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Archives for October 2019

Like a first date

October 30, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Next week, starting on Monday, we’ll be having our popular November ‘Free Trial Lesson’ offer. Which means that, FOR NEW STUDENTS ONLY, the price of this: Online Italian lessons: 1 x 30-minute lesson in our online shop will be reduced from £20 to an unbeatable £0! Obviously, the idea is to get people to […]

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‘How Not to Be a Nerd’

October 28, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. I’m finally reading a book (in English) that’s been gathering dust on a shelf in my bedroom for several years. I managed to buy this particular paperback twice in successive summer holidays in the UK, but not read it on either occasion. I was finally prodded into doing so (and into discovering that I […]

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“E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle”

October 25, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Don’t the stars look good today? Well, the overcast, late-October, Bologna-Friday-morning sky, anyway. Though it is drizzling some as I write. So damp, yes. But refreshing! And importantly, with no whiff of sulphur, nor even an echo of the cries of the damned. Yes, we’ve escaped hell at last! (This is NOT a Brexit […]

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“Why bother babbling to a babbler?”

October 23, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Below is another entry in the Dante/Nimrod translation competition, from Killian in Ireland. Sorry not to have seen it before, Killian – it ended up in spam. We get so many spam comments that it’s virtually a full-time job separating the thousands of fake ones from the infrequent real ones. It’s interesting though – […]

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A special place in hell for…

October 21, 2019 by Daniel

Anti-Brexit marcher with Dante placard

Buondì. Today we have the third in the Anselmo trilogy, plus a few items sent in by club members. In fact, I think I’ll do those first… Manju sent in this photo from Saturday’s anti-Brexit march. The cheerful-looking protestor is clearly a Dante fan, as well as a remainer. The caption at the top (sorry […]

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Two Entries in our Dante Translation Competition!

October 18, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. We had two responses to Wednesday’s challenge to translate this section from Canto XXXI of Dante’s Inferno: Poi disse a me: «Elli stessi s’accusa; questi è Nembrotto per lo cui mal coto pur un linguaggio nel mondo non s’usa. Lasciànlo stare e non parliamo a vòto; ché così è a lui ciascun linguaggio come […]

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Having trouble learning Italian? Blame Nimrod.

October 16, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Having trouble learning Italian? Can’t understand a word anyone says to you? Can’t get a coherent sentence out? Blame Nimrod, A.K.A. Nembrotto. He was a King from Genesis (the first book of the Bible, not the English rock band.) He’s a giant, apparently, famous for having tried to construct the Tower of Babel. So […]

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‘Anselmo e la moglie spagnola’ – get it while it’s hot!

October 14, 2019 by Daniel

Easy Italian readers - Anselmo e la moglie spagnola - cover image

Buondì. Last week we published the first in a trilogy of historical mysteries set in the court of the infamous Borgias, Anselmo e l’omicidio di Giovanni Borgia. And as it is with buses, which come along in threes after you’ve waited ages and ages for one, so too with historical mysteries: Anselmo e la moglie spagnola […]

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Dante, and the usual reminders

October 11, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Sorry I’m late today. I had to walk around the corner and queue (there was one person in front of me) to stock up on ‘socialised medicine’. I needed new supplies of three different medications out of the five that I have to take every day. Plus blood tests (Italians call them ‘esami’, which […]

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Janet’s question

October 9, 2019 by Daniel

Buondì. Here are some extracts from an email I received from Janet in Sydney, Australia last week. I’ve bolded her question, so it stands out: I always enjoy your emails about language learning. … Thank you for all the free stuff, and the Dante. It’s enriched my life and I probably would never have delved […]

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