Archive for November, 2008

A Te by Jovanotti. A beautiful song to learn Italian

This song is, in my opinion, the most beautiful love song of Jovanotti.  His lyrics are very easy; listen to the song and read his lyrics,  then take a look at the glossary to check your Italian:

“A te”:
A te che sei l’unica al mondo
L’unica ragione per arrivare fino in fondo
Ad ogni mio respiro
Quando ti guardo
Dopo [...]

Posted by admin on November 25th, 2008

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Italian comparative if clauses

Comparative hypothetical  clauses are sentences which establish an  hypothetical comparison with the main clause. In this case the verb is always in the past of subjunctive. We use  imperfect of subjunctive if the main clause is in the present and past perfect of subjunctive if the main clause is in the past tense.
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Posted by admin on November 17th, 2008

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I romanzi aiutano a vivere (e le donne lo sanno) - Level: intermediate

Why do women read more novels than men?  Francesco Alberoni, a great contemporary sociologist and psycologist, wrote an interesting article in the newspaper Il Corriere della Sera about this  phenomenon
Se una sera andate a cena da degli amici e portate come regalo un romanzo spesso il padrone di casa vi dirà: «Grazie, mia moglie ne [...]

 
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Posted by admin on November 17th, 2008

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