Spanish Words - 10 Memory Aids

 

Photo by Angela Lansbury.

 Spanish  English

accidente - accident

camara - camera

catedral - cathedral

diploma - diploma

fuerte (as in the island in the Canary islands called Fuerteventura) - strong (pianoforte, fortify)

idea - idea

jugador - player (like juggling, and stevedore who is a dockhand unloading ships)

par - pair 

la radio - the radio

rugby (pronounced roo) - rugby

la television - the television

English - Spanish

accident - accidente

cathedral - catedral

idea - idea

the radio - la radio

Rugby - Rugby

pair - par

player - jugador

strong - fuerte 

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Alexandra Palace and kids in toy cars, an unmitigated pleasure?

Alexandra Palace. Photo by the Sharot family. Copyright.

I was sent this picture by a member of my family. Alexandra Palace is in north west London, England. I was pleased to see this fine, huge, hilltop, historic building, after its ups and downs, damaged, empty, renovated, re-opened to the public.

Toy Cars

Another photo shows a child, aged two, in a toy car. A two year old! Well, it's only a toy car, attached to a shopping trolley. What is amusing is the idea that a small child can steer a wheel, and send something on wheels hurtling in all directions. On this occasion, the vehicle is actually steered by fond mother. What could go wrong? Naturally, we encourage children to be confident. What could go wrong?

Real Cars - permission

 Maybe time to teach the child to ask permission to drive a car. Or at least, you nod and give verbal permission to give her the idea that maybe she should get permission. 

In the USA , in UTAH, a five year old was the youngest child ever as far as the police know to drive Dad's car. The event, the police, astonished, stopping the car, astonished by the youth of the driver, was caught by police on a motorway, on a viral video. 

A two year old fired a gun. Another released a car brake or gear.

The same about to use a knife, and leave the table, and cross the road. 

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Useful Websites

Events, activities and children's playground

https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/

Lots of photos here

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alexandra_Palace#/media/File:Alexandra_Palace_Sept._2016_90.jpg

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/utah-boy-driver.html

https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/14/child-filmed-driving-lorry-along-motorway-for-second-time-in-a-week-13267715/

I wrote a book called Etiquette for every occasion. Ralph Nader wrote a book about planes called Unsafe at any height. There should be a book called Safety for every occasion. Perhaps there is.

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Australian Weddings - the black and white

Australia

I have also seen weddings in public parks in Australia. The problem with public parks is that strangers can come along and heckle or  intrude on photos. Not to mention wandering dogs!

I have also seen pictures of ski scenes in weddings, and under-water ceremonies. I am glad I didn't need clothes for a snow white wedding or an underwater wedding.

How To Be A Bridesmaid

When my book, How to be a bridesmaid was published, I was in Australia for a visit. My publisher arranged for me to be on TV. Meanwhile, I went around a wedding show at the hotel. 

The seller of a video service showed me her brochure and video. She thought I was a bride-to-be. I started getting Imposter Syndrome.

 Eventually I had to admit, "I'm sorry. I don't need a video. I am not a bride-to-be. I am on TV tomorrow to promote my book, How To Be A Bridesmaid. I am looking for ideas and facts about weddings in Australia, in order to be amusing, informative, up-to-date, and relevant to the audience." 

To my surprise, and delight, she was not at all annoyed. She simply turned the her sales pitch and used the situation to her advantage. She said, "Ooh. I'd love to have my video company on TV. Can you get me on TV."

I sighed. "I have no idea how to get you on TV. I didn't arrange it. I am only on there because the publisher in London fixed it. I am going to speak to them later about what I am to talk about, so we can run through it. The only thing I am going to talk about is etiquette. Wearing white. Not wearing black. Unless you had a video of a bride wearing black ..."

"Yes! Yes! I do!" she said. "That would be great. I just have to get permission from the bride. Hold on, I've got her number here. Hello, I am wondering ...? Angela! She would be delighted. She and her bridesmaids all wore black. She would love to be on TV! Give the TV company my name and I'll send them a short clip. Don't worry about copyright, or credentials. I'll sort all that out. You can say whatever you want. I am so thrilled. I am so glad I met you! Thank you, thank you! What can I do for you?'

