Scusa! Vuoi parlare Engliano con me? Grazie.

[Alameda]

Prego etc :) now that song is stuck in my head again . . .

Cosa facciamo stasera?

[robino]

Ciao a tutte!

Passato prossimo - si, molti irregolari! Io invece, devo imparare Arabic - c'è un test stasera e le mie figlie sono state tutte male questa settimana, non ho fatto niente!

No snow here strangely!

[Alameda]

oops naughty figlie ma in bocca al lupo anyway! Magari una bella sorpresa per tu?

Quick q about possessive and definite articoli - (eg le mei figlie), do you use this when talking about relatives only in the plural (so mia sorella but le mie sorelle)? Anyone's relatives in fact?

[Annunziata]

Ciao, ciao. Eek, bona fortuna, robino, e ti spedu il neve si voliti, e Christmas straniu out there?

Non so Alameda, scusatimi

We have an internet disaster, the WIFI is broken... I have too many teenagers for this to happen!

[Alameda]

No! How ever will you cope! More neve stasera?

Have wrapped horse up in extra warm rug, no idea come si direste that in italiano

[Alameda]

Oh wow we are covered in snow!

[Annunziata]

Non so

Awww che beddu, il cavallo avi capottu!

Ah si, e si, chiu neve stasira, o domani.

2-1 Celtic

[Annunziata]

Vinavanuuuu!!!! They won, they won!!! E -5 gradi, mamma mia, fici minestrone, annu li bisognu!

DS3 a tannu texted, Mamma, DS1 chiama, e gelutissimo, molto contentu!

[Alameda]

Woohoo! Bravissimo celtic! Well done!

and yippee è nevicato, più, qui! Voglio una serious tempesta di neve ma will have about one cm if we are lucky. All the local land rovers can relax for now . . .

[Alameda]

no is ha nevicato isn't it?

but I mean nevicata adesso, è nevicata?

[Alameda]

ciao a tutti, brrrr, meno quattro gradi stamattina

come e (argh this computer doesn't have an italian setting for keyboard, just imagine the e with an accent there) andata robino?

[Alameda]

sono sola :(

where did you all go?

[Annunziata]

Ciaooooo! Iu sonu, scusatimi aiu nun statu ca, the internet funziuna cu il filo e il filo e na e li Annunziatini (hehe, sunnu tutti chiu alto di iu) sunnu sei, vui imaginariti!

Ca fa friddu, ma menu di la settimana scorsa.

Spero tutti vado bene!

(ps. Stasira iocamu Monopoly... prega pi ni!!!

[Annunziata]

*funziunu solo

[Annunziata]

I think

[Alameda]

yay you are still alive! non ho capito (it is me not you!) but so pleased you are back!

ieri festa dell'immacolata? that is not your one though is it?

[Annunziata]

povero Alamedina!

It's the internet, it only works with the cable thing, but there's only one cable and bloody millions of mini Annunziatas, (mini, snort, they're all taller than me!)

Si, ieri. I'm in March :) Immaculata is a cracker though, must suggest that to my sister next

Monopoly is not going well. DH, DS1 and DS3 are blatantly cheating. DD1 and DS2 are secretly cheating. DS4 is winning anyway. DD2 is losing miserably, getting frustrated and still playing by the rules.

[Alameda]

Buonasera, at LAST! Come sta? Who won monopoly?

threads I'm on has gone weird and log in not working or is it just me?

ho finito il mie lezione italiano oggi, until doppo natale anyway, devo remember to do some compiti ogni giorno but (lost dictionary so no clue come se direste) builders qui until christmas eve and no cucina or bagno/gabinetto so vado a mia figlia and luxuriate in her central heating!

[Alameda]

no is le mei lezioni?

Hate those little words !

[Annunziata]

Ciao!

Tutti asserianu ca l'unu la vinciu, dios mio.

Mine works?

Yay for holidays, but oh your house! Abitati cu figlia mentri the builders sunnu c'e?

[Alameda]

Siiiiiiiii, povera figlia, sono molto untidy e lei è troppo houseproud. Eeek. I was even just googling novenas to see if there was a special one to make people tidy then remembered I am not very religious anymore

[Alameda]

magari something went wrong con mobile version of MN, full site is ok for me now but threads I'm on still strange - has really old ones at the top, confusione

[Annunziata]

Ah, I've given up on the so called smartphone, it just made me cross!

St Zita for housework, should say one myself, mine is a disgrace!

Stasira fa tanto friddu ca, mi penso -4ish. Brrr.

[Alameda]

It was minus something IN my house, the milk started freezing on the kitchen top. Had to put it in the fridge to thaw out hahaha! This is why I want to move to Sicily!

Warm by the fire though :) Thanks for tip of St Zita, I KNOW her, she is from Lucca isn't she? I think! Wouldn't mind living there either although it still gets cold.

[Alameda]

Allora, gioia di homework:

continuare capitolo 14 e foglio passato prossimo

nota bene: per fare il passato dei verbi di movimento (ed altri verbi intransitivi) non si usa l'ausiliare avere ma ESSERE

verbi che vogliono 'essere' (i più comuni):

andare, venire, partire, arrivare, essere, stare, cadere, morire, nascere, salire, scendere, diventare, entrare, ritornare (o tornare)

and something about which ones have irregular past participles

[Annunziata]

Minchia, c'e una friddu moriri, e dentra to casa?! Poveretta!

Do you have to memorise them all?

Oggi e statu una bella mattina. Mi sorella (e la mia preferitu) e iu iamu a Silverburn fari i spesa Natale, cu mamma. Vero'e bella

Di ti, stati pi Santa Claus?