Buondì. Today’s free Italian lesson covers pairs of words for describing food. To which I’ve added a delicious recipe, kindly sent in by one of our members. It’s vegetable-based and vegetarian – just the thing to help you get in shape before the Christmas/New Year festive period… That said, I confess that ‘oggi’ I had […]
Archives for November 2017
Like baking? Send me your ‘ricetta per una torta Italiana’
I’m late again! Don’t ask why – it’s too painful. But in a word, taxes. Having spent most of the morning getting my knickers in a twist, I’m now in a rush. There are lessons to plan, homework to mark, and I was rather hoping to do my Swedish homework before tomorrow morning’s online lesson. […]
What’s for dinner, dad?
Buondì. It’s venerdì, thank goodness, so I’m working at home. After I’m done here, I have an online Swedish lesson (with a new teacher – the other one’s on holiday). I confess, I’m a little apprehensive, which is daft, I know, as I’m the customer this time… Ask me on Monday how it went! When […]
Mind the borseggiatore!
As promised, I’m late today. I was about two hours getting to the hospital for my routine test, checking in, actually getting the test, waiting to be handed the results, and then getting home again. Then another two hours trying to work out what the doctor’s report meant. In Britain, doctors talk mostly in euphemisms […]
Back to the same old, same old
Thanks to the hundred and seven people from around the globe who took a leap of faith (or hope, or maybe just a metaphorical leap) to book a free trial lesson during last week’s promotion. If that includes you, ‘bravo’! By now, you should have heard from Lucia about organising your one-to-one lesson. If not, […]
It’s never too late, until it is
Sunday morning, and it’s a beautiful sunny November day in my part of Italy. Lunch is safely in the oven, so I’m sat at the kitchen table listening to the sounds of my youth, in memory of poor Malcolm Young, co-founder of Australian rock band AC-DC, who has died far too early at 64. ‘Highway […]
Don’t want the marketing pitch? So go study Italian instead!
Buondì. A lady sent me this email the other day: I thought I would be sent lessons 3x a week appropriate for my level. It looks like I am getting a sales pitch 3x a week. Yes I can sign up for one free lesson, but then have to pay for the rest. Please correct […]
What are your plans for today?
Buondì. This is going to be a short one, as I have a busy day lined up. The first job was to open and process emails. Next, this article. Then, at 10 a.m. I have my online lesson (hurrah!) My teacher sent me some material on dates (the pronunciation of ordinal numbers is HORRIBLE in […]
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Buondì. A steady rain is falling in Bologna this morning. Looking out of my kitchen window, it’s clear that it’s going to be one of those grey November days that just need to be endured and then forgotten. When it rains on the Pianura Padana, it really rains! So, not a good start to the week. […]
Now here’s a scary thought…
A scary thought, for me, at least. I was just tidying up today’s free vocabulary lesson, which is on Computers, since you ask. Click the link if you’d rather be studying Italian than reading my aged witterings. Back in the ‘eighties, when I was at uni (that’s ‘college’ if you live in the U.S.A.) I […]