I replied, "Tell me about wedding disasters."

"I'll send you a collection of clips from things which were cut out of wedding videos. You can't show them. But you can talk about them. Just don't mention any bride's names."

That was a dream come true for me. I had my magic moment on TV of looking horrified at a bride wearing black. I was prepared. I shook my head, tutted. Then I stammered a polite, diplomatic, reason why - it worked for her - but would not for most brides! 

I also had enough funny stories about wedding disasters to speak entertainingly on radio for the rest of my life. 

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Japanese words you already know - a reminder

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Japanese - English
1 coffee
2 sayonara - goodbye
3 hoteru - hotel
4 takushi -taxi
5 terebi - tv

6 deska - isn't it (so) / is that so? / really? (Universal question word at the end of a sentence, which does not have to agree with any other word unlike the English isn't it or aren't they)
7 mushi mushi - hello, hello  (on the phone, memory aid think of it's me, it's me)
8 arigato - thank you
9 hello - konichiwa
10 tea - ocha (like the old fashioned English from Chinese, a cup of cha)

11 rajio - radio
12 basu - bus
13 kamera - camera
14 supa - supermarket
15 depato - department store

16 konpyuta - computer
17 kurimu - cream
18 miruku - milk

Katakana is simplified signs used for modern conversational Japanese or slang as opposed to formal Japanese.  Formal words are more often Japanese or Chinese.

As Wikivoyage explains:
Japanese is written using a convoluted mix of three different scripts: kanji (漢字) or Chinese characters, together with "native" hiragana (ひらがな) and katakana (カタカナ) syllabaries. There are thousands of kanji in everyday use and even the Japanese spend years learning them, but the kana have only 46 characters each and can be learned with a reasonable amount of effort. 

Of the two, katakana are probably more useful for the visitor as they are used to write loanwords from foreign languages other than Chinese, and thus can be used to figure out words like basu (バス, bus), kamera (カメラ, camera) or konpyūtā (コンピューター, computer). However, some words like terebi (テレビ, television), depāto (デパート, department store), wāpuro (ワープロ, word processor) and sūpā (スーパー, supermarket) may be harder to figure out. Knowing Chinese will also be a great head start for tackling kanji, but not all words mean what they seem: 大家 (Mandarin Chinese: dàjiā, Japanese: ōya), "everybody" to the Chinese, means "landlord" in Japan!

Flag of China.

Japanese and Chinese writing
The written language uses the same signs as Chinese. So if you know or learn Chinese writing you can read Japanese. If you know or learn Japanese writing, you can read Chinese. A bit like the 'no smoking' sign consisting of the outline of a cigarette with a line through it, understood by everybody in Europe, although their spoken languages are different. Learn Chinese from Chineasy.
Below the top level centre sign is king. the lower level far left sign is hill.

Flag of Singapore

In Singapore I can recognize Chinese sign for Hillview station from the sign for the hill. I can recognize King Albert Park station from the sign for King.

Chineasy. Picture from Wikipedia.

Useful Websites
Free internet language learning for computer or mobile phone
duolingo
duolingo.com

google translate
wikipedia Japanese language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language

simple wiki
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language
Language and travel:

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan

To ask questions join facebook polyglots
https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/2286624571556302/?comment_id=2286632228222203&reply_comment_id=2286660528219373

Travel
https://www.jnto.go.jp/

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Hong Kong In The Typhoon: what my friend did; lessons you can learn; and the Kinderstransport statue

My friend and I watched the news of the typhoon travelling the world, from
 Hong Kong,
which is quite small, so a typhoon is likely to affect travellers, especially if the airport is shut

The Philippines,
Manila is on the north island of Luzon (hit by about twenty typhoons a year) but two northern towns include one with rice terraces, and the 2018 problem is north of these two so unlikely to affect your holidays or business trip.

North Carolina in the USA. The USA is huge, but 90% of Americans don't have passports and many drive, so if you live on the East Coast you are like to have driven through North Carolina.

Problem
My friend went home to her husband in the Hong Kong drama. She sent me text updates. How was she doing?

Answer
She lives at the top of a building. She said the whole buildings swayed for hours in the (howling) wind.

