Tag Archives: Italian cats
Ben Tornati In Italia! Posted by Geoff on Jul 13, 2017
All’aeroporto di Genova durante il rientro dall’Inghilterra … Al banco del controllo passaporti: Passaporto per favore ……. Eccolo! Parli l’italiano? Certo, abito qua. La cittadinanza ce l’hai? No, ma ora sto pensando di prenderla. Sarà meglio, altrimenti non ti facciamo più entrare! mi fa con un sorriso di complicità. Poi tocca a Serena, che ha…
The Foundlings – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Feb 10, 2017
Here’s the English translation for Serena’s article I Trovatelli – Part 2 which was published earlier this week. I Trovatelli: la storia di come abbiamo trovato ognuno dei nostri gatti. The Foundlings: the story of how we found each of our cats. Jennifer L’anno seguente la mamma dei tre gattini, Gigia, Smokie e Bella, soddisfatta…
I Trovatelli – Part 2 Posted by Serena on Feb 7, 2017
Part 2 of I Trovatelli follows the same formula as Part 1, the text is Italian only. We’ll publish the English translation at the end of the week. I Trovatelli: la storia di come abbiamo trovato ognuno dei nostri gatti. Jennifer L’anno seguente la mamma dei tre gattini, Gigia, Smokie e Bella, soddisfatta del risultato…
The Foundlings Posted by Geoff on Feb 3, 2017
How did you get on with our article I Trovatelli? As you will have discovered, it makes extensive use of il passato remoto (the historical past), a tense which is far more common in written, than spoken Italian. Here’s my English translation: I Trovatelli: la storia di come abbiamo trovato ognuno dei nostri gatti. The…
I Trovatelli Posted by Serena on Feb 1, 2017
Here’s a chance for you to test your Italian comprehension … without a safety net! Don’t worry though, we’ll publish the full translation at the end of the week. Tip: you may find it useful to refer to the following articles: Il Passato Remoto–part 1 and Il Passato remoto–part 2 I Trovatelli: la storia di…
Black Is Back Posted by Geoff on Sep 27, 2016
An article about Italian fashion? Niente affatto! Mr. Black cares nothing for fashion. He wears the same beautiful golden black coat every day … and night. Mr. Black is, in fact, un piccolo gatto nero a pelo lungo (a small long haired black cat) who came to live with us about a year and a…
Translation: Carmela’s Cat Posted by Geoff on Nov 27, 2015
For those of you who need a bit of help with the dialogue from Carmela’s Cat here’s the story once again with my English translation Bianchina first appeared one cold November morning. Carmela opened the shutters of her living room window letting in the slanting autumn sunlight and found the kitten stretched across the window sill…