Archive for 'Italian Language'
Colloquial Italian – 3: Proprio, Senz’altro, Volentieri Posted by Serena on Jan 26, 2010
In my ‘Colloquial Italian’ blogs (see: Colloquial Italian – 1 and Colloquial Italian -2) I choose words that we Italians use all the time in everyday speech, but which are often overlooked in language classes and text books. Here then are another three words that you will hear a lot in Italy, and which, if you learn to…
Cantanti Italiani Contemporanei – Teresa De Sio Posted by Serena on Jan 23, 2010
Teresa De Sio is an outstanding cantautrice (singer-songwriter) firmly rooted in the Italian folk tradition. Her distinctive powerful and passionate voice, which combines typical Neapolitan folk tonality with refined contemporary overtones, is instantly recognizable. Born in Napoli on the third of November 1955, De Sio initially contemplated becoming an actress, the chosen career of her…
Numeri Cardinali Posted by Serena on Jan 14, 2010
Here’s a blog that will be useful both for beginners and more advanced students who need a bit of revision. Numeri Cardinali (Cardinal Numbers) don’t change from masculine to feminine except for ‘one’. The word piatto (plate), for example, is a masculine word and therefore if we were asked: quanti piatti ci sono sul tavolo?…
Word Lists – 3. Il Bagno Posted by Serena on Jan 8, 2010
Salve ragazzi, le feste sono finite e spero che abbiate fatto i vostri propositi per l’anno nuovo, tra cui ‘studierò di più l’italiano’! In questo periodo, dopo le feste di Natale e dell’Anno Nuovo c’è sempre un vuoto nel senso che non si sa cosa fare di se stessi, vero? Allora, meno male che ci sono io…
Indovinello Fotografico 3 + soluzione del numero due Posted by Serena on Dec 21, 2009
In my second indovinello fotografico (photo quiz), see Indovinello Fotografico 2 , I asked you to tell me what the connection was between the picture of a flower and la Torre di Pisa (the tower of Pisa). To answer this question you need to know that the flower is called a campanula, or bellflower, and that the leaning tower…
Indovinello Fotografico 2 Posted by Serena on Dec 18, 2009
Here is the second of my photo quizzes, quite a tricky one this time although the botanically inclined amongst you may have an advantage! The first photo shows a wildflower that is quite common where we live, I also used to see them growing wild in England. The second photo is of the famous Torre…
Word Lists – 2. Il Soggiorno Posted by Serena on Dec 3, 2009
Questa è la seconda puntata della mia serie sulle liste di parole dedicate alla casa (this is the second part of my series of household word lists). If you missed part one, you can read it here: La Cucina. I’ve used a bigger type face for the Italian words so that you can print them…