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Grammar Quiz: Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo – the solutions Posted by Geoff on Oct 19, 2012
Here are the solutions to our quiz about the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo as explained in our recent blogs Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo and e finì tutto a tarallucci e vino I asked you to complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or the passato prossimo. Let’s…
Grammar Quiz: Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo Posted by Geoff on Oct 17, 2012
Here’s a quiz to help you check your knowledge of the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo. If you haven’t already done so you should read our recent blogs Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo and e finì tutto a tarallucci e vino Complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or…
Annalisa Posted by Geoff on Oct 9, 2012
Regular readers of our blog will probably have realised that I have una predilezione per le cantanti Italiane (a predilection for Italian female singers). Here’s a great singer that I discovered recently: Annalisa Scarrone, better known simply as Annalisa. Annalisa, who was born in Savona, Liguria, in 1985, became well known last year following her…
Grammar Quiz: Ne, The Answers Posted by Geoff on Oct 8, 2012
Here, as promised are the answers to last week’s quiz about ‘ne’, with a few explanatory notes. Ne used as a substitute for ‘of it’ or ‘of them’, in order to avoid repetition when talking about the quantity of something which has already been mentioned in the conversation. 1. Quante banane vuoi? (Give me…
Grammar Quiz: Ne Posted by Geoff on Oct 5, 2012
To follow up on our recent blogs about ‘ne’, here’s a little quiz to help reinforce the concept. Read the questions below and translate the responses, which I’ve given in English, into Italian. I’ve completed the first one for you as an example. Ne used as a substitute for ‘of it’ or ‘of them’, in…
La Bianchina Posted by Geoff on Oct 1, 2012
Here in Pontremoli we have two lovely piazze in our centro storico: Piazza della Repubblica, commonly called Piazza del Comune because it houses the council offices, and Piazza del Duomo. Most of the time it’s difficult to appreciate the beauty of these piazze due to their unfortunate, and somewhat controversial use as car parks. Every…
A bit more about ‘ne’ Posted by Geoff on Sep 20, 2012
We recently published a blog about ‘ne’ (of it/them), a very important little word that is quite tricky to use correctly. I’m going to continue the theme in today’s blog by looking at how we use ‘ne’ as a substitute for ‘of it/them’ or ‘about it/them’, after verbs that are normally followed by the preposition…