Tag Archives: Italian word lists
Helpful Labels – Spring Cleaning Posted by Serena on Apr 10, 2015
Here’s another post in our ‘Helpful Labels’ series which is aimed at reinforcing everyday vocabulary. Simply copy or print out the phrases below and position them around your living space so that you’ll see them regularly. With time, the phrases will become embedded without you even noticing it! In this post I’m going to give…
Helpful Labels – The Car Posted by Serena on Jan 19, 2015
In our previous ‘Helpful Labels’ posts we looked at short, useful phrases which could be made into labels and placed strategically in relevant places around the house. Today we are going out and about in the car. Sticking labels all over the interior of your car may not be very practical, so we’ll leave it…
The New Born Baby Posted by Serena on Dec 15, 2014
L’arrivo di un bebè è sempre una gioia, sia per i neo-genitori che per parenti e amici (the arrival of a baby is always a moment of joy, both for the new parents and for friends and relatives). In Italy it’s a common practice to announce the birth of a baby by hanging a big…
Helpful Labels – The Bathroom Posted by Serena on Nov 19, 2014
Here’s the second part of our ‘Helpful Labels’ series. If you missed part 1 ‘The Kitchen’ you can find it HERE. The bathroom is very interesting from the point of view of the actions described on the labels as the majority of them, being actions that we carry out on ourselves, are reflexive. Istruzioni per…
Helpful Labels – The Kitchen Posted by Geoff on Nov 13, 2014
Almost exactly five years ago we began a series of blogs aimed at reinforcing Italian vocabulary through the use of contextual labels. We began the series with this blog: La Cucina (The Kitchen) Today I’d like to suggest a more advanced version of contextual labelling that involves short phrases. But firstly let me just reiterate…
Word Lists – 1. La Cucina Posted by Serena on Nov 18, 2009
When you’re trying to learn a foreign language, there are all sorts of little strategies that can help you memorize those sometimes elusive words. Learning from a book, or in a class isn’t really the best way of developing your vocabulary for the simple reason that it is too abstract, i.e. too unconnected with the…