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Mini-Story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 1

December 1, 2013 By Cher Leave a Comment

This episode’s audio doesn’t exist, and we have technology to blame (poof! gone into cyberspace!). Instead of listening to this episode, feel free to use the notes below to learn more about the topic. And if you’re like, “CHER, NO. I NEED THIS EPISODE,” then let me know in the comments below. I’ll put it on my list to record again!

Mini-Story: How can you talk about your favorite things? Pt. 1

Transcript:

La moda è una delle mie cose preferite.

Leggo spesso il blog The Blonde Salad scritto da Chiara Ferragni.

Chiara Ferragni è italiana, di Cremona, al Nord Italia.

Sul suo blog, parla di firme come Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, e Giuseppe Zanotti.

Non voglio comprare vestiti, ma mi piace la moda. Secondo me, la moda è una forma d’arte.

Ma forse se potessi permettermi quei vestiti, li comprei!

E quando leggo il blog di Chiara, sento sempre il desiderio di fare shopping. Che strano, eh?

Adesso, il mio stilista preferito è YSL. Ma amo anche Brunello Cucinelli. Ha costruito un regno di cashmere e i suoi abiti sono semplici e eleganti.

Quando sono stata in Italia, sono andata a Solomeo, dove producono gli abiti di Brunello Cucinelli. La città era molto piccola e la gente era felice e simpatica.

Key phrase/vocabulary: Leggo spesso il blog

Molti runner tendono a correre più spesso su strade e marciapiedi.

Molto spesso – Time and time again, very often

Un po’ spesso – a bit thick

Non/Capita spesso di …

p.es. Mi capita spesso di girare i mercati della città.

Key collocation: scritto da Chiara Ferragni

ben scritto – well-written

scritto a mano – handwritten

Italiano scritto – Written Italian

Italiano parlato – Spoken Italian

Key grammar: La moda è una delle mie cose preferite.

Fashion is one of my favorite things.

In Italian, you would think “Italian is one of my preferred things.”

With this construction you can change ‘la moda’ to whichever is one of your favorite things.

Like ‘la musica‘ for music or ‘fare shopping’ for shopping

Your task:

Think of a blog that you read often. Then out loud to yourself or in the comments below this episode, tell me in Italian what blog you read often and who it’s written by.

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About Cher

Cher is the founder of The Iceberg Project and a passionate learner of the Italian, Mandarin and Spanish languages. In a little town called Vegas, you can find her searching the Internet for Doctor Who and Parks & Rec memes, drinking bubble tea, or talking about how much she loves grammar.

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