Look and listen to the two videos. Quale preferisci e perche?
Practice the irregular passato prossimo.
La Bella Bulla Click on the link to listen and watch the video
Eating in Italy
How Italians eat
Eating in Italy
Breakfast (7.00 – 11.00)
This is always a light meal. May consist of a cappuccino or coffee & brioche (type of croissant) at a bar (often standing up) or coffee and biscuits and possibly a piece of fruit at home.The brioche can be plain ( liscia), filled with jam ( con marmellata) or confectioners custard ( con crema), even occasionally with chocolate ( con cioccolata).
Note: For Italians cappuccino is a breakfast drink and most do not drink it after 11 am. As a foreigner though you can do what you like!
Lunch (12.30 – 14.00 in the north, 13.30-14.30 South )
Antipasti (starters) light starters typically salumi (cold hams, salami)
Primo piatto (1st course) usually rice ( risotto) or pasta (or, more rarely, soup)
Secondo piatto (2nd course) meat or fish
Contorni (side dish) vegetables ( vedure) or salad ( insalata)
Dolce (desert) includes cakes, ice creams etc and often seasonal fresh fruit
Caffé espresso
During the week most Italians will eat at least a primo and secondo piatto and probably fruit as well.For a special lunch all the above will be eaten.
For a very quick snack on the run, they will have a panino (filled roll) at the bar. Typical fillings are mozzarella cheese and pomodori (tomatoes) called “caprese” or prosciutto cotto (cooked ham) or prosciutto crudo (raw ham).
Merenda (16.00) snack for children (bread, fruit, yoghurt, or ice-cream)
Dinner (20.00 – 22.00)
Depending on the person, dinner may be a lighter meal e.g. salad or either il primo or il secondo piatto. Many Italians (especially if eating out) will have the full works again.Going out for a pizza to a pizzeria (where else?) is also very popular. Many places deliver or do carry out.
Bars
Bars are wonderful places. Usually open from 7.30, they serve breakfast in the morning, panini at lunch, ice creams mid afternoon, aperativi early evening and of course café throughout the day. Many are also sell cakes ( pasticceria).If it is also a tabaccheria it will sell stamps, telephone cards, bus tickets, parking, car tax, lottery tickets.
When ordering to eat at a busy bar, you usually have to pay for what you want at the till ( cassa) first, then take the receipt and repeat your order to the barman.If the bar is quiet and you are known there the barman may take your order and you pay at the end. There is no hard and fast rule on which you do – watch what the locals are doing!
By Helen Burgess, Insight Italy
Relocation and integration services
Dancing the Tarantella
Throughout history, dancing has been used as a way to celebrate, worship, uplift, and cure, and countries around the world have folk dances that tell stories and bring insight into its rich history. Italy is no exception, with dozens of beautiful folk dances created within its timeline. Of all the Italian folk dances out there, none are more notable than the Tarantella.
Today, if you mention the word “tarantella” in Italy, you might be met with descriptions of a frenzied wedding dance. But really, this folk dance has a much darker history spanning several centuries.
FROM A DANCE TO CURE
Also known as “the dance of the spider,” the Tarantella is derived from the Italian word tarantola, meaning “tarantula.” The tarantola gets its name from the town of Taranto in Puglia, where the bite of the local wolf spider (the tarantula) was widely believed to be highly poisonous and led to a condition known as “tarantism.”
Tarantism was an epidemic that swept through Taranto and other parts of Italy between the 15th and 17th centuries. According to legend, once bitten by a tarantula, the victim, referred to as the tarantata — who was almost always a woman of lower status — would fall into a fit in which she was plagued by heightened excitability and restlessness. Eventually, she would succumb to the condition and die.
The only cure, it seemed, was to engage in the frenzied dancing ritual of the Tarantella. Townspeople would surround the tarantata while musicians would play instruments such as mandolins, guitars, and tambourines in different tempos in search of the correct healing rhythm. Each varied beat would affect the tarantata, leading her to move in erratic ways in line with the tempo. Once the correct rhythm was found, the victim — dancing the Tarantella alone until exhausted — was thought to be cured, having “sweated out” the venom!
TO A DANCE TO COURT
As the passage of time faded the legend’s mystique, the Tarantella eventually transformed from a cure to a deadly disease to a couple’s dance — either a man and woman, or two women — performed at wedding ceremonies and other celebrations. In fact, the Tarantella is now considered unlucky by some to be danced alone.
With music written in a lively 6/8 time, this rapid whirling dance is characterized by light, quick steps, and flirtatious gestures between the two partners. Typically, the woman carries a tambourine, and her rapid movements are used as a way to excite her counterpart. On the other hand, the man’s movements are made to charm his partner with his agility and tenderness. Sounds suave, indeed!
At your next celebration, instead of the Waltz, Tango, or Electric Slide, take a stab at dancing the Tarantella!
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Andate a…
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1) Rispondete alle domande dopo con una frase completa dopo aver guardato l’appartamento.
- Quante stanze ci sono nell’appartamento?
- Quali stanze sono?
- A che piano si trova l’appartamento?
- Qual e`l’indirizzo?
- Ti piace l’appartamento? Perche`?
- Quanto cosa l’affitto? Quanto e` in dollari?
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Guardate le foto dell’appartamento. Scrivete una descrizione dell’appartamento in Italiano.
Descrivete:
- Una camera da letto
- il bagno
- la sala da pranzo
- la cucina
Make sure you include 3 pieces of furniture/appliances/furnishings in each room
- Usate “c’e`” e “ci sono”
- Nella = “in the” before a feminine word
- Nel = “in the” before a masculine word
- Nell’ = “in the” before a word starting with a vowel
Study the irregular passato prossimo of the following verbs.
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Review the verbs :
Study the adjectives for a test on Friday.
Practice the following adjectives;
Benvenuti alla classe d’italiano 8
9 Italian words used differently in English
Bimbo – The origins of the English expression ‘bimbo’ are Italian – but beware how you use the word in Italy. You may think that a bimbo is a rather unintelligent female, but Italians use the word to mean a very young male child.
Stiletto – Be careful when boasting to your Italian friends about your brand new stiletto heels. In Italian, stiletto just means a small dagger. If you mean spiky high heels, however, say: “tacchi a spillo”.
Eating in Italy
How Italians eat
Here’s a quick guide on Italian eating habits
Breakfast (7.00 – 11.00)
This is always a light meal. May consist of a cappuccino or coffe &brioche (type of croissant) at a bar (often standing up) or coffee and biscuits and possibly a piece of fruit at home.The brioche can be plain ( liscia), filled with jam ( con marmellata) or confectioners custard ( con crema), even occasionally with chocolate ( con cioccolata).