Word of the Week
Written by admin on 29 December, 2008 – 10:53 am -Now we are ready to begin a new year the word I have chosen is:
anno m. (pl. anni)
year
- un anno dopo l’altro – year in year out / year after year
- di anno in anno – from year to year
- anno bisestile – leap year
- Ha dodici anni – He is 12 years old (lit. he has 12 years)
- anno luce – light year
- gli anni Venti – the twenties (1920s)
- Lei porta bene gli anni – she doesn’t look her age (lit. she carries the years well)
- ultimo dell’anno (San Silvestro) – New Year’s Eve
- Capodanno – New Year’s Day
- Felice anno nuovo! – Happy New Year!
Of course there are many more expressions. Feel free to add your own in the comments.
I wish you all a felice anno nuovo!
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Luci d’Artista, Turin
Written by admin on 23 December, 2008 – 10:59 am -
Luci d’Artista is a spectacular display of lighting around the city of Turin, Piedmont. It is organised by Contemporary Arts Torino and is now in it’s 11th year. There are works by nineteen different artists.
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Word of the Week
Written by admin on 22 December, 2008 – 3:14 pm -This week it is Christmas so the the word I have chosen is Natale!
Natale s.m
Christmas
- Buon Natale – Happy Christmas
- Albero di Natale – Christmas tree
- Biglietto di Natale – Christmas card
- Stella di Natale – Poinsettia
- Canto di Natale – Christmas carol
- Il giorno di Natale – Christmas Day
- La vigilia di Natale – Christmas Eve
- Babbo Natale – Father Christmas
- Auguri di buon Natale – Best wishes for Christmas
- Natale – Natale (a first name in Italy)
May I wish all my readers tanti auguri di buon Natale!
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Frecciarossa
Written by admin on 19 December, 2008 – 10:42 am -
The Red Arrow has been fired! Milan–Rome (640 km) in 3 hours 30 minutes non stop (or 3 hours 59 minutes including Bologna and Florence)! Travel in style: sockets to plug in your computer, newspapers, drinks, restaurant carriage and even a cleaner! This is the new alta velocità service launched by Trenitalia this week (13 December).
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Word of the Week
Written by admin on 18 December, 2008 – 10:55 am -Learn an Italian word with examples in this new weekly feature.
This week the word is travolgere. It appeared in four different articles on the front cover of a daily paper.
travolgere v.tr
to carry away, to overwhelm, to run over
- Travolge i turisti: un morto e 27 feriti – tourists knocked down: one dead 27 injured.
- L’Italia è di nuovo travolta dal maltempo – Italy is again engulfed by bad weather.
- Milan travolto: 4–2 – AC Milan beaten 4–2.
- Travolta dal tram, non ce l’ha fatta – Run over by a tram, she hasn’t pulled through.
A very good online dictionary can be found at www.garzantilinguistica.it
And an also great resource about language acquisition can be found here.
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I Presepi di Cracovia
Written by admin on 16 December, 2008 – 9:56 am -I recently visited an exhibition of cribs at the Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Turin. These nativity scenes or Kraków szopka, which are quite different from the ones we have come to expect in Western Europe, are on loan from the city of Krakow, Poland.
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Rome 320 AD
Written by admin on 10 December, 2008 – 5:57 pm -
Have you ever wonder what it would be like to step back in time and visit ancient Rome? Well wonder no longer! Now, thanks to Google Earth it is possible to see what the city looked like on 1st April 320 AD, when the emperor Constantine ruled. Marvel at the 6,700 digitally reconstructed buildings and even look inside ten of them. This is Rome at the height of its architectural glory.
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The New Cappuccino Experience
Written by admin on 10 December, 2008 – 10:14 am -Welcome to the New Cappuccino Experience. I have created a WordPress blog so now users will be able to comment. I hope you enjoy it.
More posts coming soon.
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