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May 2010

May
29
2010

Albergo Diffuso

May
29
2010

Una Mela al Giorno – part 2

Grazie a tutti for the interesting responses to my blog ‘Una Mela al Giorno’
I asked you to help me out by finding English equivalents for five common Italian sayings or proverbs. Here below are those that  I consider to be the closest in meaning:

Proverb
Meaning

chi fa per sè fa per tre
‘who does for themselves does [...]

May
28
2010

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

May
28
2010

Probably

でしょう can be a way to express probability, or a prediction or a guess.
あの人が加藤さんでしょう = That person over there is probably Mr. Katō.
(あの = that over there. ひと/人 = person. が = particle. かとう/加藤 = Katō. さん = Mr. でしょう = probably)
If you want to indicate the possibility of something or someone not being someone or [...]

May
27
2010

French verb of the week: être

Simple verb conjugations, similarly conjugated verbs (if any), and links to related lessons for this common French verb.
French verb conjugator
Mot du jour:
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French verb of the week: être originally appeared on About.com French Language on Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 06:00:00.
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