Saturday, 26 October 2013
Italian lessons
I had my first italian lesson today. I am not sure whether I overhyped myself, someone really rate or hate me and sent me to the advanced class. It turned out that I missed only around twenty lessons over almost a year . So I was about 40 hours, a textbook and 60 pages behind. This out of depth situation was familiar by now as we learnt this “future perfect conditional present tense”. This tense is used when you want something for the future but is dependent on the present, strangely applicable to the situation of me trying to learn italian.
“Challenge accepted.”
Like every situation, there is a light at every tunnel. I got to skip a lot of classes and homework which were probably quite boring. Sure they might have been rather critical for the learning process (blablablabla). My favourite italian phrase which means a repetitive coded phrase of wisdom from someone. Sadly, people say it a lot around me but I never received the true meaning. So far I learnt my Italian lessons through life. The two weeks of camping in Sicily provided useful vocabulary (for camping), and the argument with the fruit seller for 3 fruits instead of kilograms of fruits meant I can trade (Balls were broken there). The various dishes that ordered without really understanding the menu were all part of the lessons. Thankfully all restaurants served food. I knew the gaps in my knowledge. The fact that I never used the numbers between 11 and 16, meant I really should learn to count (something I can only do well in Cantonese).
I asked for Italian lessons, and they gave me italian lessons. Therefore the only option was to react and stick with it.
The girl with the hiking boots is in Austria. After 12 hours of driving and some serious toll roads later, I really like hiking.
Adventures of Delboy 