Last day of my seaside holiday. Sunday morning we got out on the boat. The waves were modest, the sun was shining and there was a steady breeze to fill our sails. Lovely! So, with the sailing, and with the work involved in our Easter Offer, there hasn’t been much time to start on the […]
Archives for April 2017
Tenses in Italian and English (also Buona Pasqua!)
Easter Sunday afternoon. Having enjoyed a good lunch of tagliatelle al salmone affumicato followed by parmigiana di melanzane (do take a look at the recipes and videos), my wife has departed down the street to drink coffe with her cousin, leaving me alone at the computer to write about… Tenses! And specifically, why they are […]
Another funny thing about Italy…
I don’t know about where you live, but in the UK, where I come from, if you buy a litre or so of milk you pay, say £0.66. Whereas if you buy the two litre pack it will cost you less, perhaps significantly less, in this case just £0.44. In my local supermarket in Bologna, […]
Did you know Good Friday is NOT a holiday in Italy?
Did you know that Good Friday is NOT a holiday in Italy? No kidding. It’s just a normal working day here. The kids are off school, of course, but only for a week. Easter isn’t a long school holiday here, as it is in the UK. Monday IS a ‘giorno festivo’. It’s known as ‘Pasquetta’ […]
Easter Sale starts on Friday (& free listenings to do!)
Buondì. It’s the first day of the school holidays for me. Hurrah! So I’m finalising the details of our Easter Sale, which will (definitely) start on Friday. There will be a week-long promotion, so if you’re not learning Italian any more, or if you’d prefer not to hear from us, please unsubscribe from this list. […]
Follow up from Friday (Easter Sale postponed a few days!)
Thanks to the many club members who wrote in following Friday’s article ‘Anyone else having technical problems with our exercises?‘ Several of you pointed out that there WAS an issue with question no. 5 in the first exercise linked to, an extra space before the right answer that would mean that an otherwise correct response […]
Anyone else having technical problems with our exercises?
When I wake up in the morning, I open my wardrobe and decide which hat to put on. Yes, I know that not many people wear hats these days, but I’m a busy guy and it helps me remember what I’m supposed to be focusing on at any particular moment of the day! Often it’s […]
A stroll down Memory Lane
Sorry I’m later today. Yesterday was my fiftieth birthday. My kids cooked me a surprise breakfast of bacon and eggs, at six-forty a.m. Later I went to work, but with just two individual students, both of whom seemed happy to see me, it wasn’t exactly stressful. In the evening my wife and I shared a […]
Top-level listening practice plus an easy ‘Book of the Week’
OnlineItalianClub.com ‘members’ range in level from complete beginners, who are just starting out on their journey with the Italian language, to those at the other end of the scale – perhaps college students studying at a high level or Italian enthusiasts who have been with us since the beginning, way back in 2013 (ciao ragazzi!) […]
