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Perchè l'Italia si chiama il Belpaese?

Belpaese, meaning the Beautiful Country, is a name given to Italy because of Dante's verses in The Divine Comedy: "Del bel paese là dove ’l sì sona"

Questa foto rappresenta una delle tante bellezze d'Italia, Cogne, Aosta.

Quali altri bei posti conoscete, del Belpaese?

5 students, 5 different books. Because each student is unique and deserves a unique experience

How to make pronunciation easy for my English speaking students!

DISCOUNTED LAST MINUTE LESSONS!

I have the following dates in February for last minute lessons at a discounted rate: Mondays 5th, 12th, 19th and Thursdays 8th, 15th, 22nd. Regular student is on holiday. Hour can be arranged according to your preference.

Just a little bragging post.. I have this map where I scratch every Country or State where my students live. It is so cool that I have people learning Italian with me from Nebraska to Japan, and also all the way down to South Africa! That's 4 continents!

Italian version / versione Italiana
Un piccolo post per vantarmi un po'.. Ho questa mappa dove gratto via ogni Nazione o Stato dove abitano i miei studenti. Mi piace un sacco avere persone che imparano l'italiano con me dal Nebraska fino al Giappone, e andando verso sud, anche fino al Sud Africa! Sono 4 continenti!

First lesson with the new format and the new books went really well!

IL CONFINE TRA FRANCIA E ITALIA
The border between France and Italy

Do you know how to drive in Italy?

Here's some useful vocabulary

GUIDARE = to drive
LIMITE DI VELOCITA' = speed limit
VOLANTE = steering wheel
STRADA = road

On the picture you can see the following directions:
URBANO = in the city
EXTRAURBANO = outside the city
STRADA EXTRAURBANA PRINCIPALE = freeway (the blue one)
AUTOSTRADA = motorway with tolls (the green one)

The picture is blurry because that's how good I am at taking pictures

I have fantastic new material for lessons to take students from A1 to C1 ! Activities and practical lessons on how to deal with things in Italy included!

Do you know this statue and why it is important for Italy?
Join me on a lesson on Zoom where we discuss the region of Calabria, Southern Italy, its heritage, the language and the culture of this area, from the Ancient Greek civilization to modern times!
If interested leave a comment!

The Lira was Italy's currency before the Euro.

This picture is of 5000 lire taken at the British Museum.

5000 lire would be roughly € 2.50 or $ 3

How to say in Italian:

Currency = Valuta
Money = Soldi
To pay = Pagare
Currency Exchange = Cambio Valuta
Cash = Contanti
Notes = Banconote
Coin = Moneta

When to use indicativo and when to use congiuntivo? Here's a little help.