#119 Maybe Means No
Marco, from Italy, talks to us about Swedish house parties and importing Italian wine.
The continuing adventures of Italian Duolingo
Kind of makes you nervous about keeping up with the daily news in Italy.
Today’s important Italian phrase
Always useful when traveling.
Italian cat food
It’s always fun to go to the local grocery stores when you’re on vacation in another country. I make sure to bring my camera each time. On the most recent Italian trip, I noticed the names of food in the pet aisle. It’s always interesting to see what other countries use as names for cat …
Learning the important things
I’ve been practicing Italian on an online language service for our upcoming trip to Italy. I’m glad this service teaches me the important phrases I’m definitely going to be using when talking to people on our trip.
From Italy to Sweden
On the podcast about expats in Sweden today, we talk to a couple of Italians, mainly about food of course, but also about language and some great summer tips in Stockholm! Available anywhere you get your podcast by just typing “Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow” or at these links: iTunes – …
#25 Sometimes All You Need is a Kebab Pizza!
Today we chat with a couple of Italians, mainly about food of course, but also about language and some great summer tips!
Full coverage!
Why does renting a car have to be such a procedure? If we already booked the car and filled in all of our information on the computer, why do we still have to fill it out AGAIN on paper once we get to the rental counter? Isn’t that what the computer was for? Check my …
Google translate – hours of entertainment
I looked up reviews on a children’s activity park in Italy, but everything was in Italian so I had to use Google Translate. I don’t know why this person only gave this place 2 stars. It sounds pretty interesting!
Unrealistic language courses
I do a few lessons each day on the Rosetta Stone program in Italian. Today, my problem is not necessarily with the language, but with this situation: A man comes in to buy a new TV. The salesman asks why he needs a new TV. This is the first indication that something is wrong. A …
Chicago Cubes
While we were in Italy, we heard the news about the Chicago Cubs World Series win on the radio. Of course, it took us a while to figure it out since the Italian announcer congratulated the “Chicago Cubes.”
Conversations in Italian
I like to travel with my family to Italy twice a year, so I study at least two lessons a day on my Italian Rosetta Stone program. It’s a great program, but sometimes I get too involved in the attitudes and lives of the people in the pictures. Example in the pictures below: These people …
Italian grocery stores are the best
This was in our local grocery store while we were in Italy:
Italian for crazies
I’m trying to learn Italian at home with the Rosetta Stone program. Rosetta Stone is a great program for learning languages because it covers listening, writing, reading and speaking, though the speaking part isn’t really so great. The trouble with speaking on Rosetta Stone (at least on my computer) is that the microphone and tone …
Scottish Italians
I decided to start listening to an Italian language podcast called “My Daily Phrase.” Why Italian you ask? Because we need a third language when we want to talk about people. Anyway, I just started up this podcast to realize it’s being hosted by a Scottish man. Really? They couldn’t find one Italian for their …
I’m gonna have to slap her
I’ve been studying important Italian phrases on the Rosetta Stone language program. Today’s lesson irritated me a bit. Let me translate: “I need a new umbrella. WHY do you need a new umbrella? Because my umbrella is broken.” Oh, I don’t think I need to learn that last line. If I’m standing out in the …
How to speak Italian
My 6 yr old says, “Okey-dokey is Italian for ‘o.k.’ because that’s how Luigi says it.”
No.
From online Swedish news site, the local. If I had to guess – someone just broke up with an Italian.
English vs. Italian
I’ve been looking through the job bank at opportunities for one of my Italian friends looking for a new job. I noticed that when I look for an English speaking job, it’s mostly call centers and teaching (I guess we like to talk). But when I look up jobs for my Italian friend, all the …