L'Inglese che si parla a Malta

[Luci]

Vorrei sapere se l'Inglese parlato dai Maltesi è molto differente come
pronuncia dall'Inglese britannico.
Se andassi a lavorare lì pensate che imparerei un buon inglese?
Grazie

[Sebapop]

Post by Luci
Vorrei sapere se l'Inglese parlato dai Maltesi è molto differente come
pronuncia dall'Inglese britannico.

Ho letto che è una pronuncia molto British ma con termini maltesi o
derivati dal maltese.

Post by Luci
Se andassi a lavorare lì pensate che imparerei un buon inglese?

Sicuramente migliore di quello che impareresti in Italia.

Sebastiano

[Enrico C]

Post by Sebapop

Post by Luci
Vorrei sapere se l'Inglese parlato dai Maltesi è molto differente come
pronuncia dall'Inglese britannico.

Ho letto che è una pronuncia molto British ma con termini maltesi o
derivati dal maltese.

Post by Luci
Se andassi a lavorare lì pensate che imparerei un buon inglese?

Sicuramente migliore di quello che impareresti in Italia.
Sebastiano

Il guaio e' che molti maltesi parlano anche l'italiano, pero'!
Almeno cosi' ho letto.

[Sebapop]

Post by Enrico C
Il guaio e' che molti maltesi parlano anche l'italiano, pero'!

Verissimo, l'italiano è diffusissimo. Basta non parlarlo. Se uno, però, ha
un accento italiano e non è sciolto nel parlare, troverà sempre chi passerà
all'italiano, pensando di aiutare.

Sebastiano

[MyMo]

Post by Sebapop
Verissimo, l'italiano è diffusissimo. Basta non parlarlo. Se uno, però, ha
un accento italiano e non è sciolto nel parlare, troverà sempre chi passerà
all'italiano, pensando di aiutare.
Sebastiano

Over the internet I knew people from Malta who speaks english better than me
(and this wasn't that hard); what's more they spoke italian better than me
too... maybe I was supposed to study a little more when I was at school
(both english and italian, of course!)

[Sebapop]

Post by MyMo
Over the internet I knew people from Malta who speaks english better than me
(and this wasn't that hard); what's more they spoke italian better than me
too... maybe I was supposed to study a little more when I was at school
(both english and italian, of course!)

Beh, a Malta credo che sia l'inglese, sia il maltese siano lingue
ufficiali. Moltissimi a Malta sono praticamente madrelingua in inglese e
moltissimi sono proprio madrelingua.

Sebastiano

[joscurtin]

Post by Sebapop

Post by Enrico C
Il guaio e' che molti maltesi parlano anche l'italiano, pero'!

Verissimo, l'italiano è diffusissimo. Basta non parlarlo. Se uno, però, ha
un accento italiano e non è sciolto nel parlare, troverà sempre chi passerà
all'italiano, pensando di aiutare.
Sebastiano

Because English has a preferred status in Maltese schools, it might
indeed be a very good place to study English.
When I was stationed with NATO in Naples, I knew many people who went
to Malta on vacation. They found it a beautiful place.
At that time, there was still a NATO base in Malta, and periodically a
Courier would come to Naples from Malta to pick up and deliver
documents.
Another duty of the Courier from Malta when he came to Naples was to
make the rounds of the NATO base at Bagnoli in an effort to buy up old
copies of Playboy magazine, which he would then smuggle back into
Malta in his diplomatic pouch. This subterfuge was necessary because
magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.

Joe from Massachusetts

[Sebapop]

Post by joscurtin
Because English has a preferred status in Maltese schools, it might
indeed be a very good place to study English.

Yeah, sunny and with a marvellous sea. :)

Post by joscurtin
When I was stationed with NATO in Naples, I knew many people who went
to Malta on vacation. They found it a beautiful place.
At that time, there was still a NATO base in Malta, and periodically a
Courier would come to Naples from Malta to pick up and deliver
documents.
Another duty of the Courier from Malta when he came to Naples was to
make the rounds of the NATO base at Bagnoli in an effort to buy up old
copies of Playboy magazine, which he would then smuggle back into
Malta in his diplomatic pouch. This subterfuge was necessary because
magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.

