [is enough!]
2. "secondo" with a name/pronoun is a common way to say "according to ..."/"in the opinion of...", "secondo lui sono fuorigioco" ~ "according to him I'm offside" [according-to him am offside]
3. "com'è andata?" ~ "how did it go?" [how-is gone?] here "andata" is in the feminine, which implies a feminine subject, such as "la cosa" ~ "the thing".
4. "ci assegniamo" is another reflexive verb, meaning "we assign to ourselves the responsibility".
5. "credo di sì" ~ "I believe so" [believe of yes], "penso di sì" ~ "I think so" [think of yes], "mi pare di sì" ~ "it seems so to me" [to-me seems of yes]
6. "ecco tutto" ~ "that's all" / "that's it".
7. "Possiamo venire domani, che ne dici?" ~ "We could come tomorrow, what do you say?" [Can come tomorrow, what of-it say?]
8. "può darsi", literally "it can give itself", is a common way to say "it might be the case".

Theory: Demonstratives

A demonstrative is a word used to point at something or indicate something, such as: this, that.

We have seen some examples of them:

• questo ~ this one
• quella ~ that one
• quelle immagini ~ those pictures
• quello ~ that one

Demonstratives have both gender and number (they are singulare or plural, ie. what they point to is one thing or many things).

• Feminine: questa ragazza ~ this girl
• Masculine: questo ragazzo ~ this guy
• Feminine: queste ragazze ~ these girls
• Masculine: questi ragazzi ~ these guys

Based on "quel":

• Feminine: quella ragazza ~ that girl
• Masculine: quel ragazzo ~ that guy
• Feminine: quelle ragazze ~ those girls
• Masculine: quei ragazzi ~ those guys

 

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[Quetzalcoatl]

I wonder who that mystery guest is :devil: Someone very fluent in Italian because he speaks so fast.

 

[blondu]

credo che si is good too ?

 

[Martin]

credo che si is good too ?

I don't think it's as idiomatic and as much used.

 

[blondu]

oky who's the other voice?

 

[Martin]

oky who's the other voice?

He won't say
But here's some inside info: Kate is starring in one of these episodes that we'll come to soon.

 

[blondu]

hmm...as sonia or alena i suppose.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Deneb or Alen.

 

[Martin]

hmm...as sonia or alena i suppose.

If your expectations are that low you're going to be delighted.

 

[IliveForJuve]

Andrea Cristiano!