Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This useful guide contains phrases for every situation, including insults to hurl at the refs during fútbol games at stadium in Rome. The author gives helpful tips for adding emphasis to slang through the body language, gestures, and intonation. Readers learn sweet words to entice a local beauty into a romantic gondola ride, not-so-sweet remarks to ward off any overzealous Venetians, and more.
Synopsis
GET D RTY
Next time you re traveling or just chattin in Italian with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
Cool slang
Funny insults
Explicit sex terms
Raw swear words
Dirty Italian teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Italy:
What's up?
Come va?
He's a real hottie.
Lui e proprio un figo.
This pizza's awesome
Questa pizza e buonissima
I'm totally wasted.
Soo sbronzo.
I gotta piss.
Devo pisciare.
Hey ref, you're an asshole
Arbitro cornuto
Wanna do it doggy-style?
Lo facciamo alla pecorina?
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Synopsis
GET D!RTYNext time youre traveling or just chattin in Italian with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
•Cool slang
•Funny insults
•Explicit sex terms
•Raw swear words
Dirty Italian teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Italy:
What's up?
Come va?
He's a real hottie.
Lui è proprio un figo.
This pizza's awesome!
Questa pizza è buonissima!
I'm totally wasted.
Soo sbronzo.
I gotta piss.
Devo pisciare.
Hey ref, you're an asshole!
Arbitro cornuto!
Wanna do it doggy-style?
Lo facciamo alla pecorina?
About the Author
Gabrielle Euvino is a Master teacher with the Language Immersion Institute (LII) through the State University of New York (SUNY), and adjuncts for Empire State College and other institutions.