Archive for the year 2011
Fig Blog Posted by Serena on Aug 22, 2011
It’s the season of plenty, fruit and vegetables in abundance, and it seems that everyone has too much of something! Noi abbiamo troppe melanzane, un’amica nostra troppi pomodori, ed un’altra amica, l’Olga, troppi fichi. – We have too many aubergines/eggplants, a friend of ours too many tomatoes, and another friend, Olga, has too many figs…
Il Gelataio Ambulante Posted by Serena on Aug 19, 2011
Fa un caldo da morire, sei disperato per qualcosa di fresco e rinfrescante … ecco! il furgone del gelataio. Allora, vediamo che gusti hanno … ma aspetta un attimo, che roba è questa? It’s baking hot, you’re desperate for something cool and refreshing …aha! an ice cream van. Hmm let’s see what flavours they’ve got…
La Bella Gigogin Posted by Serena on Aug 17, 2011
It’s summer, time for open air events once again. A few evenings ago we went to a free concert in Piazza della Repubblica here in Pontremoli to see our favourite choir perform : Il Coro degli Alpini Monte Sillara di Bagnone, whom I wrote about last year in: il coro degli Alpini. At the end…
Piccante Piccante Posted by Serena on Aug 15, 2011
A few days ago I was doing a bit of shopping in our local supermercato when I spotted some nice looking cheese in offerta (on offer): Pecorino Piccante 11,90 euro al chilo – spicy hot pecorino 11.90 euros a kilo. “Com’è questo formaggio?” – “what’s this cheese like?” I asked one of the ladies at…
I Tortelli di Dina Posted by Serena on Aug 12, 2011
Stamattina, siccome Serena è impegnata, tocca a me, suo marito Geoff, scivere il blog. This morning I went round to see our neighbour Dina in order to fix her old kitchen cupboard which is a bit the worst for wear. The works, however, had to be postponed because the kitchen was being used as un…
L’Invasione dei Gattini Posted by Serena on Aug 10, 2011
Ciao a tutti, sono Mimì la Gatta. Fino poco tempo fa ho condiviso la casa di Serena e Geoff con mio figlio Cocò, ma adesso, da qualche settimana, c’è tutto uno sconvolgimento. La casa è stata messa sottosopra da una marea di gattini, e non sono neanche miei! Hello everyone, I’m Mimì The Cat. Up…
Imperfetto e Passato Prossimo – Quale Devo Usare? Posted by Serena on Aug 8, 2011
Occasionally students of Italian tell me that they are confused about whether to use the passato prossimo (present perfect) or the imperfetto (imperfect tense), and don’t really understand the difference between the two. A while ago I wrote a blog on the subject which you can find here: passato prossimo e imperfetto, but I think…