Today’s Italian Conversation, number forty-seven in our series, is entitled ‘Contesti sociali, Presentarsi‘. Which broadly translates as ‘introducing yourself in social situations’. There’s a woman and a man, chatting at the gym, exchanging personal details. We find out that she’s married with kids, but he’s single (not found the right woman yet.) What’s she doing talking […]
Let’s go skiing! (New Italian dialogue with transcript)
It’s winter, it’s cold and it’s grey… But there’s snow! At least there is in Italy’s hills and mountains, if not here on the Pianura padana where I live. So let’s go skiing, even if it’s just in our imaginations. Today’s Italian dialogue (& transcript) will sort you out with the equipment you’ll need to […]
Midnight in Italy but just 2 p.m. in Anchorage, Alaska!
OnlineItalianClub.com has ‘members’ all around the globe. An average of a thousand people a day use our site to learn Italian, and you’re spread all the way around the globe! Think of the planet, spinning on its slightly wonky axis, and imagine other people like you who are learning Italian. Where might they be? Oh […]
Italian Dialogue: Ice-Cream Shop! (& Sale Ends Tonight…)
It’s Epiphany today, a national holiday here in Italy. Last night a witch named Befana flew past our house on her broomstick to leave candies for the kids who’d been good. And lumps of coal for the naughty ones. Hah! That’ll teach ’em. (You can read all about this Epiphany tradition on Wikipedia, here.) Completely […]
Online Italian Lessons? Offer Ends In Just 36 Hours!
This is just a short reminder for those of you who take Italian lessons online with our club teachers, or who would like to. If you’re nearing the end of your lesson credits, don’t forget that you can save €€€ by renewing before tomorrow night (Jan 6th) when our January Sale 2016 ends. Why pay […]
New Italian Conversation + Last 72 Hours Of The January Sale
It’s back to work today, for a lot of people. And back to the usual routine here at OnlineItalianClub.com, too. The first order of business is to flag up for you the latest free recording/transcript in our Italian Conversations series. This time we’re getting our washing and dry-cleaning done at the lavanderia. Here’s the link you need […]
When to learn Italian for free. And when to pay.
I’ve had my hair cut twice since 1997. The first time was in London. I don’t remember how much I paid, but it wasn’t expensive, given that we were living in some crappy inner-city zone at the time. I never went to the barber’s because I didn’t know what to ask for, so I never liked […]
How to improve your Italian? Do this one easy thing today!
I had a bad dream last night and so was awake for a while, reading The Guardian on my smartphone. On Saturday, they have a regular piece by Oliver Burkeman called ‘This column will change your life’. As it’s New Year, this week’s article was about the absurdity of hoping to change your life by setting […]
Even On New Year’s Day, A New Italian Conversation!
Even though it’s New Year’s Day, it’s still Friday. So here we are with a new Italian Conversation for you! We’re still shopping, but this time at the bookshop. Here’s the link: Shopping, Libreria Or check out all thirty-eight of our free Italian dialogues + transcripts on the Italian Conversations homepage. They’re there for you to read […]
Nice smells today! + What’s selling in the January sale?
Today our house in Bologna is filled with the smell of cooking. You notice it in particular as you come in from outside. It’s hard to resist filling your lungs and going ‘Yum! What are we eating?’ First on the gas ring this morning was my largest pot, three-quarter filled with cold water, to which […]