Category Archives: Italian

Idioms and Italian Culture

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

Day 5 – Viernes, Friday – of Spanish in a Week provided an interesting colloquial phrase. Tengo una hambre que me muero means literally I have a hunger that is killing me. I’m dying of hunger. It could be just … Continue reading →

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Comment Cherry Popped

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

It happened. It finally happened. I logged in, went to my ‘dashboard’, and there it was! Rather than the usual not-very-encouraging “0 Comments” stat, there is now a “1 Comments”. I never thought that I would get quite so excited … Continue reading →

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Italian: Francesco Petrarca

Posted on January 6, 2010 by

Francesco Petrarca lived in the 14th century. He is apparently considered the “Father of Humanism” and one of the first people to refer to the “Dark Ages” (more about him here). And it is for him, of course, that the  … Continue reading →

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