Her IKEA bookcase tipped the books out. She now has all the books in box on the floor.

If you were on the ground floor with flood waters likely to come in, you would remove items from the floor and put them higher. However, with an earthquake or winds shaking your buildings, you want items off shelves so they don't fly around and injure you or fall and break.

What you learn from one disaster is not necessarily applicable to another. You have to learn from other's mistakes.

She said,  "Could I run? No. The whole building was swaying."

LIFTS OUT OF BOUNDS
You don't take the lifts in an emergency. If the electrics go, you could be stuck with shut doors, or stuck between floors. Even if you get out in the end, it's no fun. Worry. Will they come to help you? No food or toilets for hours.

READING & ENTERTAINMENT
No entertainment, either. Wasted time. I am reminded of Oscar Wilde's ironic remark. "I always travel with my diary, so I have something sensational to read on the train."

I always have a language course in my pocket. Stuck somewhere for eight hours? I can be eight hours through a one lesson a week course in another language. At least it takes your mind off worrying.

FOOD STOCKS
She said they did not eat breakfast until after lunch time. Yes, that's the advantage of staying home rather than running onto the street or taken transport off. You have food and toilets. Phones. First aid. TV and radio for entertainment and information, news of what is to come, or if it's over and safe to venture out.

So her husband could go off to work. She could cook breakfast and tidy up the mess. From his point of view, having her home was an advantage. Who is looking after who in your marriage? Do you want your family with you as a team.

SENDING FAMILY AWAY - KINDERTRANSPORT
Would you want to send your family off to a safer place? If you travel to Europe you will see the memorials to the children on the Kindertransport just before WWII, children sent to safety by their parents.

Kindertransport statue to see at Liverpool Street station, London, England. Credits below.

TITANIC
I remember the couple on the Titanic, the co-owner of Macy's in New York and his wife. They  had been together all their lives and wanted to be together until the end. Others want their spouse and children to survive them and carry on the family line and remember them and perhaps arrange memorials. I think about the Titanic's passengers when I am in New York and look at the Guggenheim or Macy's, also in Canada, and in Ireland which now has a huge titanic exhibition in the dockyard where Titanic was built.

STAYING BEHIND AND PLANNING
Install shutters or protection for windows, or protect with curtains and blinds and heavy duty plywood. In Singapore front doors and back doors have ironwork covers designed to let you open your front door and let in the breeze.

Emergency Supplies
Food and Drink for three days
Medicine

PRECAUTIONS & CLEAR-UP
If rain or flood water has filled pots and bowls outside or inside, empty the water to stop the breeding of mosquitoes.

Useful websites
BBC hits on hurricane preparedness:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45521927

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Description	English: Kindertransport monument at Liverpool Street Station. A project established by the Association of Jewish Refugees, it pays tribute to those Britons who aided the rescue of 10,000 Jewish children from the Nazi persecution which led onto the holocaust.
Date	26 March 2011
Source	Own work -      http:lifeinmagapixels.com
Author	Wjh31

Royal Wedding Countdown - what to wear and eat, British style, out or at home

Windsor and Eton with crown decoration. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

This is the street decoration for Christmas. You can bet there will be street decorations just as fine for a royal wedding. At the end of the street you can see Windsor Castle.

Problem
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wedding - what happens when? I don't want to miss any of it. Dress in your best to enjoy the day. What will you wear? The date is Saturday May 19 and in England we say, Ne'er cast a clout til may be out, meaning the sun may be out but it could still be chilly.

Answer
Windsor in Berkshire is expecting more than 100,000 people and if you go there security will be tight, so you may be stopped and searched or wait in line whilst others are checked. If you are not one of the 600 guests viewing the wedding in St George's Chapel, you could still see the carriage procession.

If you decide to go to Windsor before or after the event, you can see the wonderful castle which dominates Windsor and Eton which are two sides of the river.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, photo by Mark Jones in Wikipedia.

The Countdown
11.30 Sit down by the TV in a comfortable chair with a glass of Champagne, Cava or Prosecco, or something British such as cider, Scotch whisky, or an English white wine from one of England's many vineyards such as Denbies or Nyetimber.

