Isn’t it funny how being on holiday can mean being even busier than usual? And there was me thinking I’d be able to get so much more done in this period… Anyway, I have three things to tell you. We’ll do them in reverse order, like the start of a race, or the countdown to […]
‘Buon Natale’, Cigarette Dialogue & 20% Offer Reminder
Here’s wishing a ‘Buon Natale’ to all four thousand or so members of our Online Italian Club. Wherever you are in the world, have a fantastic day today! Whether that will or won’t include studying Italian is, of course, quite up to you. But looking at the website’s stats a minute ago I could see […]
Shopping dialogue, e-book offer reminder and more articles
Today’s Italian dialogue with transcript is set at the greengrocer’s, that is to say ‘fruttivendolo’ in Italian. Here’s the link: Shopping, Fruttivendolo As usual, I’ll remind you that all of the conversations in our present series are linked to from the Italian Conversations homepage. Another reminder regards our latest Italian easy reader publication, ‘Nuovo Cinema […]
Learn Italian Articles, New Conversation, & E-Book Reminder!
I’ve lots to tell you today. First of all, you might be interested to know that our Italian school in Bologna is running its popular annual promotion in this period. If you’re planning to study Italian in Italy at any point over the next twelve months, here’s how to save 20% on your course. Poi, […]
New Italian Conversation: not suitable for vegetarians!
Today I have Italian Conversation no. 29 for you. We’re in a butcher’s shop, or more likely at the butcher’s counter in a supermarket. Either way, it’s definitely not suitable for vegetarians. If you’ve ever stood in a queue waiting for the person in front to finish asking what seems like an endless list of […]
New easy reader today! Plus another ‘Italian Conversation’
This morning I have a new easy Italian reader for you to take a look at. Plus the latest in our ‘Italian Conversations’ series of free audios with transcripts. First though, ‘Caccia all’autografo‘ (autograph hunt). Having passed his last exam of the academic year, university student Alberto flies to Sicily to visit his grandfather, who […]
Free listening task: ‘Asking for help’. Plus offer reminder!
Today’s free Italian Conversation (audio + conversation) covers ‘asking for help in Italian’. Plus, there’s a reminder about our easy-reader ‘Book of the Week’ offer! 20th Italian Conversation! I’ve just added no. 20 in our ‘Italian Conversations‘ series of audio recordings with transcripts. View all of them on the Italian Conversations homepage. Or follow this […]
New Italian easy reader + car rental dialogue
Today we have the launch of our latest Italian easy reader e-book, and also the third in our Italian Conversations series of dialogues. Which shall we talk about first? Ah, yes. The new e-book! ‘Alta moda, alto pericolo‘ tells the story of Maria, a former fashion journalist, who is invited by a fashion designer friend to the […]
Italian teachers’ favorite instrument of torment
Italian teachers have lots of ways to make your life miserable. There are the myriad irregular verbs to begin with. Then there’s the ‘congiuntivo’. And conditional sentences – all those horrible -essi’s… But when they really want to show you who’s boss, they let out a wicked cackle and select their favorite instrument of torment: Concordanza […]
Free Italian exercise + new easy reader ‘Cena con delitto!’
Thanks to everyone who pointed out the error in Friday’s free exercise. I’ve been traveling with my family and so haven’t got around to fixing it yet, but I do appreciate the feedback. Please keep it coming! Allora, today I have for you the final free grammar exercise at B1 (intermediate) level, plus a new […]