That's time for holidays in Italy now.
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Hera are some biographic notes - from wikipedia - about Antonello Venditti, one of the most famous ½ûÂþÌìÌà singers.
When you want to express your preferences, you may use one of the following verbsamare (to love) , odiare (to hate), preferire (to prefer), piacere (to like)Ìý
- The verb "to like" is used with a different syntax is italian:
This week I selected for you a song of one of Italy's greatest songwriters: Fabrizio De Andrè, who many of you probably know.
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The lyrics:
Il Pescatore
Ciao a tutti.
In a previous lesson we saw how to recognize when a word is masculine or feminine:Ìý
Hi!
that's time to learn how to recognize feminine words from masculine one. Ìý
An evidence of the gender is the article.
We put:
Following to a suggestion from Patricia (alias Dublin Patricia), I've decided to dedicate the ½ûÂþÌìÌà song of the week on ITALY Community to Lucio Battisti.
Hi,not really sure if you already know about the new ADSL facilities that Telecom Italia can now provideÌýthanks to a partnership with Aria.
Following to a request from Lisiamc..."Past tense. When to pair the verb with avere, when with essere?
Hi,this is an intro to the employment contracts existing in Italy at present.
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Hi Valentine.In Italy you can have a Partita Iva and be a Libero Professionista.You should apply for a Partita Iva at the Camera di Commercio. This will enable you to work for as many private organizations as you can afford to, in the same period. Usually a Libero Professionista works on Progetti (see "contratto a progetto" above).Good luck for you projects :)Will PM you with a good language course.Ìý
ÌýHi Dave and Anna,a warm welcome to both of you to the Italy Community.Certainly life in southern Italy is slightly different from the northern area of the country for many reasons: culture, job, religion, food.ÌýHope you'll get used to and that you'll find a community of friends in Calabria.
Liguria! A very nice region that I visited a couple of years ago.ÌýThe land of pesto and of the magic Riviera where you can now enjoy a cycle-pedestrian path that leads you from Tuscany to Southern France. What a better chance to walk the path and take a look at the Alps on a side and to the sea on the other!Hopefully you may enjoy it during your holidays in Liguria!Ìý
Aperitivo!! I adore this word!Ìý"Happy hour" were once associated with beer. Now, if you go in an ½ûÂþÌìÌà bar - from 18 to 20 - you can enjoy an aperitivo and a lot of good "stuzzichini" with it, just ordering a bitter or a martini con ghiaccio.ÌýOf course the aperitivo is becoming more expensive, but you could consider it as an antipasto, cause you won't be too hungry after you had one.
Quote Heiko:"There is some evidence that red wine (a glass or 2 a day!) has beneficial effects on the heart"That's true.My father applies the well known rule of the apple, to the wine:"A glass of wine a day, keeps the doctor away".. actually he often - if not everyday - drinks a half glass of red wine at each meal.For wine lovers, here's a selection of the best (sardinian) wines..Enjoy and ..drink it with moderation.. :)
ÌýHi and thanks for joining the community! Hope you'll have a great time here, meeting new people who love Italy or have ½ûÂþÌìÌà origins.Which aspect of ½ûÂþÌìÌà culture do you like the most?Many wishes for achieving all of your projects.
ÌýOf course it depends on your personal tastes, but I find that the following ingredients can Ìýmake your lasagne tasteful:1) ragù Ìý2)Ìýprosciutto cotto and provolone3)Ìýhome-made besciamella!!Ìýthis will add a delicate flavour to your lasagne..that's sure!If I'd were, I would avoid to use Salame..they may taste too salty..Buon appetito!
Hello Gianna!That's great that people from the wonderful Friuli region joined the community. Maybe you've already been in the Butterfly town of Friuli,ÌýÌý. Unfortunately I've never visited it. And you?ÌýÌý
Hi and Welcome to the Community. Are you going to enjoy Italy and the calabrian shores then, this summer?
Hi Jasper,welcome to the Community - we got many new members living in Piedmont recently. Have a look at the map of user locations () if you'd like to build relations with people of that area.