Congratulations to Dianne Hales and LA BELLA LINGUA, her memoir documenting her love of Italian and all things Italy. Seven years after its release, LA BELLA LINGUA this week sits at #8 on a New York Times bestseller list. “Italians say that someone who acquires a new language ‘possesses’ it. In my case, Italian possesses me.” Auguri,…
Tag: Italian
Week 5: High Frequency Words
This series focuses on Fluent Forever’s alphabetical list of the 625 most commonly used words in any language, presented 10 words at a time with their Italian translation. “Not all words are created equal: we use certain words far more often than others…We get a lot of mileage out of our most frequent words…With only…
Week 4: High Frequency Words
This series focuses on Fluent Forever’s alphabetical list of the 625 most commonly used words in any language, presented 10 words at a time with their Italian translation. “Not all words are created equal: we use certain words far more often than others…We get a lot of mileage out of our most frequent words…With only…
How I Study Italian: Updated for 2016
“…the thirtysomething student [who was Leonardo da Vinci] copied vocabi italiani (Italian words derived from Latin) into his notebooks, filling page after page of the Codex Trivulzianus, his earliest manuscript, which he referred to as “my book of words.” Even as Leonardo neared age forty, he was still working at conjugations, copying “amo, amas, amat” as diligently…
Fun phrases for your weekend…
Ciao amici! Yesterday began a new class term with Italiano with Jodina and marked my 5th anniversary studying Italian with Maestra Jodina Hahn Gallo. ❤ I hope to get back into the swing of the Weekend Italian series soon (focusing on Fluent Forever’s high-frequency list), but until then, here’s some fun phrases that I…
Week 3: High Frequency Words
This series focuses on Fluent Forever’s alphabetical list of the 625 most commonly used words in any language, presented 10 words at a time with their Italian translation. “Not all words are created equal: we use certain words far more often than others…We get a lot of mileage out of our most frequent words…With only…
How to say I Love You in Italian
One of the beauties of Italian is that it is a very specific language. I would say I love that, but that would be very un-Italian indeed. For example, one uses a different word to indicate playing a sport (giocare) versus playing an instrument (suonare). Or for painting a wall (tinteggiare) versus creating something with paint —…
Week 2: High Frequency Words
Weekend Italian: high-frequency words to kick-start your Italian brain. Grab a cup of coffee and spend a little time this weekend learning Italian!
7 Reasons to Love Italian
We study Italian because we want to, not because we need to. Because the music of the language moves us to learn it, to engage in this “impracticality”, to throw some of our precious time to the wind and do something simple for the pleasure of being able to pronounce words like piacere. –From “Why…
Treat yourself to these tricky Italian Halloween words
Even though Halloween is not officially celebrated in Italy, the kid cousins whom I adore there certainly know all about our American tradition. So, to infuse a little Italian into our holiday, here’s some dolcetto o scherzetto parole — trick or treat words — for you. Buon divertimente! Have fun! To hear the spoken Italian, click…
Prayers & Piazzas 