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by Natalie Aldern | Mon, 11/22/2010 - 17:50
Falling in love is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world. Since Italian is one of the most beautiful languages in the world, it's only natural that…
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by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:51
We are looking at prepositions again this week and we are going to learn how to say “in the” or “to the”.
As we have seen, you have to know the definite…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/16/2010 - 09:48
Here is a very useful word that you can add to your Italian vocabulary:AddiritturaIt has a literal meaning of “straight” in the sense of “directly”.E andato…
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by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 11/16/2010 - 08:14
Photo: "Into the mouth of the wolf!" The famous Capitoline wolf RomeThe literal translation of “good luck” into Italian is buona fortuna. Unfortunately,…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/09/2010 - 06:22
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In Italian we use the comma - which is a virgola, not a comma! – to indicate the decimal point.
So we write 1,5 instead of 1.5 and we…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/02/2010 - 07:48
Words by Pat EggletonOn the day when Italians remember their departed loved ones, here is what to say when someone dies.The expression you need to use…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 10/26/2010 - 06:02
In this photo: Musei Capitolini (Roma), Palazzo NuovoWords by Pat EggletonThe next time you arrive at an Italian museum or office and find them closing up ten…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 10/19/2010 - 09:33
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Pasquale SorrentinoConfusione does mean disorder or confusion but it is also used for “crowded” :C’é molta confusione –…
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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 09/30/2010 - 11:34
We have been concentrating on beginners’ Italian in our language lessons so far but we know that some of you are quite advanced in your Italian studies. So we…
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by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:31
Words by Pat EggletonAs we have seen, it is important to pronounce double consonants in Italian and the best way to make sure you do this is to pronounce the…
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