Italian Language
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/16/2010 - 09:48
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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by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 11/16/2010 - 08:14
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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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/09/2010 - 06:22
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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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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 11/02/2010 - 07:48
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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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 10/26/2010 - 06:02
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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by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 10/21/2010 - 09:51
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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-…
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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 10/19/2010 - 09:33
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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by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 10/12/2010 - 10:45
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…
by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 10/07/2010 - 07:15
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…
by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 10/07/2010 - 06:53
Words by Pat EggletonThis is the second part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:Surprise / Improbabilityperché +…
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