Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Update the Look of Your Fireplace

As you plan for your room makeover, don’t forget the fireplace! After all, it is an important focal point in the room. And Agee has wood fireplace mantels in oak, pine or birch that you paint or stain yourself. They have different styles to choose from, but if you have a fireplace mantel design in mind, they will try to create it for you.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Trade Show Graphics That Squash the Competition

For trade show graphics that will make potential customers stop in their
tracks, take a look at www.showstopperexhibits.com. They've got you covered
whether you've got the graphics designed already, you need help turning a
design idea into reality, or you choose from one of their designs. They
deliver no hassle, high-quality graphics for your trade show display that get
results.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Finding a gift for woman in your life

A few times a year I'm always looking for gifts for the females in my life.
I have finally discovered a foolproof method to finding the right gift: Buy jewelry.
Simple, yes? But also effective. No more searching around for something I hope they like, and diamond jewelry works even better.
Blog post sponsored by Blogging For Money

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Name of the Months

So, after learning names of colours, days of the week, here we go with the names of month in Italian......

January ------- Gennaio
February ------ Febbraio
March --------- Marzo
April ----------- Aprile
May ----------- Maggio
June ----------- Giugno
July ------------ Luglio
August --------- Agosto
September ----- Settembre
October -------- Ottobre
November ----- Novembre
December ------ Dicembre

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Colours

Here are the colours :

Black ------ Nero
Blue ------- Azzuro
Brown ------ Marrone
Gray ------- Grigio
green ------ Verde
Orange ----- Arancione
Purple ----- Viola
Red -------- Rosso
Pink ------- Rosa
Yellow ----- Giallo
White ------ Bianca

Colours are adjectives, therefore like most adjectives they follow the noun.
To ask what colour a thing is/things are?

Di che colore é / Di che colore sono ?

Singular -------- il vestito giallo (the yellow dress)
Plural ---------- i vestiti gialli (the yellow dresses)

Singular -------- la maghetta rossa (the Red T shirt)
Plural ---------- le maghette rosse (the Red T shirts)

Days of the week

Here I am mentioning the days of week in italy (i giorni della settimana in italiano)......
In Italy the week starts on Monday and days are written without Capitals.

Monday --------- lunedì
Tuesday --------- martedì
Wednesday ------ mercoledì
Thursday -------- giovedì
Friday ----------- venerdì
Saturday --------- sabato
Sunday ---------- domenica

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Numerals





Apart from the tables above, here are some tips, how do we say numbers more than 100 or 1000

100 ------- Cento (Invariable for Singular or Plural)

like :
Cento(100), Duecento(200), Trecento(300), Seicento(600) ......

1000 ------ Mille (Singular or you can say for One thousand only)

The plural of MILLE(1000) is MILA
like
1000 --- Mille
2000 --- Duemila
20,000 --- Ventimila
120,000 --- Centoventimila
220,000 --- Duecentoventimila

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Articles & Propositions

M ----- Masculine
F ----- Feminine
Sing. - Singular
Plu. -- Plural
vow. -- vowel
cons -- consonent




Examples :

il libro (the book) ------------- i libri (the books)
l'uomo (the man) ---------------- gli uomini (the men)
lo zio (the uncle) -------------- gli zii (the uncles)
lo scopo (the aim) -------------- gli scopi (the aims)
l'inno (the hymn) --------------- gl'inni (the hymns)