{"id":19234,"date":"2020-12-30T04:34:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19234"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:17:42","slug":"time-to-say-addio-to-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/time-to-say-addio-to-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to say addio to 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Buongiorno!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Finalmente. Siamo arrivati alla fine di 2020. <\/em>Finally. We have arrived to the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>There have been plenty of <em>alti e bassi (<\/em>highs and lows) but I am sure that I speak for us all when I bid it <em>addio!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19236\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19236\" class=\"wp-image-19236\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-350x177.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s give it as <em>affettuoso<\/em> (warm) of a goodbye as we can, and let&#8217;s take a look at some of the most popular Italian blogs of 2020.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Gennaio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/festival-di-sanremo\/\">Festival di Sanremo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The annual festival di Sanremo will go on in 2o21, just a month later on March 2 &#8211; 6 in order to give them more to prepare. If necessary, it will be postponed further, there are no plans to cancel. <em>Salva le date<\/em>, save the dates!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-proverbs-and-idioms\/\">talian Proverbs and Idioms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My favorite idiom from this blog post is &#8216;<em>o\u00a0mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa finestra&#8217; &#8211; <\/em>&#8216;Eat this soup or jump out the window.&#8217; Take it or leave it! Plenty of readers left comments of their favorite idioms as well.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Febbraio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/in-bocca-al-lupo\/\">In Bocca al Lupo!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Un classico detto italiano <\/em>(a classic Italian saying) that literally means &#8216;In the mouth of the wolf!&#8217; or figuratively, &#8216;good luck!&#8217; Read this post to know some of <em>la storia (<\/em>the history).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/traveling-in-italy\/\">Traveling in Italy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Stavo, e sto ancora, sognando l&#8217;Italia&#8230;\u00a0<\/em>I was, and still am, dreaming of Italy. This blog post gives some helpful travel tips so that we can all <em>doverosamente <\/em>(dutifully)\u00a0prepare for our next trip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Marzo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-coronavirus-in-italia\/\">Il Coronavirus in Italia\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Marzo<\/em> wasn&#8217;t easy, this post gives some details as to how Italy was facing the rising number of cases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/pazza-per-la-pizza\/\">Pazza per la Pizza\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What better way than to cook and bake our way through <em>la quarantena<\/em>? <em>Dai un occhio <\/em>(give a look)\u00a0to this post for <em>una ricetta (a recipe).<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Aprile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/una-intervista-pt-1\/\">Un&#8217;intervista<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You enjoyed this <em>intervista<\/em> (interview) with an Italian friend in April, <em>dove gli ho chiesto alcune curiosit\u00e0 sull\u2019Italia e sulla differenza di cultura con l\u2019America <\/em>(where I asked himsome curiosities about Italy and about the cultural differences with America.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-cognates-and-false-friends\/\">Italian Cognates and False Friends\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In April we also saw some &#8216;<em>falsi amici&#8217;<\/em> (false friends) and <em>parole affini <\/em>(cognates.)<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Maggio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-felicita\/\">La Felicit\u00e0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Italian TedTalk all about c<i>ome essere felici ogni singolo giorno<\/i> (how to be happy every single day.) I recommend it for some good listening practice!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/una-sfida\/\">Una Sfida\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was by far my favorite blog post I&#8217;ve ever written, and I&#8217;m glad to see you enjoyed it too. While enjoying plenty of my favorite Italian movies, I thought of a perfect <em>sfida (<\/em>challenge) for you all. Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/una-sfida-pt-2\/\">part 2<\/a> for the answer. Don&#8217;t look and <em>rovinare la sorpresa (<\/em>spoil the surprise) if you want to partake in the challenge, though! It&#8217;s all based upon one of my favorite films, Il Conformista by Bernardo Bertolucci.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Giugno<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-passato-remoto\/\">Passato Remoto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In June we learned all about the <em>passato remoto<\/em> together, a narrative past tense. It is also commonly used in the South of Italy, in both speaking and writing. Otherwise, you will come across the <em>passato remoto<\/em> in literature, newspapers, and fables!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Luglio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-virtual-trip-ravenna\/\">A Virtual Trip &#8211; Ravenna\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With summer vacation basically non-existent for most people, I thought a <em>un viaggio virtuale\u00a0<\/em>was in order. So I chose to present to you Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Agosto<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_19018\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19018\" class=\"wp-image-19018\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/apple-5497575_1280-350x284.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/apple-5497575_1280-350x284.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/apple-5497575_1280-1024x830.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/apple-5497575_1280-768x622.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/apple-5497575_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/ferragosto-an-italian-holiday\/\">Il Ferragosto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A little bit of history of the annual Italian summer holiday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-scuola-in-italia-school-in-italy\/\">La Scuola in Italia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Di nuovo a scuola!<\/em> (Back to school!) Despite looming challenges with the pandemic, schools reopened in Italy. In this post we also talk about <em>il sistema educativo <\/em>(the education system)<em> in Italia.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Settembre<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_19063\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19063\" class=\"wp-image-19063\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/grammar-389907_1280-350x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/grammar-389907_1280-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/grammar-389907_1280-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/grammar-389907_1280-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/grammar-389907_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-comparatives\/\">Italian Comparatives\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In September we looked at some more Italian grammar, this time with comparatives!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ottobre<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/quiz-le-risposte\/\">Quiz &#8211; Le Risposte!\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My first time doing a quiz with you all on comparatives and superlatives!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Novembre<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-slang-and-expressions\/\">Italian Slang and Expressions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this post from November we discovered some expressions and <em>linguaggio informale\u00a0<\/em>that you will encounter in Italy.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dicembre<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/winter-vocabulary\/\">Winter Vocabulary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With winter upon us, we learned some winter vocabulary together. I&#8217;m definitely feeling <em>meteopatica <\/em>(meteopathic) now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Che anno.<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What a year. I was happy to spend it with all of you. <em>Auguri per un felice 2021!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-350x177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-350x177.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/farewell-3258939_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Buongiorno!\u00a0 Finalmente. Siamo arrivati alla fine di 2020. Finally. We have arrived to the end of 2020. There have been plenty of alti e bassi (highs and lows) but I am sure that I speak for us all when I bid it addio! 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