RANTING in Slow Italian Super Easy Italian 58

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Italians love complaining. But how do you complain in Italian? Let's find out today with Matteo and Katie!
Gli italiani adorano lamentarsi. Ma come ci si lamenta in italiano? Lo scopriamo oggi insieme a Matteo e Katie!
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Notes:
08:24 - "Che barba!": literally means 'what a beard!'. This is an exclamation that was used by the actress Sandra Mondaini in the sitcom 'Casa Vianello' to complain about her husband Raimondo Vianello.
But they're driving like maniacs—look at this it's unbelievable Let's put on a blinker
My goodness it's raining
It's been raining for days
Such a drag
These public transport options are
incredible — always
always in Italy
It's something you need every day in Italy a skill not everyone knows how to do
There are five things we
all complain about every day—perfect
for breaking the ice—so let's get a little complaining going
It's cold
It's very cold
It's hot
It's always hot
More or less
It's really cold
But you can use this expression when you come to Italy in summer and it's truly hot
It has been raining for days
It's raining heavily
Extremely heavily
This rain
It's been raining for days
It never stops
Italian conversations often begin this way—complaining about
some minor inconvenience a perfect way to break the ice
This week's exercises will allow you to review all the phrases for breaking the ice
Complaining about anything the way we Italians do
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description They said
they're stopping tomorrow but I don't think
they really will Still plenty of traffic
What the hell is going on Every time
it's the traffic
light every time it 's
the traffic every
time it's something
else—there are just too many cars
Too many machines
Too much traffic
Here we go
Now we're moving
And we keep moving
But we do nothing else
Than just move
There's never a
moment of
pause Matteo
If you should focus
on driving Sorry
These traffic lights Always red
Such a nuisance
But these scooters
What a noise
Yeah that's right
But
This bus never
arrives on time— always late These
public transport
vehicles are
incredibleYesterday
late The day
before yesterday
This
morning late
Unbelievable
Sounds or words
Useful for responding
To complaints in Italian
Hey Don't tell me
Ugh
You know the drill
Oh The
usual stuff
In this neighborhood
Creative parking
These cars Always
Everywhere Can't make
sense of it
Nothing
What a drag
Always dirty
Graffiti
Everywhere
There's always
Disgusting
So much tras
Too much trash
What is this garbage
This is disgusting This
rubbish
Branches
Everywhere you look
But how is that possible
Branches here and branches there
Even in the trucks
Such a drag Always
packed
There's always
Too many people
Too much confusion
I don't know what to do
Oh
What a nuisance
Ugh
Oh my
goodness it
costs everything
Everything is too noisy
Everything costs too much
And
The zucchini
Are too expensive
And the eggplants have become
Too costly
And even the bread
It's gotten way too expensive
But what is
And what the hec
Record the episode
go to the laundry
Cooking
Taking out the broth
I'm just
One person
How can I possibly manage
All of this
I don't have time
I have too much to do
And I don't have time
What the hell—Brodi
at least help me
out get yourself
out of there
no Well
okay then let's just
take it—ah ah—back pain
again
ugh maybe
a bit too much—
Neck pain
Headache
What a nuisance These
aches
I'm getting old
Such a drag
I didn’t sleep a wink last night
I couldn’t manage
I'm not even tired
A quick nap
What on earth
I can't do anything
Because I'm
Too exhausted
I'm going to sleep
Phrases to release anger
What the hell
It's a less
vulgar version of
what the hell
But
It's very strong
The slightly
softer version
What the hell
is going on
Or what a
nuisance
what
a bore what
a drag—let's
get a bit
more vulgar
like Vianello
What a pain
Common but not like
What the hell
Now it's your
turn Finally
You can complain
In the comments
When have you ever
Found a video
Where we tell you
Mourn in the
comments but in
Italian—please
for heaven's sake
Hello
