Mi chiamo[my name is] Dion, io sono di[i am from] Gurnee, IL and I thought because I am Italian I should learn my "native" language, and that it wouldn't be too bad...if I only knew. You know you're in trouble when you struggle with english grammar and then your teacher tells you to do italian grammar.
It is like a train about to wreck, you don't want to see it, but you peek an eye out to see it because you know it is going to be ugly. That is about where I was at...I had to go through every single word for two full pages and translate it word by word from Italian to English and then see what the context was. The hard part is when you translate the words and it just doesn't make sense. At that point you have to go back and revisit the material to see if you did it right the first time and wiktionary can only help you out so much. The 1,000+ dictionary is helpful at times but not as much in other times, especially when it has a long list of possible definitions for one word.
I was trying to describe a verb to a girl and I said visitiamo but all she heard was ti amo, which means "I love you." So I had to try to describe to her that I said visitiamo and I wasn't professing my love to her. That is just one of those awkward little situations where you try not to dig yourself into a bigger hole by what you say, but luckily she understood the second time I said it.
My random line for the day though is for a guy when he is on the dance floor and likes the way a girl is dancing she should go up to her and say balli benissimo [ba lee be nee see mo]. If that doesn't work I don't know what else will.
If you are curious what balli benissimo is leave a comment and I will respond with an answer.
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