Indirect Object Pronouns

Ciao, tutti! / Salut, tout le monde! / ¡Hola, todos! Last time we looked at direct object pronouns... Now let's look at the indirect object pronouns. So what's the difference between the two? Remember, direct objects answer the question what? or whom? in a sentence. What did I place on the table? I placed the book on the …

Direct object pronouns

This mini lesson on direct object pronouns will have you sounding much more familiar with your target language!

Snow-cations & More

Ciao, tutti! / Bonjour à tous! / ¡Hola, gente! Though winter is hopefully nearing its end here in Ohio, many people are still taking advantage of snowy destinations: the regions of Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, or Piedmont in Italy; Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes in France; Navarra, Aragon, and Cataluña in Spain; and Chile and Argentina in South America. …

Fall Vibes

Buongiorno, tutti! Ça fait longtemps! ¿Cómo están ustedes? ¡Espero que estén buy bien! I've put together some fall vocabulary, including how to say, "Trick-or-treat!" Images for Italian, French, and Spanish are below – check it out! italiano: français: español: If you have been studying a single foreign language, but haven't ventured out to explore others …

Let’s take a trip…

If you’re currently studying a foreign language, or even if you have in the past, I’m sure you’ve wondered if there is some special trick to attaining fluency. And there is! Besides committing yourself and your time, the key to fluency is... immersion. And the best way to immerse yourself? TRAVEL! Italy, France, or any …

Summaries (Health)

Hello all! Here are the article summaries from Tuesday – I have included the link again to each article. Additionally, I put certain phrases in each excerpt below in bold to hopefully make it easier to compare the target language text with the English after it. Take a look! . . italiano: Quest’articolo parla dei …

Casual topics – Health

Salut! Commençons ce semaine avec quelques articles sur le thème de la santé. C’est bien d’apprendre le vocabulaire et les phrases en beaucoup de spécialités comme ça, parce qu’il fera très plus diversifiées vos compétences de conversation. Spécialement si vous travaillez comme professionnel de la santé. Hello! Let’s start this week with a few articles on the theme …

Small Talk – Weather

Ciao tutti, bentornati! Hello everyone, welcome back! Questa settimana discutiamo il tempo – un vero tema dei convenevoli. This week we’re discussing the weather – a solid topic for small talk. . Souvenez-vous, le bavardage est un échange facile. Les phrases simples et le vocabulaire élémentaire font des bonnes conversations. Remember, small talk is easy talk. Simple …

Le triomphe du mari

Salut, tout le monde! Voici l'extrait français de Une Fille d'Eve: Hello, everyone! Here is the French excerpt from Une Fille d'Eve: Un Fille d'Eve, 175-177, annotated Avec espoir vous ayez pu récolter beaucoup vous-mêmes, mais ci-dessous il y a quelques notes supplémentaires. Hopefully you were able to gather a lot on your own, but below are some supplementary notes. adverbes …

Let’s dive in…

Ciao e bentornati! Hello and welcome back! . We’re changing up our text dissections this week – the PDFs of this week’s book excerpts have been included below in each target language, but this time I am identifying the following: .     A. for Italian [Un viaggio chiamato vita, 63-65] adverbs // avverbi conjunctions …