Archive for April, 2012
Cosa Devo Indossare? Posted by Geoff on Apr 13, 2012
È primavera, il periodo in cui il tempo fa dei brutti scherzi, sbalzi di temperatura, ed acquazzoni che ci confondono e ci fanno chiedere: “cosa devo indossare oggi?” It’s spring, the period in which the weather plays nasty tricks on us, leaps in temperature, and rain showers that confuse us and make us ask ourselves…
Verbi di Movimento – Part 2 Posted by Serena on Apr 11, 2012
In Part 1 of this post I looked at which verbs of movement use the auxiliary essere and which use avere to form the passato prossimo. In Part 2 we’ll be looking at movement verbs that can use either essere or avere in the passato prossimo. Most of these verbs use essere when followed by…
L’Elemento Umano Posted by Geoff on Apr 9, 2012
We’ve made you work hard with our recent blogs, so I think it’s time for a change of strategy. I’ve always found that one the the most effective ways to absorb la lingua italiana is by listening to music. Here’s a lesson in the use of the si impersonale (see this blog: Si Impersonale -Part…
Cura Ricostituente di Primavera Posted by Serena on Apr 6, 2012
È primavera, e le galline si sono rimesse a deporre le uova. Abitando in un piccolo paese, molte famiglie intorno a noi hanno il pollaio e così, in questo periodo dell’anno, capita spesso che qualcuno ci regali delle uova fresche. Pertanto mi è tornato in mente una cosa che mi raccontava mia madre: da bambina…
Le Pulizie di Pasqua – un po’ di grammatica Posted by Geoff on Apr 4, 2012
Several readers found our last blog quite a challenge to translate … well sometimes that’s not a bad thing! However, in order to help you out a bit, here is part of the blog again, except that this time I have highlighted some points of grammar rather than vocabulary. Le grandi pulizie che si fanno…
Le Pulizie di Pasqua Posted by Serena on Apr 2, 2012
I’ve had several requests recently for more articles in Italian. Well of course it’s always a pleasure for me to write in my mother tongue, so here we go! I’ll give you a short vocabulary with some keywords and idiomatic expressions at the end of the post. If you have any problems please ask for…