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Di Sole e D’Azzurro Posted by Geoff on Dec 9, 2014
Devo dire che quest’anno il tempo fa veramente schifo! Quando fuori c’è solo il cielo grigio, l’umidita, ed un vento gelido ho bisogno di qualcosa che mi tiri su, e se non posso avere il sole e l’azzurro di cui ha bisogno la mia anima almeno c’è un’alternativa. Ecco una bellissima canzone della mia cantante…
The Vertical Forest! Posted by Geoff on Dec 1, 2014
Ho sempre amato gli alberi … I’ve always loved trees, but where I grew up in England there weren’t any ‘real’ forests. The great forests of England disappeared long before my time, victims of the famous maritime fleet (built of oak), the industrial revolution, and large scale agricultural and livestock farming. I remember my amazement…
Did You Spot The Mistakes? Posted by Geoff on Nov 28, 2014
In our post ‘Spot The Mistakes’ we asked you to identify the grammatical errors in each of the translated sentences. How did you get on? Let’s find out. Errors are marked in RED, the corrections in GREEN, and notes in BLUE Rosanna gave me several kilos of peaches, so I’m going to make some peach…
Spot The Mistakes Posted by Geoff on Nov 24, 2014
Here are some short sentences in English translated into Italian … but each of them contains a grammatical error. Can you spot and correct the mistakes? Please give us your answers in a comment. Buon divertimento! Rosanna gave me several kilos of peaches, so I’m going to make some peach jam Rosanna mi ha dato…
Famous Italians – a Quiz Posted by Geoff on Nov 17, 2014
It’s been a while since we’ve had a quiz. So before you all go into letargo (hibernation) for the winter we thought we’d give you a bit of brain exercise to do. In this quiz you need to identify the twelve famous Italians described below. We’ve tried to make the quiz accessible to everyone by…
Helpful Labels – The Kitchen Posted by Geoff on Nov 13, 2014
Almost exactly five years ago we began a series of blogs aimed at reinforcing Italian vocabulary through the use of contextual labels. We began the series with this blog: La Cucina (The Kitchen) Today I’d like to suggest a more advanced version of contextual labelling that involves short phrases. But firstly let me just reiterate…
The News – Our Pick of the Week Posted by Geoff on Nov 12, 2014
War, disaster, famine, epidemics. I think most people will agree, the news is pretty depressing. So, here’s our version, three amusing articles taken from the Italian newspapers that didn’t make it to the front pages. Sophia Loren Reveals Truth About Famous Photo In a recent interview, actress Sophia Loren, 80, finally revealed the true story…