Imagine, on your death bed, the many regrets you might have. The things you didn’t say, or do. The mistakes you made. The opportunities you missed. The time you wasted. Assuming, though that the moment of reckoning has not yet arrived for you, it’s not to late to change course and try to live the perfect life. It’s just a […]

I love cooking. At home I produce a range of Italian dishes for my family, especially the specialities of Emilia-Romagna: tagliatelli, tigelle, tortellini, anything starting with “t”. I’ve got a shelf groaning with locally-bought Italian recipe books, too. Though I admit, I hardly ever open them. I never got into the habit when I was first […]

Here’s a quick article before I head off to the beach for a long weekend (hope you’ll be going somewhere nice too). So, I need to promote the C1/2 (advanced) level of our e-book/audio series Italian Workout! and I thought I’d skim through the free sample chapter for ideas on what to write. Wham! The first thing in the […]

It’s a Saturday afternoon at the end of June and I’ve just finished a pleasant lunch, consumed on the terrace in the company of my Italian in-laws, who each speak several foreign languages, my three kids, who are bilingual, and my wife who is trilingual. Since you ask, we enjoyed spaghetti with a fish sauce, […]

Many thanks to Joan, who raised this issue in a comment on my last post. Rather than reply to her there and then, it occured to me that the problem learners have finding accented Italian characters on a computer keyboard is one that would make a great topic for an article. So here it is. OK, the situation […]

Ragazzi… Thanks for the GREAT response to the last article. I was in a dreadful mood on Saturday (see below for the reason) and admit my writing may have been a bit, how shall I put it, intemperate. But your responses really cheered me up. There were lots of comments, forum posts, and even personal e-mails […]

Oh. You ARE reading? Cool. So, hey, you must have visited our website, OnlineItalianClub.com at some point. You may also have signed up to our mailing list (thanks!) In which case you’ll get this article automatically as an e-mail. First the good news There’s some great content on our site. Lots of it. Besides articles like this one, there are […]

You thought it was your friend, did you? You thought it wanted to HELP you? Well you were wrong! Your dictionary is out to GET you. It wants to see you fail so badly, it will do almost anything to stop you learning Italian. If you really must give room in your home to one, don’t say I didn’t warn you. […]

How much time do you spend learning how to write in Italian? If you’re like most people, it’s probably not one of life’s greatest priorities. Speaking the language, on the other hand, and understanding what others say to you, usually comes high on the list. But sometimes, you may have to write in Italian. And […]