What To Eat - Main Course
What could you eat? Something British. If you are out in the street, get a takeaway, fish and chips.

My favourite pubs/ The Wetherspoon chain. Lots of choice of food and drink. Lots of bargains.

My second choice? A carvery.

At home for lunch or supper? How about roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Roast potatoes. Brussel sprouts.

Buy British
You should find something in Marks & Spencer, Tescos, Waitrose, Sainsbury's or Morrisons, all British. (Or, for cheaper prices, opt for Aldi, Lidl and sandwiches from Poundshop and Boots the chemist.

British Desserts
At a pub in Eton, I ordered a dessert called Eton mess, which is broken up meringues (looks a mess but tastes declicious) with strawberries and cream.

For less sugar, more fruit, after your main course, order or make apple crumble with yellow custard.

Between Meals
Perhaps a healthy snack of an apple, a British apple, Cox's orange pippin.

At tea time you could have homemade scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam.

Timing
12 noon, the Ceremony starts. This should take about an hour.

The wedding reception will take place in Windsor Castle.

Later that day there's a sporting event, maybe involving the royals. At 5.30 it's kick off time for the FA (Football Association) cup finals. Prince William usually presents the prize, but it's not certain where he will be.

However, you can bet the pubs with TVs will be busy with screens turned on and special flags and bunting and special offers on drinks and food.

You can't wait until May? The couple will be visiting other places in the UK, notably on Friday April 6th 2018 in Bath, England, at the trials for the Invictus games in Sydney Australia. HRH Prince Harry is patron.

Invictus, you may recall, is a poem, one of my favourites. (More Invictus games in Sydney, Australia in October 2018.)

Booking a British Break
You have still time to book a flight to England, or postpone a trip from England to elsewhere, or come home early.

Angela Lansbury at a souvenir shop in Heathrow airport, London, England, UK, standing behind a cutout of HM THe Queen. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

Useful Websites

https://www.visitbritainshop.com/world/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnfLVBRCxARIsAPvl82GP69PmU8JypOxaHH_UHQUjjtuE47vI1wGfGlU2pqkIdYBrRy3OpLgaAvT5EALw_wcB

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5558081/30million-ring-steel-protect-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markles-wedding.html

https://www.invictusgames2018.org (Sydney, Australia.)

https://www.teambath.com/2018/03/28/invictus-games-trials/ (Bath, England.)

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ITALIAN Learn Easy Everyday words for conversation

Problem
I just want the easy words, yes and no and please and thank you and the bill and the bathroom.

Answers
Earworms
I have the simplified Berlitz course discs with music, Earworms, to play in the car, to learn simple sentences. I paid about £20 and you can buy it new or secondhand from Amazon and Ebay and other places.  The accompanying booklet has small faint text. That's not ideal for bedtime at home or in a badly lit hotel room. However it's ok to read once or twice, in good light in daytime.

Duolingo
I'm learning Italian on Duolingo (along with 14 million others around the world). I have this on my laptop and my phone. I love it.

Wikipedia
If you want text, it's all on one page in the English language Wikipedia, subject Italian. I've copied it here.

