Studente coreano mangia la banana da 120 mila dollari

South Korean student eats $120,000 banana 

29 April, 2023

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Intermediate (B1)

("Non c'è il bar in questo museo!")

Il 28 aprile a Seul, in Corea del Sud, uno studente ha mangiato la famosa banana di Maurizio Cattelan.

“Comedian”, questo il nome dell’opera di Cattelan, è una famosissima opera d’arte contemporanea: Si tratta di una banana attaccata al muro con un pezzo di scotch grigio.

Lo studente coreano, Noh Hyun-soo, ha spiegato che aveva fame, Poiché aveva saltato la colazione.

dopo aver mangiato la banana, Noh ha riattaccato la buccia al muro con lo scotch.

Cattelan, uno dei più famosi artisti contemporanei, non si è arrabbiato: al contrario, ha detto che non è un problema se qualcuno mangia la banana.

Keywords

la Corea del Sud: South Korea – 韩国

lo studente: student – 学生

attaccato/a: attached – 贴上的

lo scotch: adhesive tape – 胶带

saltare la colazione: to skip breakfast – 不吃早餐

la buccia: peel – 皮

arrabbiarsi: to get upset – 生气

Grammar

Trapassato prossimo
Past perfect

“aveva fame, poiché aveva saltato la colazione”
(he was hungry because he had skipped breakfast)

In this sentence, the second verb “aveva saltato” is in the trapassato prossimo because it indicates an action that happened before the moment of speaking in the past.

The use of the trapassato prossimo allows the speaker to indicate a sequence of events that happened in the past, highlighting which one happened first. In this case, the student being hungry is the consequence of skipping breakfast, which happened before.

Here are some more examples:

Ho incontrato Luca dopo che aveva finito di lavorare. (I met Luca after he had finished working.)

La casa era pulita perché avevamo già fatto le pulizie. (The house was clean because we had already cleaned it.)

Sono arrivato tardi alla lezione perché avevo perso il treno. (I arrived late to the lesson because I had missed the train.)

Translation

On April 28th in Seoul, South Korea, a student ate Maurizio Cattelan’s famous banana.

“Comedian”, this is the name of Cattelan’s artwork that is now known all over the world, consisting of a simple banana attached to the wall with a piece of gray adhesive tape.

The Korean student’s name is Noh Huyn-soo, and he was filmed eating the banana. When asked why he did it, he replied that he was hungry because he had skipped breakfast.

After finishing the banana, Noh re-attached the peel to the wall using the adhesive tape.

Cattelan, one of the most well-known contemporary artists, didn’t mind at all. The Italian artist commented on the incident by saying that it’s not a problem if someone eats the banana.

Studente coreano mangia la banana da 120 mila dollari