palazzo. il palazzo. and i have been writing palazza. after all, it is la mia casa, la sua reggia, but no, wait, it's il mio apartamento... a quick google threw up lots of palazza feminines, but the dictionary confirms that I am wrong, it is il masculine palazzo. Darn. La reggia is a palace. Il palazzo is a palace. aaaaargh!!!!!
So, please take as corrected (they are not, yet) all my references to palazza. They should read palazzo.
Is it any wonder that my progress with the language is slow?
Cassino is a place, not too far from here. A casino is a mess, chaos or a loud noise, or problems/difficulties. It can also be a brothel. Be careful how you say where you are going! And just to add to it all, a casina is a small house. So easy to slip up!
Palazzo is a palace (masculine)
Reggia is a (royal) palace (feminine)
Casa is a house (feminine)
Apartamento is an apartment (masculine).
Buon giorno (good day) is masculine, but buona giornata, have a good day, is feminine.
La pace (peace) and la guerra (war) are both feminine. But il guerrafondaio (warmonger) is masculine. Giustizia (justice), however, is feminine.
The logic? There is none! Confused, it is, I am.
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No, there is no logic in the Italian language. Certainly not after two....
No wait I'll come back to you by email.
I hope you are still in the mood for (more) corrections and additions.
Let the blind help the deaf!
PS. The palazzo where I am working is in the process of becoming a condominium. What a shame in some ways, but how nice that many people will be able to enjoy it instead of only one family.
PPS Just for cyNICal, it was two glasses of an amaro new to me, called Lugano. Very nice it is too! (Second glass just to be sure I was right about the first one, of course!) My new adventure is exploring local restaurants with new friends :-) and, as I wasn't driving, better a nightcap in good company than home alone!
There's an amaro that's NEW to you???
hehehe...
Just back from Rome, where almost everyone lives in a Palazzo but just a few are living in a Palace.
Lucano? J, I think it is Lucano not Lugano. (OK; I know you think it tastes like medicine... that's how I would use it, of course! Strictly medicinal, to remind me of Buckleys...)
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