Saturday evening, and what else to do but finish the bottle of vino novello 2013 delle Venezie and listen to a little mellow music? Remembering Zucchero from a week or two back, I thought I’d check out some of his other songs, and found “Hey Man” (live in Modena), which is near here. Italian popular […]
Here’s a great idea for improving your Italian!
A lot of people have mentioned parallel texts for learning Italian. Personally, I’ve never been a big fan, but that said, I’ve not really made much use of them, so what do I know? Anyway, I was thinking, let’s take an Italian classic and do a bit of group translation on it, a sort of […]
Help me out, here
Ragazzi! There’s a project I’ve had in my head for ages now. I even hired someone to take it forward, but sadly, she quit. So, now it’s just us. Anyway, I’ve been working on this a bit in my free time of late and I’ve made enough progress to know that this is not going […]
What the cabbage?
Sorry, mixing up my languages there. What I meant was “Che cavolo?” or maybe “What the f**k?” Today’s Italian pop song is Dune Mosse by Zucchero (want sugar with that?) With the late, great Miles Davis playing along. That swings it for me. Italian pop, take it or leave it, but Miles, well, you don’t […]
Sally is a woman who no longer has the will to fight
Or something like that, which is my translation of: Sally è una donna che non ha più voglia ….di fare la guerra I know the feeling. The text is an extract from the first verse of Vasco Rossi’s ‘Sally’, a song chosen by Panorama magazine as one of the top 10 best Italian songs ever. […]
Ciao from an airport hotel
It’s grey and windy outside my airport hotel window, which incidentally overlooks a carpark and is alongside a motorway (freeway, interstate?) My flight’s not until tomorrow morning, and the restaurant doesn’t open for another hour. So time for a quick post on how to learn Italian with music! If you don’t listen to Italian pop […]
Why do people put things off until it’s too late?
Why do people put things off until it’s too late? Me, for example. I’ve been planning to go on a sailing holiday. I work so hard I need a break. And I get these e-mail offers from various sailing clubs, which I always open and read. Most times I “star” the e-mail, or mark them “unread”, […]
Online Italian Lessons Offer: last day!
It’s Sunday, so hopefully, you have nothing better to do than eat and then get on over to our shop to book your no-risk online Italian lesson, before the offer finishes tonight. Why “no risk”? Because if you don’t like it, you get a refund. You just need to ask, and it will be done. But wait… […]
Why online Italian lessons could be your best option
Why do people choose to take Italian lessons online, rather than going to a language school? Meet Ruth, a librarian, who lives in Australia. She began studying Italian as a hobby about 8 years ago and has continued on and off since then. She chose online Italian lessons to improve her Italian because she realized she didn’t […]
Why are your Skype Italian lessons just 30 minutes long?
Good question. An online Italian lesson could be any length, of course, and there’s nothing to stop you, say, buying 10 x 30 minute lessons, then choosing to take 5 x 60 minute classes instead. Or even two x 150 minute classes, if you insist. The customer is always right round here. It would certainly […]