Italian (italiano)	Pronunciation
Yes	Sì	(listen) /ˈsi/
No	No	(listen) /ˈnɔ/
Of course!	Certo! / Certamente! / Naturalmente!	/ˈtʃɛrto/ /ˌtʃɛrtaˈmente/ /naturalˈmente/
Hello!	Ciao! (informal) / Salve! (formal);	/ˈtʃaːo/
Cheers!	Salute!	/saˈluːte/
How are you?	Come stai? (informal) / Come sta? (formal) / Come state? (plural) / Come va? (general, informal)	/ˌkomeˈstai/; /ˌkomeˈsta/ /ˌkome ˈstaːte/ /ˌkome vˈva/
Good morning!	Buongiorno! (= Good day!)	/ˌbwɔnˈdʒorno/
Good evening!	Buonasera!	/ˌbwɔnaˈseːra/
Good night!	Buonanotte! (for a good night sleeping) / Buona serata! (for a good night awake)	/ˌbwɔnaˈnɔtte/ /ˌbwɔna seˈraːta/
Have a nice day!	Buona giornata! (formal)	/ˌbwɔna dʒorˈnaːta/
Enjoy the meal!	Buon appetito!	/ˌbwɔn‿appeˈtiːto/
Goodbye!	Arrivederci (general) / ArrivederLa (formal) / Ciao! (informal)	(listen) /arriveˈdertʃi/
Good luck!	Buona fortuna! (general)	/ˌbwɔna forˈtuːna/
I love you	Ti amo (between lovers only) / Ti voglio bene (in the sense of "I am fond of you", between lovers, friends, relatives etc.)	/ti ˌvɔʎʎo ˈbɛːne/; /ti ˈaːmo/
Welcome [to...]	Benvenuto/-i (for male/males or mixed) / Benvenuta/-e (for female/females) [a / in...]	/beɱveˈnuːto/
Please	Per favore / Per piacere / Per cortesia	(listen) /per faˈvoːre/ /per pjaˈtʃeːre/ /per korteˈziːa/
Thank you!	Grazie! (general) / Ti ringrazio! (informal) / La ringrazio! (formal) / Vi ringrazio! (plural)	(listen) /ˈɡrattsje/ /ti riŋˈɡrattsjo/
You are welcome!	Prego!	/ˈprɛːɡo/
Excuse me / I am sorry	Mi dispiace (only "I am sorry") / Scusa(mi) (informal) / Mi scusi (formal) / Scusatemi (plural) / Sono desolato ("I am sorry", if male) / Sono desolata ("I am sorry", if female)	(listen) /ˈskuːzi/; /ˈskuːza/; /mi disˈpjaːtʃe/
Who?	Chi?	/ki/
What?	Che cosa? / Cosa? / Che?	/kekˈkɔːsa/ /ˈkɔːsa/ /ˈke/
When?	Quando?	/ˈkwando/
Where?	Dove?	/ˈdoːve/
How?	Come?	/ˈkoːme/
Why / Because	perché	/perˈke/
Again	di nuovo / ancora	/di ˈnwɔːvo/; /aŋˈkoːra/
How much? / How many?	Quanto? / Quanta? / Quanti? / Quante?	/ˈkwanto/
What is your name?	Come ti chiami? (informal) / Qual è il suo nome? (formal) / Come si chiama? (formal)	/ˌkomettiˈkjaːmi/ /kwal ˈɛ il ˌsu.o ˈnoːme/
My name is ...	Mi chiamo ...	/mi ˈkjaːmo/
This is ...	Questo è ... (masculine) / Questa è ... (feminine)	/ˌkwesto ˈɛ/ /ˌkwesta ˈɛ/
Yes, I understand.	Sì, capisco. / Ho capito.	/si kaˈpisko/ /ɔkkaˈpiːto/
I do not understand.	Non capisco. / Non ho capito.	(listen) /noŋ kaˈpisko/ /nonˌɔkkaˈpiːto/
Do you speak English?	Parli inglese? (informal) / Parla inglese? (formal) / Parlate inglese? (plural)	(listen) /parˌlate iŋˈɡleːse/(listen) /ˌparla iŋˈɡleːse/
I do not understand Italian.	Non capisco l'italiano.	/noŋ kaˌpisko litaˈljaːno/
Help me!	Aiutami! (informal) / Mi aiuti! (formal) / Aiutatemi! (plural) / Aiuto! (general)	/aˈjuːtami/ /ajuˈtaːtemi/ /aˈjuːto/
You are right/wrong!	(Tu) hai ragione/torto! (informal) / (Lei) ha ragione/torto! (formal) / (Voi) avete ragione/torto! (plural)
What time is it?	Che ora è? / Che ore sono?	/ke ˌora ˈɛ/ /ke ˌore ˈsono/
Where is the bathroom?	Dov'è il bagno?	(listen) /doˌvɛ il ˈbaɲɲo/
How much is it?	Quanto costa?	/ˌkwanto ˈkɔsta/
The bill, please.	Il conto, per favore.	/il ˌkonto per faˈvoːre/
The study of Italian sharpens the mind.	Lo studio dell'italiano aguzza l'ingegno.	/loˈstuːdjo dellitaˈljaːno aˈɡuttsa linˈdʒeɲɲo/

