My Italian

Archive for February, 2009

Learn how to express the impersonal ‘you’ in Italian

The impersonal ‘you’ is used in English when not directly referring to the person or people in front of you, but people in general - eg ‘How do you get to the centre?’ or ‘You buy bread at the baker’s’.
In Italian ‘you’ express this idea using the pronoun ’si’ and the third person singular form [...]

Spruce up Valentine’s Day with a message in Italian

Il giorno di San Valentino (Valentine’s Day), like pretty much everywhere else, is having a roaring success in Italy. The romantic (and, some would say, cheesy) nature of Italians makes for big business at this time of the year. Although people tend not to keep their identity a secret, bigliettini (cards) are popular along with [...]

Learn about star signs in Italian

Italians are just as mad about oroscopi (horoscopes) as everyone else. Here are the segni zodiacali (star signs) in Italian: