It’s long been clear to me that Italian adjectives need to agree with the gender of their subject: una ragazza bella un ragazzo bello But beauty is not everything in a relationship. There’s also the issue of desire. Ideally ‘una ragazza bella’ would also be una ragazza attraente or better still una ragazza sexy! That […]
More beginner’s Italian material to work on!
Following on from Monday’s shameless plugging of our new project, DontSpeakItalian.com, today we have links to another beginner’s grammar area. This material is perfect for beginners but also for anyone, like me, who’s been studying Italian for years but still isn’t totally sure of the basics… OK, Monday we took a look at the cursed […]
Free Beginner’s Italian Course (good for non-beginners too!)
For the next week or two, there’ll be NO new materials at OnlineItalianClub.com. Instead, though, I’ll be introducing another project of ours. We’ve been working on a series of beginner’s courses in different languages, and over Easter we published the first three: German, Spanish, and of course, Italian! There are approximately 50 pages of material […]
Let’s all go to Rome! (Final A2 Italian listening exercise)
Spring in Italy is ‘gita’ time, as anyone with teenage children knows. My eldest daughter is off to Tuscany with the school – they’ll stay in a hotel, walk in the countryside and see the sites. But ‘gite’ are not just for the young, as today’s free Italian listening comprehension exercise will make clear. Listen […]
Penultimate exercise in our A2 Italian listening series
That’s Pasqua done with, then. The next long weekend is the 25th April, which celebrates the liberation of Italy at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Click this link to find out more (Wikipedia article in Italian – go on, it’ll do you good!) Today though, it’s just another day, so here’s […]
Sixth free A2 Italian listening comprehension exercise
After a holiday weekend of rich food and wine, perhaps a nice simple plate of pasta would be nice? Check out today’s free Italian listening comprehension exercise, which gives instructions on just how to prepare it! Click here to listen or go here to see the others in the current series. P.S. Occasionally I get emails […]
Latest free A2 Italian listening comprehension exercise
Good Friday might be a public holiday where you are, but it isn’t here in Italy. And while children in the UK have up to three weeks off school at Easter, in Italy the holiday is much shorter – my kids get barely a week of sleeping in, poverini! But anyway, here at OnlineItalianClub.com we […]
4th in A2 Italian Listening Comprehension Series
It’s April Fools’ Day, which is ‘pesce d’aprile’ – April Fish – in Italian. So my 11-year-old son was in a hurry to get off to school this morning to play jokes on his friends. It’s also the last day of school before the Easter holidays – a double reason to be cheerful… Normally, he […]
Third new A2 Italian listening comprehension exercise
Here’s today’s new free Italian listening comprehension exercise. Click here to give it a try. There’ll be others at the same level on Wednesday and Friday this week. Did you know that OnlineItalianClub.com ‘members’ get an email each time we publish something new? Perhaps you know other people learning Italian who would benefit from this? […]
2nd new Italian listening exercise (and ‘easy reader’ offer reminder)
It’s a family Christmas, goodwill to all. We’re exchanging presents, and it seems that everyone gets what they wanted. Except you! You’ve unwrapped your gift and are not at all pleased… What could they have been thinking of? Didn’t they know you had your heart set on…? +++ If this scenario sounds familiar, check out […]