The Fall started a while ago, and our Italian lessons every week have been going very well since September. The foliage is out in full force, so it’s a good time to listen to a romantic song called “magari” (hopefully) under “un albero rosso” (a red tree). Discover this famous song that was a hit in the Seventies, sang by the famous Lucio Battisti
We can practice some verbs of Indicativo presente, too. Can you recognize them in this song?
We would like to introduce some upcoming Italian things to do. What better occasion to learn some ancient words and to discuss their evolution in modern Italian in class?
WHEN: 07/29/2012
WHERE: http://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?eventID=389205-232573
Location: Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Time: 4:00 PM Fee Information: Free and open to the public. Contact Name: Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Contact Phone Number:(617) 876-4491
As a tribute to Dante Alighieri, Newpoli performs music from Italy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow greatly admired the poetry of Dante and translated Dante’s masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, published in 1867. Newpoli is a group of musicians specializing in southern Italian folk music from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century
When a teacher of ours one time showed this video at lesson once, I heard a lot of laughs from outside the door.
Many people don’t know that 50% of the Italian language is spoken, while the other 50% is communicated through a specific code of hand gestures.