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A Little Bit of Fun With Italian

Over at Bleeding Espresso, Michelle wrote a lovely little piece on Italian words which when mispronounced can raise eyebrows. I meant to do something similar

Did You Know?

In Italian, the word for ‘cat’ is ‘gatto’, whereas in Latin, or rather, ancient Italian, the word for ‘cat’ was ‘cattus’. This means that the

A Curious Inconsistency

Don’t ask me why my odd little mind ended up considering this, but the fact remains that in Italian the word ‘giorno’ – day, is

Sayings and phrases

Being infinitely curious, as I am, I find this site eternally interesting: Sayings and Phrases. You might too.

Learning Italian?

If you want something Italian to read, check out Blog Italia which lists a whole host of blogs on many different subjects. You should find

The mathematical present perfect

The present perfect tense is the bane of many an Italian striving to learn the English language.  Us teachers say things like: ‘The present perfect

The transformation of words

In Italian the verb ‘fornire’ means to supply, which is similar to the French ‘fournir’. Both words seem to have their origins in Latin, seeing as one word in Latin which means the same is ‘orno’.

Developing comprehension

As I mentioned in a recent post about comprehension skills, in order to develop my own comprehension level, I have started listening to Italian radio