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  • Gruppo di lingua italiana per gli amici giapponesi, che avessero bisogno di aiuto. Mentre imparano la nostra lingua
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4 days ago
13 min read“I care for you” or “I love you”? Italian words and gestures of affectionVerona, at the blue hour: a balcony, two coffees, and a rose. In the episode about Italian gestures, we saw that we Italians also speak with our hands. Today we take a step further and talk about affection: how to say "ti voglio bene" in…
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11 days ago
8 min readItalian gestures: how to speak with your hands«Ma che vuoi?»: the most famous Italian gesture in the world, in the piazza, at coffee time. If you watch two Italians talking, you can understand a lot of things even without hearing a single word: whether they agree, whether one of them…
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18 days ago
9 min readFilm lines: The Last Samurai in Italian“The perfect blossom is a rare thing.” A cherry tree, two cups of tea and a sword: the scene of this episode. With this article a new series begins: “Film lines”. Each episode takes a famous scene, listens to it in the Italian dub and…
Alain published an article
25 days ago
12 min readItalian swear words: why we use them“Vaff…!” The so-called “umbrella gesture”: the most Italian way of telling someone where to go. In Italy you hear swear words (parolacce) everywhere: at the bar, in the street, on TV, in films, in songs. For anyone learning Italian it’s a…
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Alain published an article
1 month ago
7 min readCaravaggio, episode 2: the first night in RomeAt the Lupa tavern: Michelangelo’s first friends in Rome. Caravaggio in comics, episode 2 of 12. In episode 1 Michelangelo arrived in Rome and walked into a tavern. This time: his first night in Rome. Review of episode 1. «Ce l’abbiamo…
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Alain published an article
1 month ago
11 min readCaravaggio, episode 1: arriving in RomeCaravaggio in his studio, among his paintings: the Entombment, the Supper at Emmaus and the Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Caravaggio in comics, episode 1 of 12. In each episode we read a few pages of Milo Manara’s comic in simpler Italian,…
Alain published an article
1 month ago
21 min readExcuse me, how do I get to the Bramante Cloister? Asking the way in RomeFrom Castel Sant’Angelo to the Chiostro del Bramante, asking the way: a real walk, in seven stops. Today we take a walk in Rome: from Castel Sant’Angelo to the Chiostro del Bramante (Bramante’s Cloister). The way is short, but it’s…
Alain published an article
1 month ago
16 min readPanini on your feet ③: to watch and to listenPart 3 of 3 — To watch and to listen. This article is part of a series on the panino and Italian street food, and can also be read on its own. The other two: 1. The bread and the places · 2. Everything that goes inside Three bites outside…
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1 month ago
13 min readPanini on your feet ②: everything that goes insidePart 2 of 3 — Everything that goes inside. This article is part of a series on the panino and Italian street food, and can also be read on its own. The other two: 1. The bread and the places · 3. To watch and to listen Everything that can…
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Alain published an article
1 month ago
10 min readPanini on your feet ①: the bread and the placesPart 1 of 3 — The bread and the places. This article is part of a series on the panino and Italian street food, and can also be read on its own. The other two: 2. Everything that goes inside · 3. To watch and to listen In Rome, around one…
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Alain published an article
1 month ago
6 min readAt the bar: coffee, a cornetto and a few wordsReal Italian, part 3. After the restaurant, the place an Italian walks into every day: the bar. The flow is the same as last time: you order, you have it, you pay. But it’s over in a minute and you need very few words. What changes is what…
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1 month ago
19 min readAt the restaurant: dinner, from the door to the billReal Italian, part 2. In part 1 we talked about food. This time that food goes into a real meal, from the door to the bill. This time there are two parts. First you read the whole scene like a script, from the door to the bill: only the…
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1 month ago
6 min readAt the table in Puglia: the dishesReal Italian, part 1 of 3. This time there’s only one topic: food. Today we learn the names of the dishes, the ingredients in them and the few words you need to talk about them. Walking in, ordering a whole dinner, asking for the bill:…
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Alain published an article
2 months ago
6 min readThe Italian subjunctive 3: the pastThe Italian subjunctive (congiuntivo), part 3: the past — how to say “I think it was…” In part 2 we saw how to form the subjunctive (if you missed it, here is part 2: how to form it). This time we go just one step further: how to talk…
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