When we Italians listen to someone who is explaining something we don’t understand, we say: “They are speaking Arabic!”; Spanish say: “They are speaking Chinese!”; Brazilians, Norwegians and English say: “They are speaking Greek!/This is Greek to me!”. It is curious right? Each of these three languages is complicated grammatically and culturally, they are three different worlds. Continue reading “What do they say/do?”
What is typical?
Here I am today to write a short list of typical cultural factors of the countries whose languages I speak:
I am a curious person and I always try to discover and learn new things; I can tell you that lately I have taken the B2 level norwegian exam and one of the most popular questions is “What is typical in Norway?“, so then I asked myself: “And what about Italy, Spain, Latin America, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, Portugal and Brazil?“. So I have been asking all my friends who belong to these cultures and I found out that (I chose the most important 5 typical things):
Did you know that?
Let´s observe now the beauty of the Culture:
How many proverbs do you know?Do you know how they correspond in other languages?
Here I found these proverbs in italian and their equivalent ones in spanish, english, portuguese and norwegian:
Translation of your way of life
Since I love traveling and speaking languages, I always try to discover more and more of the world!
In fact, among the several places I have been for holidays, I had and I am having experience to live abroad. In 2005, for example, I moved from Italy to Spain where I lived 7 years and from Spain to Norway, where I am based since 2013.
