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Naughty Italian Expressions! Posted by 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!…

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Il Mestiere Più Antico Del Mondo Posted by 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…

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Il Verbo Andare – Part 2 Posted by 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…

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