Archive for the year 2012
Da Zanego a Montemarcello Posted by Serena on Mar 19, 2012
I have included a small vocabulary at the end of this post, however if you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment. Dopo il grande freddo di febbraio, marzo ci ha regalato delle bellissime giornate piene di sole e più calde della media stagionale. Avevo un disperato bisogno di ‘fuga’, di avventura…
Il Verbo Andare – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Mar 16, 2012
In part 1. we looked at the most common conjugations of the verb andare (to go). Let’s take a look now at some of the many different ways in which we use this verb: – andarsene (to go away) a slightly more emphatic form of andare via: adesso me ne vado, ciao (I’m off…
Asparagi Posted by Serena on Mar 14, 2012
Oggi è una bellissima giornata di primavera: il cielo è di un azzurro intenso, il sole comincia a riscaldare la terra e gli animi, le margheritine di campo fanno timidamente capolino assieme alle violette e alle primule fra l’erba ancora bruciata dal freddo inverno. Today is a beautiful spring day: the sky is a deep…
Il Verbo Andare – Part 1 Posted by Geoff on Mar 12, 2012
Andare (to go) is one of the most frequently used Italian verbs, and it’s very important to master its use. It’s an irregular verb, and has many idiomatic uses. So let’s start with the basics and take a look at its most common uses: 1. Talking about the present il presente (the present tense): io…
Artemisia Gentileschi Posted by Serena on Mar 9, 2012
Yesterday, the 8th of March, was la Giornata Internazionale della Donna (International Women’s Day), and to celebrate the occasion I’m going to dedicate a post to the most famous Italian female artist of the Renaissance, Artemisia Gentileschi. Artemisia was born in Rome on the 8th of July 1593, daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, an accomplished Florentine…
Si Impersonale – Part 3 Posted by Serena on Mar 7, 2012
In this third part of my blog dedicated to the si impersonale, I’ll discuss its use when combined with other pronouns. Let’s start with ‘ne’ (of it /them, about it /them), that nasty little word that I discussed some time ago in this blog: Ne 1. Si impersonale + ne The impersonal pronoun si always…
Lucio Dalla Posted by Serena on Mar 5, 2012
Lucio Dalla, one the most beloved Italian singer-songwriters, died from a heart attack last Thursday morning, the 1st of March, only three days before his sixty ninth birthday. At the time of his death he was in Switzerland, where he had performed a concert the previous night as part of his European concert tour. Lucio…