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The Partitive Article and Articulated Prepositions Posted by Bridgette on Jul 30, 2019
Buongiorno a tutti! Due settimane fa, una lettrice che si chiama Maria mi ha chiesto di fare un blog sull’articolo partitivo e sulle preposizioni articolate in italiano. Ecco il suo commento: “….Ma mi piacerebbe proporre che faccia una lezione sulle preposizioni DI, DA, DEl. Come usarle mi fa male alla testa.” Non preoccuparti, Maria! Posso…
Let’s Dance – Grammar and Vocabulary Posted by Geoff on May 30, 2019
Last week, Serena wrote about her experience in an Italian folk dance workshop. I thought it would be useful to focus in on a few points of grammar. Una sera d’estate di qualche anno fa avevo visto ballare la pizzica e altre danze tradizionali del Sud Italia qui in piazza a Pontremoli e ne ero…
A Bucket Of Paint – Analysis Posted by Geoff on Mar 29, 2019
Let’s take a closer look at some of the grammar from our previous post, A Bucket Of Paint La mamma ed io stiamo guardando delle vecchie foto che ci riportano indietro a dei bei ricordi. Mum and I are looking at some old photos that bring back some nice memories. ci riportano indietro a dei…
Italian Temporal Expressions Exercise – Solutions Posted by Serena on Feb 22, 2019
Here are the solutions to the grammar exercise which we published earlier this week. Serena: “I met Carla and Massimo at the market this morning. They came back from a holiday in Puglia the day before yesterday.” Geoff: “Why don’t we invite them over for dinner next week end? We haven’t seen them for a…
Italian Temporal Expressions Exercise Posted by Serena on Feb 19, 2019
Here’s an exercise based on our recent articles about temporal expressions. Fill in the gaps in the Italian paragraphs below using expressions from those two articles. You you can find them here: Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 1 Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 2 N.B. in some cases you will have more than one option…
Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Feb 7, 2019
In part 1 we covered basic temporal vocabulary such as ieri, oggi and domani, quest’altra settimana, l’anno scorso and so on. Today we’re going to expand that vocabulary. We’ll use the same format as before, moving from past to present and future. The contextual examples will be similar to those used in part 1, but…
Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 1 Posted by Geoff on Jan 30, 2019
Today we’re going to begin looking at words and expressions that deal with time. This is a pretty big topic, so it will be divided in several parts. Let’s begin with the basic vocabulary. We’ll take a logical journey through time, moving from the past to the present and the future. ieri = yesterday la…