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E vabbene, mia amica told me that no compendium of  Italian love songs would e complete without these… Ancora, Eduardo De Crescenza, big success at San Remo Festival 1981 Se io se lei, Biagio Antonacci {NB: I’ve always thought this … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day! ~ Buon giorno di San Valentino! ~ Here some phrases you might like to use today to woo your valentine in italiano… . • Ti amo. – I love you.  (Used only romantically) • Amore mio – … Continue reading →

Just in time for Valentine’s Day… 5 Italian Love Songs! ~   I took a survey of my friends’ fave Italian love songs… Here are 5 of them:  . . Anema e core (Soul & Heart), classic Neapolitan song, sung … Continue reading →

Ciao! Well, Valentine’s day is nearly upon us… many have mixed feelings about this day, myself included. (Is it just another ‘Hallmark’ day to boost the sales of trinkets… or is there more to it??) Whichever side of the fence … Continue reading →

Scioglilingua is the Italian term for tongue twister. That’s a tricky word to say; let’s break it down into syllables and a phonetic spelling: Scioglilingua (shol-yee-ling-gwuh). The actual meaning is closer to ‘tongue loosener’ than ‘twister’. Here it is: “Sopra … Continue reading →

Hello again! 😀 This is part 5 of my 5-part series on ways to speed up your learning curve. The following excellent ideas are the result of a challenge I posed to my students: “Come up with entertaining & enriching … Continue reading →

Welcome back! 🙂 Here we are at part 4 of a 5-part series on ways to speed up your rate of learning. The great ideas that follow are the result of a challenge I posed to my students: “Come up … Continue reading →

Welcome back! 🙂 This is Part 3 of a 5-part series on ideas and ways to amp up your speed of learning. (Aumentare la tua velocità di apprendimento) I challenged my students to come up with entertaining and enriching ways … Continue reading →

‘Dare sui nervi a qualcuno’ or ‘Dare ai nervi a qualcuno’ means to ‘get on somebody’s nerves.’ . Here’s an example perfect for a long spell of rainy weather: . La pioggia incomincia a darmi sui nervi! [The rain is … Continue reading →

Ciao a tutti! I’d like to invite you to an Italian language study group I’ve started thru Meetup. We meet Saturday mornings at a cafe in Vista. It’s like studying with a group of amici back in the day at … Continue reading →