Buondì. As mentioned on Friday, this week we have the Free Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer! In our online shop, there are various online Italian lesson options. Choose between packages of five, ten, twenty or thirty lessons, for example, and so benefit from greater discounts. But it’s also possible to buy just the one lesson, […]
Opera snobs
Buondì. As mentioned on Wednesday, next week I’ll be publishing, and promoting, our ‘easy reader ebook’-version of Puccini’s La Bohème. So, as I did with Nabucco and Turandot, I fired up Youtube and searched for a version of the opera which was a.) free to watch, and b.) had the Italian text on the screen, […]
Reading too much trouble?
Buondì. I’ve got to that age when I start to wonder what the world is coming to. Yes, I know it’s a cliche, but I can’t help myself. I’m fifty-five, so now counting down the years and months to the big Six-Oh and official decrepitude, though the retirement age here in Italy isn’t until sixty-seven. […]
Una domenica in giro con Roomie
Buondì. It’s Monday, thank goodness, so peace is temporarily restored a casa nostra, Roomie having been safely delivered to her petting zoo, there to be cared for by energetic professionals until 4 p.m. Normal schools are all closed today, so we feel fortunate indeed. This because it’s a ‘ponte’ in Italy, the word literally meaning […]
It’s not FOR that
Buondì. I’m pretty sure I’ve written this article before. And I’m 100% sure I’ve written something very like it, many, many, many times in reply to polite comments left by EasyItalianNews.com readers. But as we marketing wizards know, you have to keep repeating the message if you want to get it acrosss. So here it […]
Listening to the adults talking
Buondì. Like many energetic small animals, Roomie doesn’t like being in the car. Yesterday morning we let her take a plastic guitar with her. She was engaged, plucking at its steel strings, for at least ten minutes of the twenty-minute trip, then kept herself occupied banging it on the passenger seat in front of her […]
Would you risk your head for a beautiful Chinese princess?
Buondì. Would you risk your life to win the hand of a beautiful Chinese princess? I guess as a headstrong younger man I might have done. I certainly did plenty of other reckless things, such as giving up a safe government job to travel the world, then eventually settling in Italy, for which I’m still […]
Friday’s top tip
Buondì. I’m going to keep this very brief, as I have the usual other Friday things to do, but also something new, which is exciting! For several years, the only language-learning materials I’ve paid for out of my own, very modest, pocket have been subscriptions to two newspapers, Le Monde (French) and El Paìs (Spanish), […]
Spotting the mistake in the recipe
Buondì. This evening we have some people coming to dinner. Like me, they’re foreigners, but local pride obliges me to show them some of the best home cooking that Emilia-Romagna, where I’ve lived for 25 years, has to offer. Deciding on the menu took a while, but in the end I opted to go with […]
Where to find discounted ebooks for learning Italian
Buondì. OK, so opera is a niche thing, I get it. Thanks to club members who bought a copy of Verdi e il Va’ pensiero and/or Nabucco, while they were on offer (until last night.) Let’s just say there weren’t exactly hordes of you. But that’s fine! I enjoyed putting them together, finding about about […]