by DHales | Mar 24, 2015 | Education, history, Italy, Language, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In a continuing series of posts, Riccardo Cristiani, the head Italian teacher at Dante Learning, shows how to "bend time" by using the imperfetto “the wrong way” in everyday Italian: Bending Time A guest post by Riccardo Cristiani I recently...
by DHales | Sep 28, 2014 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Education, history, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In our continuing series of posts, Riccardo Cristiani, the head Italian teacher at Dante Learning, tells why learning the phrase ne vale la pena indeed ne vale la pena. Click here to listen to the audio from his podcast: Ne vale la pena. (It's worth the...
by DHales | Sep 15, 2014 | Books, Education, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In our continuing series of posts, Riccardo Cristiani, the head Italian teacher at Dante Learning, helps us understand the different meanings and forms that "figuring" takes in Italian. Figurati, figuariamoci, che figura! A guest post by...
by DHales | Aug 1, 2014 | culture, Education, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In our continuing series of posts, Riccardo Cristiani, the head Italian teacher at Dante Learning, talks about the ways Italians, who love to spend their summer holidays on the beach with their friends and family, talk about the sea. il mare the...