{"id":1154,"date":"2016-11-28T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamingsophiabook.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:48:03","slug":"italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidding around in the Italian Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta2.jpg\" alt=\"italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta2-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><em>Illustration Credit: Studentessa Matta<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-italian-joke-around-in-the-italian-language\" style=\"background-color:#cf32d5\">How do Italian joke around in the Italian language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Playing around in Italiano\u2014Giochi, Barzellette, Scherzi\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JrRccsRyt2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reading-the-novel-dreaming-sophia-you-will-learn-a-bit-of-italian-and-words-the-italian-use-for-joking-around\">Reading the novel Dreaming Sophia <br>you will learn a bit of Italian&nbsp;and words <br>the Italian use for joking around. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, a <em>battuta<\/em> is a joke in Italian. The word&nbsp;means \u201cto hit\u201d in the sense of a \u201cpunch line of a joke. It can also mean the lines an actor needs to learn by heart for a role in a play. If you are telling a joke or teasing someone in Italian, you would say: \u201c<em>Ti prendo in giro<\/em>\u201d. It literally means to spin someone around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le Scioglilingua is those tricky, slippery tongue twisters or words that sound very similar. The trick is to say them very fast. The word \u201c<em>sciogliere<\/em>\u201d means to dissolve. When you repeat words that sound very similar they do indeed melt upon your tongue into one fluid sound. In \u201cDreaming Sophia\u201d Lorenzo and Sophia tease each other trying to say tongue twisters in Italian like: <em>\u201cTrentatr\u00e9 trentini entrarono a Trento, tutti e trentatr\u00e9 trotterellando.<\/em>\u201d Translation: Thirty-three people from Trentini enter the city of Trento, all thirty-three of them trotting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;\u201c<em>barzelletta<\/em>\u201d in Italian could be a joke or short story with a cute twist. Settimo, Sophia\u2019s Italian dad in \u201cDreaming Sophia,\u201d has quite a wicked sense of humor and loves to play tricks on Sophia as well as entertain her with his stories. Here is a scene I imagine might have taken place one evening around the Pogliani\u2019s dinner table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta9.jpg\" alt=\"italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor\" class=\"wp-image-1157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta9-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta9-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><em><em>Illustration Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentessamatta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studentessa Matta<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>One simply couldn\u2019t avoid Settimo\u2019s pranks and jokes. They were inevitable especially after he had imbibed a few glasses of wine. When he got that particular look in his eye, you knew a story was brewing in his head. He\u2019d say something like, \u201cSophia, mia cara, have you heard the story about the poor mouse who fell into a bottle of wine?\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>Sophia looked over at Adriana and saw her shake her head and smirk. Then she turned her attention back to Settimo and smiled him. \u201cNo,\u201d I said, \u201cbut I have a feeling you are about to tell me!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Solemnly, he said, \u201cIt is really quite a tragic story! One day a poor little mouse who lived in a cellar decided to uncork a bottle of wine and take a drink. Unfortunately, the tiny thing fell in head first and began to drown. Panicking, he called out to the cat to save him.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta125.jpg\" alt=\"italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta125.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta125-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta125-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><em><em>Illustration Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentessamatta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studentessa Matta<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>I watched in amusement as Settimo mimicked the mouse, raising his hands in the air and calling out for help in a drunken voice, \u201cSignor Gatto, please Mr. Cat, aiutami! Help me! I\u2019m going to drown! The little mouse was quite desperate you see, so he struck a deal with the cat. He said he\u2019d rather be eaten than drown. He promised the cat if he saved him, the cat could eat him for dinner. The sly cat, thinking this was a lovely reward, wasted no time setting the mouse free. But to his dismay, once the bottle was overturned, the clever mouse quickly scampered tipsily off to his hide in his mouse hole.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta127.jpg\" alt=\"italian-language-jokes-barzelletta-humor\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta127.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta127-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artlovingitaly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scherzi_StudentessaMatta127-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><em>Illustration Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.StudentessaMatta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studentessa Matta<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Looking around the table, Settimo paused a moment to take a drink from his glass before continuing. \u201cThe cat was quite furious,\u201d he said as he put the glass down, \u201cand ran after the mouse exclaiming, \u2018Ehi, aspetta! Hey wait, you said I could eat you now!\u2019 But the little mouse poked his head out of his door, hiccupped and laughed and then said, \u2018Signor Gatto<\/em>,<em> when we are drunk we all promise ridiculous things!\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Adriana rolled her eyes at her husband then looked back at me and shrugged her shoulders, implying she had heard the story a hundred times. My empty plates suddenly caught her attention, and she exclaimed, \u201cSophia! You haven\u2019t eaten enough!\u201d \u201cMangia! Mangia!\u201d she implored. Eat! Eat!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Joking around in Italian watch a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JrRccsRyt2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>YouTube video I made on the subject in Italian and English<\/strong><\/a>. For a translation and transcript of the video be sure to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentessamatta.com\/youtube-video-giochi-barzellette-scherzi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Studentessa Matta website:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about \u201c<strong>Dreaming Sophia\u201d<\/strong> and pick up a copy for yourself please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32027216-dreaming-sophia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Goodreads<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0997634804?ie=UTF8&amp;creativeASIN=0997634804&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=diariodiunstu-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>to read reviews and purchase the book in print and e-pub versions. The e-pub version has links to art, film, and music that is talked about in the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reviews-for-dreaming-sophia\">Reviews for <strong><em>Dreaming Sophia<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingmommyjournal.ca\/dreaming-sophia-book-review\/\">Working Mommy Journal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallyitalian.blogspot.ca\/2016\/11\/dreaming-sophia-because-dreaming-is-art.html\">Essentially Italian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thepenmuse.net\/14546-2\/\">The Pen and Muse Book Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flyhigh-by-learnonline.blogspot.it\/2016\/11\/dreaming-sophia-blog-tour-author-guest.html\">FLY HIGH!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryofcleanreads.com\/2016\/11\/dreaming-sophia-by-melissa-muldoon-book.html\">Library of Clean Reads<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryofcleanreads.com\/2016\/11\/dreaming-sophia-by-melissa-muldoon-book.html\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do Italian joke around in the Italian language? 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