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I really don't understand

I lived in Italy for a year on a student exchange program. I just started learning the language when I was having a conversation in half English half Italian with a boy at school. During the conversation he asked me hai capito? I asked him what this means and he answered 'Do you understand?' I obviously didn't understand so I kept asking 'No I don't understand, what does hai capito? mean? This went for quite some time until the boy gave up and excused himself. Later I realised that hai capito? actually means DO YOU UNDERSTAND!

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Georgia, Athens, Greece 2009-08-05

That's very funny.
Thanx for posting it.

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Marianna 2008-11-27

Yes! You are right... sometimes understanding a language is simpler than we might expect.

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