You know...

[brinshannara]

I love Italian. Really. I do. I don't think there's a more beautiful language than Italian. I love the rhythm, the cadence, the style, the flair.

I also loathe it more intensely than I thought was possible.

I have a test at 2:45. On ordinal numbers (first, second, third, primo, secondo, terzo), the passive form, relative pronouns, the imperative and the subjunctive.

I am confident of my ability on the numbers and fairly reasonably okay with the subjunctive. The pronouns and imperative are so-so. The passive form? Gah.

I don't tend to use the passive voice in ENGLISH, much less Italian.

I really think this may be my last semester of Italian. It makes me sad, but also, there's this huge wave of relief at the idea of not cramming a whole new language, complete with verbs and tenses, into my already-full brain.

The only motivation I have right now is to learn this so that when I go to Italy this summer (June, baby! 2 weeks!) with my parents, I'll be able to tell them I'm going out and not to worry, because I can speak the language, too. I refuse to be stuck at my parents' sides for two weeks when I am somewhat capable of speaking with the locals.

... I highly doubt I'll wind up speaking in the passive form to some random person in Italy, though. :P

Comments

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

Wow! When did this happen? (The trip, of course)

So jealous!

[brinshannara]

Oh, heck, a few months ago? My dad has a week-long conference in Milan, so he was going to go with my mom and then take another week as vacation afterwards, and they asked me if I wanted to go along.

On the one hand, two weeks with my parents.

On the other hand, ITALY.

Italy won out. ;)

So two weeks in June -- one week mostly in Milan, and the other... we don't know. A quick pop over to Venice, maybe, and then back to the other coast? Not sure yet. My mom claims she doesn't want to go to Rome, which makes me sad. But I could deal with Florence or Parma or something.

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

I hear Florence is fabulous.

[brinshannara]

'tis gorgeous. I went there when I was 13 and even as a grumpy, moody 13 year old, I managed to see how gorgeous it was. My dad bought me a ring with emerald chips in it (emerald is my birthstone) from a store on Ponte Vecchio. :)

Yeah, I'm going to demand Florence be on the itinerary if Rome isn't. (How dare they not want to go to ROME in the age of digital cameras?!) :)

[tapdancinghippo.livejournal.com]

Can I go, too?

[akasha132.livejournal.com]

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