Monthly Archives: August 2011

Si torna a scuola! / Back to School!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jodina

.   E’ arrivato quel momento dell’anno (It’s that time of year) — si torna a scuola! (back to school!)   Here, to build up your repertoire, una manciata di vocaboli italiani riguardanti la scuola (a handful of Italian words … Continue reading →

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Everybody Speaks Italian — The Cool Phenomenon of Language Crossover

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jodina

“Word Bridge” (photo by Dutch artist Art Rock) .     “How’s that?,” you say. Well, you might be a student of la bella lingua (Italian’s nickname, meaning, literally, the beautiful language) and speak it with some degree of proficiency, … Continue reading →

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