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Sun 19 Jun, 2005 12:40 pm
I need a singular sentence with graffiti.It has to be from the italain laungage.My teacher said it came from italy.
Graffito is scratch; graffiti is.... graffiti.
ossobuco wrote:Graffito is scratch; graffiti is.... graffiti.
Do you think you can give me a singular sentence using graffiti the way it is used in italy.Thanks Jen
At first, it comes from greek " the action of a lead pen on a parchment" and passed to latin as "graphium" and then to italian as "sgraffiare".
- Questi graffiti sono un'esplosione di splendidi colori e forme!
Francis wrote:At first, it comes from greek " the action of a lead pen on a parchment" and passed to latin as "graphium" and then to italian as "sgraffiare".
- Questi graffiti sono un'esplosione di splendidi colori e forme!
That is interesting.I still dont know how to put it into a singular sentence for the italain use.Can you give me some examples please..
Thanks Jen
- Questi graffiti sono un'esplosione di splendidi colori e forme!
Francis said, "These graffiti are an explosion of splendid colors and shapes!"
(er, correct me if I'm wrong, Francis...)
Wow,that was a good one.Thanks.Jen
But is your sentence singular.
ossobuco wrote:- Questi graffiti sono un'esplosione di splendidi colori e forme!
Francis said, "These graffiti are an explosion of splendid colors and shapes!"
(er, correct me if I'm wrong, Francis...)
Today my teacher said a singuler for graffiti is graffitio.
Not "graffitio" but "graffito".
I suppose, 'grafito' is the singular of 'garfiti' in most other languages as well - at least in English, German, French, Dutch .... and of course Italian :wink:
Quote:Main Entry: graf·fi·to Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: grafd.()
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural graffi·ti \-d.()\
Etymology: Italian, diminutive of graffio scratch, from graffiare to scratch, probably from grafio stylus, from Latin graphium -- more at GRAFF
Could be right, but
I just checked my dictionary again:
from the italian, graffio (not graffitio, as your teacher mentioned, nor graffito, as I misread and misstated) means scratch,
and graffito means graffiti .
from the english to italian section, graffiti is scritte in italian.
Well, perhaps more people will see this question and give their views.
Im sure your spelling is correct.I did not write it down in class. I just remembered how he pronounced it.
Well, my instincts say graffito is correct for the singular, but my dictionary says I'm wrong.
Who knows.My teacher could be wrong to.LOL
He always gives us stuff like this to figure out for extra points. He makes a lot of typos to. But still I think he is a great teacher. I think I'm going to bring him an apple tomorrow.
Hi
Graffito is the right singular for graffiti. But the singular is very rare. Ossobuco does a correct statement: the word do comes from "graffio" and graffio means scratch.
Graffiti are actually "drawing made by scratch" the word is used to mean both the primitive drawings found within caves, like Altamura.... But also the drawings young people does on city walls.
try with: "Uno splendido graffito, raffigurante la lotta fra alcuni uomini ed un mammuth, si può vedere nelle grotte nei pressi di Altamura".
Hope this will help.
Raphillon
Yes the sentence was very good.As a matter of fact I used it.But guess teach was looking for the spelling Graffito
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