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by Pat Eggleton | Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:56
Words by Pat EggletonThe suffix – accio denotes something bad, eg:Una parola – a wordUna parolaccia – a swear wordLa carta – paperLa cartaccia – waste…
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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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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 09/23/2010 - 11:08
Words by Pat Eggleton //--> //--> //--> Last week we began our look at how to form verbs in the [past] perfect tense. We saw that you need to use the…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 09/21/2010 - 13:21
Words by Pat EggletonMost people you need to speak to for tourist purposes in Italy will happily speak English to you and this often goes for business too. But…
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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 09/16/2010 - 12:23
Words by Pat Eggleton When you learn a language at school, it is normally three years before you can say anything about the past. This is rather restricting…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 09/14/2010 - 05:55
Actually – in fact – in reality. Attualmente does not mean “actually”. It means “currently”. If you want to say “actually”, you say in realtà. Infatti…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:08
Words by Pat EggletonWhat do you say when someone says, “Salutami tua moglie” [“Say hello to your wife for me”] or “Un abbraccio a tutti” [“A hug to everyone…
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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:37
Many English speakers become confused when they need to say “I like” in Italian but it’s really quite simple. What you are saying is “Something is pleasing to…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 08/31/2010 - 09:51
Sometimes English speakers become completely confused because word order in Italian is more flexible than in English. In Italian it is possible to say both…