From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 15:06:47 MDT
Vanessa Novaeris:
>I guess I'm lucky I only had to learn some of my family's butchered
>peasant dialect - it seems easier. Plus, they always describe everything
>they say with their hands anyways so I can usually guess what they mean.
Your relatives might like this:
Senza Parole: 100 gesti degli italiani
by Perangela Diadori
L'italiano per stranieri
Bonacci editore
Rome (1990 )
This is an 'text' book, which describes 100 different gestures used by
people in Italy. The first half shows diagrams of the gestures, then
the second half of the book show snapshots from real media (magazines,
newspapers, TV) of people using those gestures, and the student must
identify the gesture properly.
Maybe you've heard that an Italian can't talk if you tie their
hands behind their backs ? ... it's true ...
>The only tricky part is figuring out if they are mad or not because they
>always yell - think Fellini's Amarcord :P
In either case, I would guess that five seconds later, they are hugging
and kissing. :-)
Amara
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