Learn Italian online with the latest in our series of free online Italian lessons. Today we’ll take a look at ‘there is / are – c’è / ci sono‘. Plus, I have a new ‘Book of the Week’ offer for you. First things first, though. Lesson 03 in our Italian Lessons series deals with how […]
Archives for February 2016
Learn or revise Italian plurals (plus ‘Amarcord’ reminder!)
Buon giorno a tutti! Just a quickie today, as I have to rush off and teach. Wednesday’s Italian Lesson on articles was a big success it seems – we had a record number of page views that day! And many thanks to Roger who wrote to me with this correction: Just had a quick look […]
‘New’ series Of Free Italian Lessons (& Book Of The Week)
Having finished our Italian Conversations series on Monday, it’s time for something ‘new’. Well, when I say ‘new’, what I mean is that I’ll be pulling together material from across our site to create ‘Italian lessons’ with explanations of the grammar, listening practice and exercises. The material itself isn’t actually new, but the way it’s […]
Final Italian Conversation & New Fellini Easy Reader!
Today we have the final dialogue + transcript in our Italian Conversations series: In viaggio, Cambiare casa. Listen to it here. Or find it on our Italian Conversations homepage. What’s coming next? Find out on Wednesday! Also, just published is our new Italian easy reader, Amarcord, based on the Fellini film. We have a free […]
Penultimate ‘Italian Conversation’ & ‘Book of the Week’ reminder
Today we have the penultimate in our ‘Italian Conversations‘ series of Italian dialogues with transcripts. I’ll send you the final link on Monday, to complete the series. Hopefully by then your Italian listening skills will be just a little better than when we began the series, way back in October! The new dialogue is no. […]
New Italian dialogue with transcript – Tourist Information Office
Sure you can learn Italian online, and for free, with our Italian Conversations series of free dialogues! Start today: listen to the conversations, then check your understanding with the transcript. If there are words you don’t know, look them up in an online dictionary (we like wordreference.com.) Today’s dialogue, no. 58 in a series of […]
“Sto bene solo quando faccio l’amore”
Today I have for you number 57 (out of 60) in our Italian Conversations series along with a great new ‘Book of the Week’ offer, about which more later. The new dialogue is about renting a room: In viaggio, Affitare una stanza Listen to it here. Or find it on our Italian Conversations homepage. +++ So, this […]
“Can you please speak more slowly?”
Yesterday I had an e-mail from Carole asking whether it would be possible to slow down the dialogue in our most recent Italian Conversation. A fair question, and one that might well have occurred to other recently-joined club members. So here’s my reply, just in case you were wondering! The current dialogues are at the […]
Benvenuti all’hotel Bellavista (Italian dialogue/transcript)
Today’s Italian conversation with transcript is about checking into and out of a hotel. Listen to it now. Or find it on our Italian Conversations homepage, along with the others in the series. They’re all completely free to listen to as often as you like, with no registration or passwords required. So why not help […]
First ever sci-fi Italian easy reader? 3, 2, 1… Accensione!
I’ve two things to tell you today. First, we have the publication of our first ever sci-fi Italian easy reader. And then, there’s the link to no. 54 in our Italian conversations series of free dialogues with transcripts. So that should keep you busy this gloomy Monday in February… New Italian Easy Reader: 3, 2, […]