Archive for 'Italian Language'
Mimì La Gatta – part 2 – La Fuga Posted by Serena on Jan 21, 2011
Here is part 2 of Mimì La Gatta’s biography as dictated to us by Mimì herself. You can find part 1 here: https://blogs.transparent.com/Mimì La Gatta La notte era calda, un po’ afosa, con una falce di luna appena visibile tra le silhouette degli abeti che si rizzavano come frecce lungo il crinale. Avevo deciso…
Auguri di Natale Posted by Serena on Dec 21, 2010
Yes, it’s time for the inevitable ‘Christmas Blog’. This year, I thought we’d have a look at what to write if you want to send a card to an Italian friend, or perhaps you just want to impress someone with your amazing linguistic ability! The mass exchanging of cards isn’t as big a thing here…
Introducing – Mimì La Gatta Posted by Serena on Dec 2, 2010
Today I’m taking a break from blogging and handing over to Mimì La Gatta, my new guest blogger, for the first in a series of blogs about her life with us here in Italy. Signore e Signori, vi presento Mimì La Gatta Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to present Mimì La Gatta Grazie, grazie a…
Whatever! Posted by Serena on Nov 29, 2010
When I lived in Nottingham, England, I worked for a while as a school librarian in one of the city’s most ‘challenging’ schools. Working with teenagers is, of course, a challenge in itself, but when they are teenagers from deprived inner-city backgrounds one needs nerves of steel. Come erano maleducati quei ragazzi! (How rude those…
Compriamo del Latte Posted by Serena on Nov 26, 2010
So here you are in Italy. You’ve been practicing your vocabulary, and you feel ready to go out and test your skills by doing a bit of shopping. Well, let’s take it nice and easy and begin with il supermercato (the supermarket), that shouldn’t be too difficult because you can just get what you want…
Messaggini Posted by Serena on Nov 20, 2010
In my blog I like to try and cover as many aspects of the Italian language as possible, e.g. colloquial Italian, grammar, body language, dialects, etc. Here is a relatively new form of written Italian that has come about as a result of the widespread use of text messaging and chatting on the internet. I…
Mezzi di trasporto – 3 Posted by Serena on Oct 25, 2010
L’ Aereo (the airplane) 1. At the airport: l’aeroporto the airport la compagnia aerea the airline il controllo passaporti the passport control la sala d’imbarco the departure lounge la carta d’imbarco the boarding card l’imbarco the boarding l’uscita the gate il bagaglio a mano the hand luggage il ritiro bagagli the baggage / luggage reclaim…