Buondì. This from Caroline over the weekend: Dear Daniel Something to cheer you up: I’ve finally realised that it doesn’t matter what the translation of a word or a sentence is, it just matters that you understand it! Caroline But, club members will be spluttering into their cornflakes as they read this, how could you […]
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An ennesimo article about ebooks
Buondì. Useful word, ‘ennesimo’ (‘ennesima’ if the noun is feminine) – literally it means nth, so to the power of a number, that is to say ‘very many’ of something. But you could translate it as ‘umpteenth’, as in, “I’ve told you umpteen times that…!” Anyway, yesterday afternoon I was teaching kids, online, as we’re […]
Ever noticed?
Buondì. 2 giugno (months aren’t capitalized in Italian) is a ‘giorno festivo’ here in Italy, that is to say a public holiday. It’s La Festa della Repubblica Italiana and the Wikipedia page I linked to there will tell you all about it (in Italian, of course!) For which reason, I have the children here, or […]