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 […]
What colour is ‘blu’?
Did I mention I’ve started taking online Swedish lessons? I think not. For those of you who may be new around here, it was about a year ago that I got the idea that it would help my writing about language learning if I were actually DOING some language learning (my days of studying Italian […]
Would you rather live in the city or the countryside?
Would you rather live in the city or the countryside? Personally I’m hedging my bets. Our home is just inside the boundary of the city of Bologna (in Italy), at the end of a bus route that takes us directly into the historic center in just twenty minutes. But it’s surrounded by ploughed fields and […]
Learn some Italian words for talking about movies!
Venerdì, finally! So there’s time to take up my shovel once more to continue ‘mucking out’ the vocabulary section of the club website. For those of you who are new around here, onlineitalianclub.com is an enormous free online resource put together over a period of several years by a mix of Italian teachers (who got […]
Ognissanti, ‘i morti’ and Buon compleanno, Hannah!
“Il primo novembre è il 305º giorno del calendario gregoriano (il 306º negli anni bisestili). Mancano 60 giorni alla fine dell’anno.” https://it.wikipedia.org/ O mio dio, only sixty more days until the end of the year? But there’s so much to do! Never mind though, today’s a public holiday in Italy – a religious one, common […]
New Italian easy reader today: Leonardo in riva all’Adda
Buondì. No refurbished vocabulary exercises today, as we have a new Italian easy reader out (and the club has bills to pay!) This one’s called Leonardo in riva all’Adda. Here’s the blurb that would be on the back cover, if it had one (it’s an e-book!) “Everyone knows that Leonardo is a genius, and one […]
Italian food words & definite articles. Woof, woof, sizzle!
Buondì. Today we’re at ‘C’ for ‘cibo’ (food). It won’t be a surprise if I tell you that, in Italy, what’s for dinner is definitely everyone’s favourite subject. A standard piece of advice for English teachers here, who might be worrying about whether the material they’ve planned for their class will be sufficient, is “Ask […]
Italian words to describe your dream home!
More tidying up over at the club’s vocabulary section. And today we’re up to ‘C’ – that’s ‘C for Casa’. So today, why not learn some Italian words to describe your dream home, whether it be a flash downtown apartment, or a peaceful home in the country or on the coast? Below are links to […]
Personality adjectives and a free Italian exercise
Buondì. A quick one today, as I have a lot to do (things got backed up over the weekend…) This morning I’ve been continuing with the spring-cleaning over at the vocabulary section of the club website. Specifically, I’ve been tidying up this page about personality adjectives. It’s just a short list of words, with English […]
‘Grazie’ to Marta the intern, gone but not forgotten
Back in the early days of OnlineItalianClub.com, we had an ever-changing team of interns working on the club website. In the beginning. as I recall, they were ably-lead by Daniele, who had piercings in parts of his face that made me wince. Besides managing his team, Daniele also put together ‘The Tenses You Need To […]