Poor li'l guys from Malta!
Anyway, it's a nice place and a good one to learn English, but if you have
a strong Italian accent you might end up speaking Italian 'cause if someone
who speaks Italian hears you talking with your "pizza-shaped" accent, they
might say "oooo, Italiano! Come va? Bella Italia!" and then you find
yourself spending your vacation helping out the locals with Italian.

Sebastiano

[Luci]

Thank you everybody!
I think Malta could be a good place to improve English, and it's near home
as well (because I live in Sicily). And I imagine it's less expensive then
London!

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Post by joscurtin
Because English has a preferred status in Maltese schools, it might
indeed be a very good place to study English.

Yeah, sunny and with a marvellous sea. :)

Post by joscurtin
When I was stationed with NATO in Naples, I knew many people who went
to Malta on vacation. They found it a beautiful place.
At that time, there was still a NATO base in Malta, and periodically a
Courier would come to Naples from Malta to pick up and deliver
documents.
Another duty of the Courier from Malta when he came to Naples was to
make the rounds of the NATO base at Bagnoli in an effort to buy up old
copies of Playboy magazine, which he would then smuggle back into
Malta in his diplomatic pouch. This subterfuge was necessary because
magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.

Poor li'l guys from Malta!
Anyway, it's a nice place and a good one to learn English, but if you have
a strong Italian accent you might end up speaking Italian 'cause if someone
who speaks Italian hears you talking with your "pizza-shaped" accent, they
might say "oooo, Italiano! Come va? Bella Italia!" and then you find
yourself spending your vacation helping out the locals with Italian.
Sebastiano
--
J.D. : Look, Dr. Cox, I've been doing a lot of thinking, and I honestly
think the only reason that your not down at that hospital right now is
that... you're afraid.
Dr. Cox : I think you're right, I do. It's partly because you've gotten to
know me this year, but mostly it's that well... I told you I was afraid
earlier today... so please don't tell me you've some to reiterate things
that I've already said, because I know the things that I've already said,
in fact... I'm the one who said them.

[Sebapop]

Post by Luci
Thank you everybody!
I think Malta could be a good place to improve English, and it's near home
as well (because I live in Sicily). And I imagine it's less expensive then
London!

Well, I am quite sure Malta is cheaper than London, but I don't know if
it's cheaper than Italy's big cities. And is it cheaper than Sicily? I
don't know.

Sebastiano

[MyMo]

Post by joscurtin
Because English has a preferred status in Maltese schools, it might
indeed be a very good place to study English.
When I was stationed with NATO in Naples, I knew many people who went
to Malta on vacation. They found it a beautiful place.
At that time, there was still a NATO base in Malta, and periodically a
Courier would come to Naples from Malta to pick up and deliver
documents.
Another duty of the Courier from Malta when he came to Naples was to
make the rounds of the NATO base at Bagnoli in an effort to buy up old
copies of Playboy magazine, which he would then smuggle back into
Malta in his diplomatic pouch. This subterfuge was necessary because
magazines such as Playboy were banned in Malta at the time.
Joe from Massachusetts

My uncle have worked in Bagnoli for 15 years or more... I didn't know he
read playboy for free... old pig!

[MyMo]

Post by MyMo
My uncle have worked in Bagnoli for 15 years or more... I didn't know he
read playboy for free... old pig!

*HAS worked... Damn!

[joscurtin]

Post by MyMo

Post by MyMo
My uncle have worked in Bagnoli for 15 years or more... I didn't know he
read playboy for free... old pig!

*HAS worked... Damn!

I worked at the base in Bagnoli, but lived in Licola and Lago di
Patria.

Joe from Massachusetts

[FB]

Post by MyMo

Post by MyMo
My uncle have worked in Bagnoli for 15 years or more... I didn't know he
read playboy for free... old pig!

*HAS worked...

I suppose you should say "My uncle has been working" (but "has worked"
should be fine as well) if he's still working there, and "My uncle worked"
if he isn't working there any longer.


Bye, FB

[MyMo]

Post by FB
I suppose you should say "My uncle has been working" (but "has worked"
should be fine as well) if he's still working there, and "My uncle worked"
if he isn't working there any longer.

The second one. He's not working there now, he's retired. And yeah, I know
what the past perfect continuos is.