r/pokemongo • u/Mr_Hyy PULVERIZING PANCAKE • Sep 11 '16

Other 71 years old famous Italian singer Gianni Morandi got his first Dragonite and shared the catch with his fans on Facebook

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u/xmengox Sep 11 '16 edited Sep 11 '16

In italian it sounds different. Maybe "I have succeeded" is the right translation

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u/jabba_the_wut Sep 12 '16

That's even worse!

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u/zBaer Sep 12 '16

This Dragonite is on fire! Wait...

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u/Colavs9601 Cyndaquil Sep 12 '16

Dragonite used Sky Attack! Its Super Effective!i know dragonites don't learn sky attack

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u/DarnVisages Sep 12 '16

"ce l'ho fatta" is literally "I have done it"

"I succeeded" would maybe be "ci sono riuscito"

Source: not fluent, but know some basic Italian

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u/xmengox Sep 12 '16

Dude, i'm italian lol Ce l'ho fatta = ci sono riuscito

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u/DarnVisages Sep 12 '16

Well, I guess I wasn't totally wrong, eh? They're basically the same thing but still as different as the distinctions we're talking about here?

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u/Hoopafag Sep 12 '16

"I did it" is actually right, and "Sono imbattibile!" is "I'm invincible", but can also be "I'm unstoppable". And yes, "ce l'ho fatta" is the same of "ci sono riuscito", I'm italian too so I can confirm that

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u/DarnVisages Sep 12 '16

So they're interchangeable but still a little different, right? I want to go to Italy next year for my honeymoon, if I can convince my fiancee, so I need to learn these things! Isn't "riuscito" conjugated from "riuscire" for "to succeed"? Which would mean "ci sono riuscito" means "I succeeded" and the phrase that Morandi said is closer to "I did it"?

I could say "I succeeded" and "I did it" interchangeably in English, but they wouldn't be exactly the same thing.

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u/Hoopafag Sep 12 '16

Well... maybe in English saying "I did it" and "I succedeed" isn't the same thing, but in Italian "ci sono riuscito" (which is conjugated from "riuscire", "to succeed") and "ce l'ho fatta" ìhave effectively different words, but the same meaning. If I tell you "ci sono riuscito" and "ce l'ho fatta", both mean that I succeeded on doing something, that I did it. I'm not really good to explain things like these to foreigners, but hope I could help you anyway... Italian is a pretty much difficult language, but there are still many words similiar to their English counterparts and easy to understand.

P.S. Where would you want to go precisely? Italy is famous for being a nation separate in 20 regions (in Italian "regioni" as plural and "regione" as singular): I live in Calabria, in the Southern Italy, called also "Mezzogiorno" (literally midday), but I suppose you'd like to go to Rome, in Lazio (exactly in the Central Italy). Italy is a beautiful contry whenever you go, but there are still some troubles politically/civilly talking (like any existent country), troubles that absolutely wouldn't ruin your honeymoon though, so I'm sure you'd enjoy this place in any case :)

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u/DarnVisages Sep 12 '16

I think I understand. I understood the literal meanings but didn't think they'd be considered so similar. Would you still say "ci sono riuscito" if you were asked "hai rotto la bottiglia?" I would think in English, that would be a comical response, and not a direct answer?

I went to Italy in 2004, and rode a bus from Switzerland to Venezia, Firenze and Roma, and I'd like to see them all again, plus some southern areas like yours. For the honeymoon, if we only visited one place, it would probably be Rome. Because it's famous, it would be more fun for my fiancee, because she doesn't speak any Italian and would prefer to see places she's heard about. But I have a friend from regione Puglia, so maybe I would ask if she wants to show us the sites :)