Buondi! This morning, I’m linking to an article on the ‘other’ website, plus we have some more listenings for you to do. Roberto Gamberini is an Italian teacher, based in Rome I think. I’ve never actually met the guy, but I am always happy to publish anything he writes, as his stuff is so good. […]
More Free Listenings, And The New ‘Book Of The Week’!
Before I forget, ‘Happy Independence Day’ to all club members in or from the USA! And for those of you north of the border, a belated ‘Happy Canada Day’ for last Friday. I think I’m a bit late for Australia day (Jan. 26th) so we’ll skip that. And probably the less said about the ‘United’ […]
Eleven More Italian Audio Tracks: ‘A Day In The Life Of…’
Following on from Wednesday’s post, in which I linked to a series of new audio tracks on Italian festivals and public holidays, today I have something similar for you, also from the new website. Take a look at these eleven listenings on the theme ‘Un giorno nella vita‘ (‘A day in the life of’). To get […]
14 New Italian Listening Exercises!
Forgive me for being a little late today, but I’ve been working on a new website for people learning Italian. In particular, I’ve been formatting a series of fourteen audios on Italian festivals and public holidays – Christmas, Carnival, Mothers’ Day, and so on. As our series of Italian grammar lessons is sort of finished […]
Free Italian Lesson On ‘Ci’ And ‘Ne’ (& New Easy Reader!)
Buongiorno a tutti. Today I have the last ‘official’ lesson in our series of free Italian grammar lessons. (But don’t worry – I’ve got some bits and pieces to add to the series over the next couple of weeks.) Today’s topic is ‘ci’ and ‘ne’, those confusing pronominal particles which are always worth looking at […]
Free Italian Lesson On Articulated (Compound) Prepositions
Today’s free Italian lesson follows on from Wednesday’s, which was on ‘simple’ prepositions, with a list of the numerous ‘articulated’ (or ‘compound’) prepositions. Here’s the link you need to read the explanation and do the exercises: Lesson 53: Articulated (Compound) Prepositions Or find both of them, and previous lessons in the series, on our Italian Lessons […]
New, Free Italian Lesson On ‘Simple’ Prepositions
Sorry I’m late today, but ‘meglio tardi che mai’, right? Today’s free Italian lesson covers ‘simple’ prepositions but is, of course, anything but. There’s a long list of preposition uses to study (better allow some time…) and a couple of exercises to test your mettle. Lesson 52: Simple Prepositions | Italian Lessons Homepage On Friday we’ll […]
New, Free Italian Lesson + ‘Book Of The Week’ Offer
It’s Monday, so time for another free Italian lesson! We’re approaching the end of our ‘grammar lessons’ series, tackling the final few C2 (top level!) topics. From next week, we’ll do something different… Today’s lesson is brief. A short explanation and just the one exercise. But this grammar was new to me, so maybe you’ll […]
Amazing – I got all of these right!
Today’s free Italian lesson is no. 50 in our series and features the relative pronouns ‘che’ and ‘cui’. There’s a brief explanation and two exercises, an easier one and a harder one. But amazingly, I got full marks on both! So there’s hope for me yet. And for you, too, of course. One day, Cinderella, […]
Tense Agreement Exercises (& Easy Reader Offer Reminder)
O.K., today we have one of those topics that Italian teachers love to confuse people with – tense agreement – otherwise known as ‘concordanze verbali’. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But when it comes down to it, the lesson is just a list of regularities showing how the verb in a main clause (“I think…”) works together […]