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The Empty Headed Italian Blogger! Posted by Geoff on Nov 16, 2015
Cari lettori, stamattina ho la testa proprio vuota, mi pare di non riuscire a scrivervi una bella introduzione … quindi, incominciamo subito con il vocabolario di oggi: vuoto e pieno Dear reader, my head is really empty this morning, I can’t seem to manage to write you a nice introduction … so let’s get straight…
Argh Boom Clunk … Eeek!!! – The Translation Posted by Geoff on Nov 5, 2015
In my article Argh Boom Clunk … Eeek!!! I asked you to try and associate various fumetto (comic book) sound effects to their descriptions. Obviously, the sounds themselves are of no real practical use, the purpose of the exercise being the comprehension of the descriptions themselves. Here are the descriptions once again, but this time they…
Argh Boom Clunk … Eeek!!! Posted by Geoff on Nov 3, 2015
All illustrations are from the popular Italian fumetto, Dylan Dog In Italy, fumetti (comic books) have long had a faithful following, and although the present day market is saturated with fumetti from Japan, America and so on, Italy still has a strong tradition of producing its own illustrated stories which can be traced back to the beginning of…
Noisy Italy! Posted by Geoff on Nov 2, 2015
Due to family circumstances we’ve been off-line for a few days. But now we’re back … with a bang … and a crash, whistle, roar, and a creak. Yes my friends, here we have a small collection of Italian words that describe noises. How many of them do you know? Let’s find out shall we? botto…
Carmela’s Nightmare Posted by Geoff on Oct 27, 2015
Here is Chapter 4 of Carmela’s Story. You can find the previous chapters by clicking on the links below Carmela’s Story – Chapter 1 Carmela’s Story – Chapter 2 Carmela’s Story – Chapter 3 Carmela picked up the faded newspaper clipping that had slipped out of her libretto and nestled it amongst a small collection…
Italian Quiz – October 2015 – The Answers Posted by Geoff on Oct 22, 2015
Let’s find out how you got on with this month’s quiz, which was based on material from our recent posts. Part 1: Vocabulary revision a. In the 70’s pop singer Elton John was famous for wearing which type of footwear? (Italian name required) = le zeppe, gli zatteroni b. In which Italian city were the…
Italian Quiz – October 2015 Posted by Geoff on Oct 19, 2015
This month’s quiz is based on material from our recent posts. The focus is on vocabulary and dialogue. Part 1 is fairly easy and part 2 is quite advanced, but if you follow our blog closely you should find all the answers you’ll need. Have fun! Part 1: Vocabulary revision (easy, you’ll find all the…