Kirsty impresses us on a daily basis with her linguistic skills and inability to spell availability in English. She is fluent in Italian and French having lived in both countries for some time and is known as 'Gordon' in the office due to her foodie tendancies (not for her swearing ability).
GoLearnTo.com are pleased to announce the launch of two new pilates holidays where you can take advantage of private tuition on a pilates reformer machine – a unique opportunity for all pilates enthusiasts.
Take time out to relax for either 3 or 7 nights in the south of Spain near Murcia. Practice yoga and pilates [...]
As in all languages money can be expressed in a million ways, the French have a fantastic collection of slang words to describe Money, here are a couple to try out next time someone asks you to by them a drink:
- Moi, j’ai pas un tune! (I don’t have a penny!)
- être blindé to be [...]
It’s got to be no more than 14 inches and no thicker than 0.1 inches…
What’s round, no more than 14 inches in diameter, no thicker than 0.1 inches in the middle, with a crust about 0.8 inches thick? Real Neapolitan pizza according to Italy’s Agriculture Ministry.
There’s around 23,000 pizza restaurants in Italy making over 56 [...]
If you are hungry in France (and there’s really no excuse here in foodie heaven), here’s some top tips to blend in with the locals…
Je mangerais un bœuf (*) literally means – I could eat a bull
The equivalent of the English expression ‘I could eat a horse’, except in French it’s a bull – perhaps [...]
Top 10 phrases to get by in holiday French…
French for Travellers – Le Voyage
Learn some basic French vocabulary related to travel
1. Excusez-moi sil vous plait… Excuse me
2. Combien coûte… ? How much does … cost?
3. Pouvez-vous maider ? Can you help me?
4. Je voudrais une chambre… I would like a room…
…pour une / deux nuits …for one night / two [...]
Here’s my pick of the weird and wonderful and slightly mad Italian phrases…
1. Una cenetta con I fiocchi – (lit. a meal with bows on) a meal with all the trimmings
2. Mi fa venire il latte alle ginocchia- (lit. makes milk go to my knees) watching paint dry
3. Una buona forchetta – (lit. shes a good fork) someone [...]
Heres my pick of the weird and wonderful and slightly mad French phrases…
- Entre chien et loup : (Lit. between the dog and the wolf) the time between day and night where – youre not sure which is which (it is hard to tell whether a dog is a wolf, or a wolf is a [...]
Here’s my top 5 phrases to pull out of the bag when in Italy to sound like a ‘cool’ Italian
1. Andiamo prendere un boccone – lets go get a snack
2. Costa un occhio della testa – It costs an arm and a leg (lit. an eye from your head)
3. Che cavalo!? – What on earth (lit.- what the [...]
