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by ITALY | Tue, 06/08/2010 - 04:17
Confetti are not tiny dots of coloured paper but the sugar-coated almonds that Italians give you before weddings, Christenings and graduations. The verb…
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by ITALY | Tue, 06/01/2010 - 05:25
Here are some of those nasty words that can catch us out: Noioso doesn’t mean “noisy”. It means boring. Annoiato doesn’t mean “annoyed”. It means bored or…
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by ITALY | Wed, 05/26/2010 - 03:54
Spaghetti are plural in Italian and Italians are always very amused when English-speaking folk treat the word as a singular noun. If you want to say “the…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 05/25/2010 - 05:19
//--> //--> //--> There are some confusing rules for saying “the “ [the definite article] in Italian but they are not so bad if you learn a few at a time…
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by ITALY | Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:32
This is a tip for all you romantic souls out there. Have you ever seen the initials TVB carved on a tree or as part of a graffito in Italy? You may have seen…
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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 05/13/2010 - 09:47
Last week we looked at the verb “essere” [to be ] but this is not the verb we usually use to ask about someone’s health or to respond. For this, we use the…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 05/11/2010 - 10:21
Words by Pat Eggleton Plurals can be confusing in Italian, the good news is that some Italian words don’t change in the plural , eg: Words that end in…
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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 05/06/2010 - 05:44
//--> //--> Last week we looked at avere [to have]. This week we are going to look at essere [to be]: You may remember that we don’t usually need to use…
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by Adrian Wallwork | Wed, 05/05/2010 - 12:38
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 05/04/2010 - 09:36
Words by Pat EggletonSometimes, but not always, “S” at the beginning of an Italian verb can be an equivalent of English “un…” .Its addition can give a verb an…