Buondì. Being virtually unemployed these days, over the last week or so I’ve been working on a rather special, rather unusual, project. I’m pretty pleased with the results, too. It’s an Italian/English parallel-text ebook. An ebook? So no surprises there, then. Before I tell you why I’m proud of it (and why, maybe, you should […]
Archives for February 2019
It’s frightening how stupid people can be (whoops, what did I say?)
Buondì. Someone commented the other day, I forget where otherwise I’d link to it, that they ‘didn’t have a natural ability to learn foreign languages’. To which I gave my standard reply (people say this all the time) that, in my experience, few people do, so not to worry. Usually, say in a class discussion, […]
An imperfect metaphor, and some reminders
I read somewhere, don’t remember when or where, and the details are now hazy, that in a certain sport – could’ve been baseball, could’ve been cricket – the batter, batsman, whatever the word is, has to try and hit a small, hard ball that… …IS MOVING SO FAST THEY CAN’T EVEN SEE IT COMING!!!! Who […]
Che fortuna, Daniel!
Buondì. Yesterday, feeling rather depressed at my prospects, I applied for a couple of jobs. In the unlikely event I’m offered either of them, it will mean moving to a different country, being apart from my family for long periods, and working in an office eight hours a day under the supervision of someone further […]
How to learn Italian, or any foreign language for that matter
Buondì. Thanks to everyone who plucked up the courage to book a Free Trial Online Italian Lesson last week. That offer has now ended. Lucia, our teaching manager, will be in touch to organise your free lessons. If you don’t hear anything within a reasonable time, do contact me (in the usual way) and I’ll […]
Free Trial Online Italian Lesson offer – final day!
(You’re not going crazy – this week’s articles were previously published in November 2018, at the time of our last Free Trial Lesson Offer. They worked well then, so… I’m taking a break. Things’ll be back to normal tomorrow, Monday 18th Feb.) This is a rare Sunday message to remind you that the ‘Free Trial […]
I’m afraid to try the free online Italian lesson
(No, you’re not going crazy – some of this week’s articles were previously published in November 2018 when we did the last Free Trial Lesson Offer. They worked well then, so I’m taking a break from writing LONG ARTICLES Things’ll be back to normal on Monday 18th Feb.) This came in overnight: I would like […]
To Dave
Buondì. First, a quick reply to Dave, who left a comment on Monday’s post. I hope that my response will be of general interest. And after that, a reminder about this week’s Free Trial Lesson offer! Scroll down if you just want info. about how to book a Free Trial Online Italian Lesson! So, Dave […]
Starting today: Free Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer!
(You’re not going crazy – the articles I’ll be sending out this week were previously published in November 2018, at the time of our last Free Trial Lesson Offer. They worked well then, so… I’ll take a break and catch up on other stuff! Things’ll be back to normal on Monday 18th Feb.) Buondì. As […]
How do you say “My head is mixed up” in Turkish?
Buondì. How do you say “My head is mixed up” in Turkish? “Kafam karışık“, apparently. And that was what I wanted to say this morning, during my lesson with an online teacher. This week I’d already done two online Swedish lessons. So as I was chatting away happily in Turkish, Swedish words kept popping out. […]
