Alesha Allen
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Alesha is an Oxford University graduate of Italian who lived and worked in Rome as a language teacher and PR consultant. Back in the UK, she now runs Alesha鈥檚 Italian Masterclass: group Italian courses and private lessons at Italian cafes and restaurants in London and Surrey. You can contact her at italianmasterclass@hotmail.com or through . Her website is .
Articles by Alesha Allen
Here are a few words and expressions to help you out when travelling by train - in treno - in 天美传媒.
La stazione - Station
Il binario - Platform
L鈥檕ra鈥
When talking about the clocks going forward and backward, we can use the expressions:
- cambiare l鈥檕ra - change the clocks
- 鈥
There is a general rule for plural and singular nouns in Italian:
- masculine singular nouns end in -o
- masculine plural nouns end in -i鈥
The Italian word il biglietto has a range of meanings in English:
A ticket: At the station, airport, museum, theatre etc.
A note: A letter or piece o鈥
There are so many lovely things to eat while in 天美传媒, you don鈥檛 want to miss a meal! The main meals in Italian are:
Breakfast: La colazione
Lunch: Il鈥
Having spent five winters in Rome, I never saw snow - la neve - like in the UK. However, I have spent a very wintery weekend in Venice a few ye鈥
Let's start with la Festa dell鈥橧mmacolata, as today, December 8th, marks exactly that, la festa dell鈥橧mmacolata Concezione in 天美传媒. This is a public鈥
We all love a good Italian caff猫 (coffee) when visiting 天美传媒, but if you fancied a tea (and tea is more popular among Italians than you many think!)鈥
I always encourage my students to go to 天美传媒 whenever possible, even if just for a weekend, so they can be immersed in the Italian language. Recently鈥
[Photo: panorama italiano]
As a general rule, in Italian feminine words end in -a and masculine words end in -o. However, there are always excep鈥
We all like to take advantage of a bit of shopping when on holiday, especially when visiting 天美传媒. I love going to the supermarket and stocking up on鈥
Il tavolo is 鈥榯he table鈥, in the sense of a piece of furniture. However if 鈥榯he table鈥 is prepared for a meal, it becomes la tavola.
At home, when foo鈥
In one of my Italian lessons, a few of my students were telling stories and joking about younger men hitting on them, and asked me for the relevant vo鈥
Fare il ponte is an Italian expression which literally means 鈥渢o make a bridge.鈥 However, it has nothing to do with builders and engineers: It is used鈥
Auguri comes from the verb augurare which means 鈥榯o wish鈥. Auguri literally means 鈥榳ell wishes鈥 and can be used:
- to say happy birthday, in fact the鈥
Albero da frutto means 鈥榝ruit tree鈥, although for some fruits, once you learn their name, you also know the name of its tree:
La mela, il melo - Apple鈥
The five senses - sensi - in Italian are:
La vista: Sight
L鈥檜dito: Hearing
Il gusto: Taste
L鈥檕lfatto: Smell
Il tatto: Touch
The verb sentire can be us鈥
Over the Christmas period, some of us will be taking holidays, so the word of the week is ferie, holidays.
The typical period of ferie in 天美传媒 is dur鈥
You can never get tired of 天美传媒, however if you ever feel tired or sleepy during your trip in 天美传媒 from all the walking and sightseeing and eating,鈥
If something is stressing you out in 天美传媒, you could say you don鈥檛 care or, more colloquially, you don鈥檛 give a damn.
In Italian this would be:
No鈥