Has anyone managed to understand Lisa's rant in Sunday's episode? I can't make heads or tails of it. But then again, I don't know any Italian. :-)
�Sono cos� matto a lei! Io pensato abbiamo ...�? No, I'm not going to make an ass of myself. Anyone?
Klaus Petersen wrote in news:dmhjsp$ett$[email]:
I think it means "I am so mad at you! The fun we had!"
I dunno, something about being gay.
Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm
Yes, so far I agree. But then I think it continues along the lines of �I thought we had a relationship, but then I see you with this hussy. You make me sick!� Or does it? And how do you actually spell the whole thing? If anyone wants to give it a listen, <http://www.nachtgesang.de/klaus/lisa1.mp3> (88kb) is the quote at original speed, and <http://www.nachtgesang.de/klaus/lisa2.mp3> (133kb) is a crappy timestreched version.
She said: "Michael, I am the hunted one."
Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm
Klaus Petersen ha scritto:
Well, it's not completely correct italian, but she says:
"Sono cosi' matto a lei! Ho pensato abbiamo avuto qualcosa andando, e poi la prendo con questa sgualdrina" wich sounds like: "I'm so mad at you! I thought there was something going on, and then I catch you with this bitch."
It' a sort of litteral translations. In fact we don't use forms like "I'm mad at someone" or "having something going on". We would have said "Sono furiosa" (yes, we distinguish male and female forms of nouns and adjectives) which is: "I'm furious" and "pensavo ci fosse qualcosa tra noi" (literally:" I think there was something among us". I think it was intentional, to make fun, but I don't know... The whole episode is full of bad spelled sentences. Not that my english is any better... :) I guess that's just the way an italian student may speak so it's what Lisa should say.
If you need more explanation I'm here.
Tigers ha scritto:
One more thing which sounds strange in Lisa's speak: here in Italy as a form of courtesy, we refer to other people in third person (so we say something like "pleased to meet him" instead of "pleased to meet you". That's what Lisa does. But we don't use this form with people we know well, so it sounds strange.
That's all.
In German, we say something in the nature of �pleased to meet them�. Phrase books and crash courses usually teach this form, because you can't go wrong with it, as far as politeness goes. Perhaps Milhouse was thinking along the same lines.
Ah, �sgualdrina�! Once you know how it's spelled, it shows up in the dictionary... And I sat here like �'squadrina' ... what the ... perhaps 'little brigade' ... what the hell is that supposed to mean?!� :-)
Thanks for your reply, and also for the insights you provide in your article below. Some more episodes like this, and the Simpsons is Educational TV! ;-)