Question Words^[73][74][edit]

English	Italian	IPA
what (adj.)	che	ke
what (standalone)	cosa	ˈkɔsa
who	chi	ki
how	come	ˈkome
where	dove	ˈdove
why, because	perché	perˈke
which	quale	ˈkwale
when	quando	ˈkwando
how much	quanto	ˈkwanto

Time^[73][74][edit]

English	Italian	IPA
today	oggi	ˈɔddʒi
yesterday	ieri	ˈjɛri
tomorrow	domani	doˈmani
second	secondo (-a)	/seˈkondo/
minute	minuto	(miˈnuto
hour	ora	ˈora
day	giorno	ˈdʒorno
week	settimana	settiˈmana
month	mese	ˈmese
year	anno	ˈanno

Numbers[edit]

English Italian IPA one uno /ˈuːno/ two due /ˈduːe/ three tre /ˈtre/ four quattro /ˈkwattro/ five cinque /ˈtʃiŋkwe/ six sei /ˈsɛi/ seven sette /ˈsɛtte/ eight otto /ˈɔtto/ nine nove /ˈnɔve/ ten dieci /ˈdjɛːtʃi/

English Italian IPA eleven undici /ˈunditʃi/ twelve dodici /ˈdoːditʃi/ thirteen tredici /ˈtreːditʃi/ fourteen quattordici /kwatˈtorditʃi/ fifteen quindici /ˈkwinditʃi/ sixteen sedici /ˈseːditʃi/ seventeen diciassette /ditʃasˈsɛtte/ eighteen diciotto /diˈtʃɔtto/ nineteen diciannove /ditʃanˈnɔːve/ twenty venti /ˈventi/

English Italian IPA twenty-one ventuno /venˈtuːno/ twenty-two ventidue /ˌventiˈduːe/ twenty-three ventitré /ˌventiˈtre/ twenty-four ventiquattro /ˌventiˈkwattro/ twenty-five venticinque /ˌventiˈtʃiŋkwe/ twenty-six ventisei /ˌventiˈsɛi/ twenty-seven ventisette /ˌventiˈsɛtte/ twenty-eight ventotto /venˈtɔtto/ twenty-nine ventinove /ˌventiˈnɔːve/ thirty trenta /ˈtrenta/

English	Italian	IPA
one hundred	cento	/ˈtʃɛnto/
one thousand	mille	/ˈmille/
two thousand	duemila	/ˌdueˈmiːla/
two thousand and seventeen (2017)	duemiladiciassette	/dueˌmilaˈditʃasˈsɛtte/
one million	milione	/miˈljone/
one billion	miliardo	/miˈljardo/

Days of the week[edit]

English	Italian	IPA
Monday	lunedì	/luneˈdi/
Tuesday	martedì	/marteˈdi/
Wednesday	mercoledì	/ˌmɛrkoleˈdi/
Thursday	giovedì	/dʒoveˈdi/
Friday	venerdì	/venerˈdi/
Saturday	sabato	/ˈsaːbato/
Sunday	domenica	/doˈmeːnika/

Months of the year[edit]

English	Italian	IPA
January	gennaio	/dʒenˈnaːjo/
February	febbraio	/febˈbraːjo/
March	marzo	/ˈmartso/
April	aprile	/aˈpriːle/
May	maggio	/ˈmaddʒo/
June	giugno	/ˈdʒuɲɲo/
July	luglio	/ˈluʎʎo/
August	agosto	/aˈɡosto/
September	settembre	/setˈtɛmbre/
October	ottobre	/otˈtoːbre/
November	novembre	/noˈvɛmbre/
December	dicembre	/diˈtʃɛmbre/[75]

See also[edit]

• Italy portal
• Switzerland portal
• Vatican City portal
• Language portal

Italian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi

• Enciclopedia Italiana

Read the Italian Wikipedia.
Films (movies) and TV
If you are studying, ready to go on a trip later, you could be watching Italian films (Americans say movies) with English sub-titles.

If you go to Albania, they speak a lot of Italian. Why? Because it is the next country, and Italian is taught in schools. What's more, you can pick up broadcasts from Italian television!


Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, language teacher.