Tag Archives: Italian swear words
Naughty Italian Expressions! Posted by Geoff on Apr 18, 2016
From past experience I’ve learned that our blogs are occasionally read by people of a particularly sensitive disposition regarding the use of ‘rude’ words, and swearing. Hence if you, dear reader, are of such a disposition … I suggest that you stop right HERE. … and the rest of you can read on, buon divertimento!…
Il Mestiere Più Antico Del Mondo Posted by Serena on Sep 7, 2012
There is an old Italian movie directed by Federico Fellini in 1957, that me and Geoff love: Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria. Click on link for more information). Giulietta Masina, Fellini’s wife, wonderfully portraits a very naive prostitute, or rather una battona, as they say in Rome. Cabiria is the professional name of…
Il Verbo Andare – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Mar 16, 2012
In part 1. we looked at the most common conjugations of the verb andare (to go). Let’s take a look now at some of the many different ways in which we use this verb: – andarsene (to go away) a slightly more emphatic form of andare via: adesso me ne vado, ciao (I’m off…