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My husband is an English speaker, I am Italian and, as many of you already know, we live in Cork, Ireland. Our son Kevin was born on 17 December 2010. We decided to raise him bilingual and we still st

6 February 2014

21 January 2014

Italian children won't go to school tomorrow and their parents won't go to work either as the Epifania (Epiphany) is considered a festivity in Italy. It is, in fact, an important day for us as we all

5 January 2014

Did you have Panettone or Pandoro at Christmas? Are you ready now to celebrate Capodanno? Here are some Italian traditions about it. You probably already know that Capodanno is composed of two words a

29 December 2013

Presepe o Albero di Natale... che tipo sei (are you a crib person or a Christmas tree person )? It is Christmas time and wherever you go in Italy you will find not only Christmas trees, but also our p

23 December 2013

Canzoni Italiane... di Natale!  It is Christmas' time and at this time of the year, in any shop you go to, Christmas' Carols are playing. What about Italian Christmas' Carols?  You can find them, but

11 December 2013

Tanti auguri di Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo a tutti! Do you want to send some Italian Christmas greetings this year? Perhaps, you'd also like to say Happy New Year and show off your Italian subjun

4 December 2013

Don't worry, this is nothing to do with self help, but you might find it interesting that the present is a very important tense in Italian and that it is used very much more than its corresponding Eng

26 November 2013

Have you ever been to an Italian restaurant? If you have, did you notice something unusual in your 'conto' (bill)?  Sometimes, my students ask me what the term 'coperto' on the bill means... Literally

15 November 2013

This is similar to the expression 'fare le corna', but it is not the same thing at all. In fact, fare le 'corna a qualcuno' means to cheat on someone and the word 'cornuto' or 'cornuta' is an insult w

7 November 2013

Facciamo le corna is an expression used all the time by Italian people which raises much interest among my students for its cultural peculiarity. It literally means 'let's make horns' and it makes no

31 October 2013

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10 October 2013