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Ways to say “yes” in Italian

langsandlit:

colloquial, informal
ah sì? – oh yeah? (genuine, sarcastic)
ah sì/già – oh, yeah, I remember
effettivamente / in effetti – you’re right / that’s true (agreeing; resigned if used with suspension points)
eh/eh.. – yeah (annoyed; sad or worried if used with suspension points)
eh sì – guess so (resigned)
e vabbè.. – alright then.. (resigned if used with the suspesion points)
già – yah (not very enthusiastic), yeah (when you want to express approval or agreement to what someone else said, as in già, hai ragione “yeah, you’re right”, but it can also be used to reinforce what you’ve just said, as in già, avrei dovuto dire qualcosa “yeah, I should’ve said something”). Careful: English “so yeah” doesn’t translate to *perciò già or something like that with già.
ma certo! – of course!
ma sì! – of course!
proprio così – that’s right
sì – yes
sì, sì (also written sisì, sisi) – yes, of course (less formal than what it might be in English)
sicuro! – sure!
vabbè (also spelt: va be’ and va beh) – alright (extremely annoyed or sad depending on the intonation/context)

agreeing
d’accordo – all right, it’s a deal
ok – okay
va bene – okay, all right
già – yeah (see above)

formal
assolutamente (sì) – absolutely
certamente – certainly
senz’altro – certainly, definitely
volentieri – with pleasure

inspired by @language2go​‘s post

outpastthemoat:

good types of alone time:

“decadence”

  • rewatch pride & prejudice (2005 or 1995, your pick)
  • take a long shower & shave legs
  • stare at face in mirror for a long time, reflect on changes that have occured in past year
  • sara bareilles cd on repeat

“deep mystery”

  • lying on the floor listening to music you liked fifteen years ago
  • watch dust motes travel across the room in the late afternoon haze
  • what would be different about my life if i had been a cheerleader in high school?
  • what was the title of that book you read in the fourth grade?  you only remember the main character’s name and nothing about the plot.  you spend the next three hours googling and then you drop $60 for a first edition on ebay
  • cup of tea, then another
  • are you there god?

“efficiency”

  • take out five boxes of paperwork from the closet and spend the next three hours making small piles around your body on the floor
  • write first chapter of novel
  • cover wall in post it notes
  • lists lists lists
  • highlight everything
  • now’s a good time to start that bullet journal
  • must empty email inbox
  • plan out next five years of life down to the month, week, day

“shake it up”

  • blast nsync while scrubbing out microwave
  • rearrange living room four different ways
  • today’s a good day to repaint your bedroom
  • let’s research and plan a trip to san francisco
  • develop new fashion style, must throw away all items of clothes that don’t work with it

“rain day”

  • light candle, open windows, put on sweater
  • reread old favorite book
  • pet a cat
  • listen to jewel cd

what-even-is-thiss:

ready-edmayne:

therainingkiwi:

acertainmaybe:

a-dreaming-equestrian:

no more ‘vampires who correct history books’

more vampires who don’t remember
more vampires saying ‘i don’t fucking know man, google it’
more vampires not remembering important historical figures
more vampires not recalling centuries worth of history
more vampires saying ‘ that was at least 300 years ago, how the FUCK could i remember that detail?’
more vampires whose brains work like human brains

More vampires who 300 years later can’t remember what was the truth and what was the lie they told to get out of trouble.

More vampires who are like, “I don’t know, man, I spent most of that decade in an opium den.”

More vampires who weren’t paying attention because they didn’t think it would be important.

More vampires who don’t know because there was lot of conflicting gossip and they don’t want to point any fingers.

More vampires who are just bad at dates. “Back in 1620, or was it 1645, wait, what year is it now?”

More vampires who were on a totally different continent when it happened, so get off their back and stop asking them questions already.

YES to all of this but also consider: vampires who only remember the most trivial stuff.

“Oh yeah, the only thing I remember about the American Revolution was this nice candlemaker I met sometime, and she was wearing this really cute red shawl…”

“Uhhh I don’t remember much about the fall of Rome but there was this one fucking cobblestone right outside the coliseum…”

Also consider: vampires who realize three or four hundred years after the fact that they knew someone famous.

Just sits up in bed one night screaming “THAT WAS GEORGE GODDAMN WASHINGTON”

*vampire wakes up his girlfriend in the middle of the night*

“Stacy. Hey, hey Stacy.”

“Wh- Eric, what now?”

“I just realized that I missed the entire Islamic golden age.”

“Wh- what?”

“I missed it, Stacy. The whole thing. I was lost in a forest the whole time. I was so lost.”

“Eric, I’m trying to sleep.”

“Stacy they… listen here, Stacy. I missed the invention of the number zero. Stacy, Stacy I’m freaking out.”

johanirae:

caressthosecheekbones:

conversationswithjohnlock:

kaeltale:

namesonboats:

andordean:

a-daks:

canon: they died

fanfic: fUCK YOU

Canon: and so they never met

Fanfic: here’s a funny story

Canon: There was tension and pining, but they never even kissed.

Fanfic: Actually,

Canon: Torture the cinnamon roll.

Fanfic: Torture the cinnamon roll.

Canon: When they traveled they stayed in separate rooms

Fanfic: AND. THERE. WAS. ONLY. ONE. BED!!!!!

Canon: … and they were roommates.

Fanfic: oh my god, they were roommates…

Canon: They were international assassins who assassinated assassins.

Fanfic: But hot DAMN wait till you hear about this cafe they opened

dont-trust-a-doe:

rhythmic-idealist:

sun-pop:

bi-thor:

peter parker, expressing his affection as any teen would: thor i would die for you 🙂

thor, gripping his shoulders with the intensity of ten thousand burning suns: i would never let that happen

peter parker, later that week: i would die for you loki

loki, looking him dead in the eye: you will.

drax: [really bad joke]

peter parker: mr. drax? I would die for you

drax, with a pause spent determining that peter is probably joking and then a hearty guffaw: but my muscles and fighting power is several times your own! your death would be meaningless!

peter parker, in the middle of battle with no regard for his own safety: i would die for you

t’challa, who has lived with shuri long enough to know exactly what answer peter is looking for: then perish