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A Mysterious Christmas Present Posted by Serena on Dec 27, 2016
Some Christmas presents are more memorable than others. My first memorable one was given to me when I was about four years old. La mattina di Natale mi svegliai e non trovai nessuno nelle camere da letto, né i miei fratelli né i miei genitori. Allora andai in sala dove c’era l’albero di Natale e…
Astro Del Ciel Posted by Geoff on Dec 23, 2016
Astro Del Ciel (Star from The Sky) is the Italian version of Steven Spielberg’s famous Sci-fi film ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ … CUT … CUT! Astro Del Ciel, take 2: Astro Del Ciel (Star from The Sky) is the Italian version of the famous Austrian Christmas carol ‘Stille Nacht’ (‘Silent Night’) composed by…
Capitone Fritto Posted by Serena on Dec 22, 2016
In Southern Italy the most traditional dish eaten for il cenone di Natale (Christmas eve meal) is il capitone fritto (fried eel). Despite the masculine name, il capitone is actually a fully mature female eel, which is much bigger than the male. The name capitone comes from the word ‘capa‘ (capo in Italian), meaning ‘head’…
Does Size Matter In Italy? Posted by Geoff on Dec 16, 2016
Well it certainly does if you don’t know the vocabulary! In today’s blog I’m going to focus on talking about size in Italian, and putting size related vocabulary into useful everyday contexts. La Misura/La Dimensione = Size/Dimension grande plural grandi = great, big, large, tall (n.b. più grande can also mean ‘older’) quanto è grande…
Istruzioni – The Answers Posted by Geoff on Dec 12, 2016
So … did this quiz test your Italian comprehension skills? It was certainly quite tricky! Let’s find out how you got on. Where would you find the following istruzioni (instructions)? Match each phrase to one of the locations given below. 1. Tenere fuori dalla portata e dalla vista dei bambini Keep out of reach and…
Istruzioni – A Quiz Posted by Serena on Dec 9, 2016
Warning: This quiz will test your Italian comprehension skills! Where would you find the following istruzioni (instructions)? Match each phrase to one of the locations given below. 1. Tenere fuori dalla portata e dalla vista dei bambini 2. Per una maggiore riservatezza la preghiamo di attendere qui il suo turno 3. Da consumarsi preferibilmente entro…
Ancora Qui Posted by Geoff on Dec 7, 2016
Ancora can be translated as: yet, more, again and still. Let’s have a look at a few examples of each of these translations … and a beautiful song. 1. yet Marco non è ancora arrivato a casa = Marco hasn’t got home yet non hai ancora finito di aggiustare la macchina? =haven’t you finished fixing…