Today I have Italian Conversation no. 29 for you. We’re in a butcher’s shop, or more likely at the butcher’s counter in a supermarket. Either way, it’s definitely not suitable for vegetarians. If you’ve ever stood in a queue waiting for the person in front to finish asking what seems like an endless list of […]
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Clothes shop dialogue and a new ‘Book of the Week’ offer!
Following on from Monday’s ‘Italian Conversation’, which was set in a supermarket, today we have some short exchanges that you might hear when shopping for clothes in Italy. Between you and me, shopping for clothes interests me not at all. But if you’re a snappy dresser, or simply wish to improve your Italian listening comprehension, here are […]
New Italian Conversation: Supermarket Dialogues
If you have a large family, as we do, you might sometimes feel that your waking life is divided between work and the supermarket. My kids go through the contents of the fridge in a flash, especially the milk, so I’m always at our local Coop to stock up. Which is why, hand on heart, […]
‘Fare shopping’ – another borrowed word!
Today’s Italian Conversation is the first on a new theme: fare shopping! ‘Fare shopping’, of course, is a phrase which contains another borrowed word, and one which is in common use in Italian. Careful though, as ‘fare shopping’ is not used to mean ‘do the shopping’ (groceries), for which there’s another term ‘fare la spesa’. Rather ‘fare […]
New Dialogue: Asking For A Refund (+ Book Of The Week!)
Announcing another ‘Book of the Week’ offer… Back in May I published ‘Cielo libero‘, an e-book Italian easy reader (with audio). Sadly, it didn’t make much of an impact at the time, which was a shame because I think it’s a lovely little story and one that would be great for anyone learning Italian. For which […]
