Buona giornata a tutti! Today we have the launch of our latest Italian easy reader, and of course another free Italian lesson in our series. But first things first: Un’indagine molto privata tells the story of Gianna, who is about to turn 40 and has lately become dissatisfied with her life as a translator of crime fiction. […]
Ding, dong. That’ll be Daniel!
“Who’s that at the door?” “That’ll be Daniel. He said he’d pop by with some material on future tenses…” Today’s free Italian grammar lesson is on the Italian future simple form. Click here to go straight to it, or bear with me for a ‘teachery’ moment of explanation. The problem with learning (or teaching) a […]
New, free Italian lesson – The Imperfect Tense
I’ve spent several hours tidying up the explanation, audio and exercises making up our latest free Italian lesson, which today is on the Italian imperfect tense. As a result, and because it’s back to work today after the Easter break, I’m rather pressed for time and enthusiasm. Hence, a much-shorter-than-usual article this morning. Click here for today’s free […]
New Free Italian Lesson & ‘Flash Offer’ 20% Off Everything!
Today’s free Italian lesson is on the Italian imperative form. There are explanations of the direct (informal) and indirect (formal) imperative forms, there’s a (very short) listening, and there are three interactive exercises to do. Having worked through all of it yesterday, I now know why I find imperatives so confusing…. Click here for today’s […]
Just another Friday, and another free Italian lesson!
It’s Good Friday and a public holiday in the UK, where I originate from. Except in Italy, where I live now, it isn’t. Easter here is on Sunday (a big meal with relatives, of course). And Monday’s a national holiday. So, I’ve a badly-needed long weekend to look forward to. But today, unfortunately, is just […]
A nice easy tense, but not as useful as it looks…
OK, today we start the next level in our free Italian lessons series, and man, is there some heavy grammar on the horizon… I’ve therefore decided to start with something easy, partly because I’m in a holiday mood, and also so as not to put you off! Today we’ll be looking at the Italian present […]
Italian grammar lesson on ‘Si’, plus Book Of The Week offer
Ciao a tutti. It’s the first day of ‘primavera’ – finally the winter is over, and not a moment too soon! Better still, there’s a period of holiday coming, so I’ll have more time to work on free materials for learning Italian. Tomorrow, I’ll be preparing a new series of free Italian lessons at A2 […]
Did you know that Italians say ‘suicide yourself’?
A depressed Italian might threaten to ‘suicide herself’ (suicidarsi), which sounds rather absurd in English… Today’s free Italian lesson is on reflexive verbs – the ones ending in ‘si’ – which are much more commonly used in Italian than in English. The example above, with ‘suicide yourself’, is from the lesson. Click here to see the […]
Free Italian Lesson On Prepositions & Italian Reader Offer
Here I am again, this time plugging our new Italian easy reader, ‘La cicatrice‘ (The Scar). Download your free sample chapter to see what it’s about. Then, if the level’s good for you, get the full version from our online shop (at the special first-week price of just €7.50!) Visit our online shop | Browse e-books […]
Latest Italian Easy Reader, Plus A New Grammar Lesson!
Buon giorno a tutti! Today we’ve published our newest Italian easy reader, and it’s on offer this week at €7.50 instead of the regular easy-reader price of €9.99. Here’s the blurb from the shop (it would be on the back cover, but e-books don’t have one…) Pier Velotti is the technician in charge of the landing system […]