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We are looking at prepositions again this week and we are going to learn how to say “in the” or “to the”.
As we have seen, you have to know the definite…
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Here is a very useful word that you can add to your Italian vocabulary:AddiritturaIt has a literal meaning of “straight” in the sense of “directly”.E andato…
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Photo: "Into the mouth of the wolf!" The famous Capitoline wolf RomeThe literal translation of “good luck” into Italian is buona fortuna. Unfortunately,…
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In Italian we use the comma - which is a virgola, not a comma! – to indicate the decimal point.
So we write 1,5 instead of 1.5 and we…
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Words by Pat EggletonOn the day when Italians remember their departed loved ones, here is what to say when someone dies.The expression you need to use…
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In this photo: Musei Capitolini (Roma), Palazzo NuovoWords by Pat EggletonThe next time you arrive at an Italian museum or office and find them closing up ten…
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We are going back to basic grammar today, with a look at a group of verbs which often worry learners, the so-called reflexive…
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Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Pasquale SorrentinoConfusione does mean disorder or confusion but it is also used for “crowded” :C’é molta confusione –…
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Words by Pat EggletonPrefixes and suffixes, as we have seen, are often a clue to meaning.Today we are looking at the prefixes sopra- and sovra- which denote a…
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Words by Pat Eggleton This is the third and final part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:The problemc’è un grande…
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