Tutti pazzi per Giuseppina, la nonna tifosa dell’Inter

Everybody loves Giuseppina, the Inter Milan grandma fan

qualche giorno fa, l’Inter ha vinto la partita contro la Lazio per 3 a 1.

alla fine della partita, le telecamere hanno ripreso una tifosa dell’Inter molto felice.

Insomma, una tifosa normale. No, perché questa tifosa ha 86 anni! 

“Ho 86 anni”, racconta Giuseppina, “ma tifo per l’Inter da 87 anni, da quando ero nella pancia di mia mamma, anche lei tifosa dell’Inter”.

Giuseppina va allo stadio con suo nipote, Dennis, di 26 anni. Anche Dennis è un grande tifoso dell’Inter. 

“Se vado allo stadio senza di lei”, racconta Dennis, “si arrabbia tantissimo”.

Le immagini della nonna tifosa sono diventate virali su internet, e tutti gli appassionati di calcio hanno apprezzato la sua passione.

Keywords

la partita: match, game – 比赛

lo stadio: stadium – 体育场

riprendere: to shoot – 拍摄

tifoso/a: fan, supporter – 球迷

arrabbiarsi: to get angry – 生气

la nonna: grandmother – 奶奶

la passione: passion – 激情

appassionato/a: enthusiast, passionate – 爱好者

Grammar

Preposizione DA
Preposition DA

“Tifo per l’Inter da 87 anni”
(I have been cheering for Inter for 87 years)

In this sentence, “da” is a preposition that is used to indicate the starting point in time of an action that is still continuing. 

The use of “da” here signifies the duration of the action (supporting Inter) from a specific point in time (87 years ago) up to the present.

When “da” is used in this way, it is typically paired with a verb in the present tense in Italian, but it is usually translated to English using the present perfect continuous tense.

Here are more examples:

  1. Studio italiano da tre anni (I have been studying Italian for three years)
  2. Lavoro in questa azienda da cinque anni (I have been working at this company for five years)
  3. Vivo a Roma da quando sono bambino (I have been living in Rome since I was a child)
  4. Aspetto il bus da mezz’ora (I have been waiting for the bus for half an hour)

Translation

A few days ago, Inter won the match against Lazio by 3 to 1.

At the end of the match, the cameras captured a very happy Inter fan.

Well, a normal fan. No, because this fan is 86 years old!

“I’m 86 years old,” Giuseppina says, “but I have been cheering for Inter for 87 years, since I was in my mother’s womb, and she was an Inter fan too.”

Giuseppina goes to the stadium with her 26-year-old nephew, Dennis. Dennis is also a big Inter fan.

“If I go to the stadium without her,” Dennis says, “she gets very angry.”

The images of the granny fan have gone viral on the internet, and all football enthusiasts have appreciated her passion.