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Donna Bianca

The legend of Donna Bianca of the Vincigliata Castle in Fiesole

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🇮🇹 MATTA BOOK CLUB IS BACK – GENNAIO 2026! 🇮🇹 Thi

🇮🇹 MATTA BOOK CLUB IS BACK – GENNAIO 2026! 🇮🇹

This January, the Matta Italian Book Club returns with a gripping new read:

La Condanna del Sangue by Maurizio de Giovanni — the second novel in the beloved Commissario Ricciardi series.

The mystery: We’re hot on the heels of the murderer of a cartomante — a fortune teller whose cards foretold many futures… but not their own.
Set in 1930s Naples, Ricciardi investigates with his unusual gift: he hears the final words of the dead. Dark, atmospheric, and utterly Italian.

Why join the Matta Book Club?
✔️ Read an authentic Italian mystery together
✔️ Improve your Italian through guided discussion
✔️ Small-group 5-week series
✔️ 1-hour weekly Zoom meetings
✔️ Learn vocabulary, expressions, cultural context & Neapolitan flavor
✔️ Perfect for intermediate–advanced Italian learners

Start date: Third week of January 2026

👉 Sign up & get all the details at http://StudentessaMatta.com

Un giallo avvolgente. Una Napoli piena di ombre.

Vieni a leggere con noi.

#MattaBookClub #ItalianMystery #GialloItaliano #CommissarioRicciardi
#MaurizioDeGiovanni #LearnItalian #ItalianBookClub
#ItalianoConGusto #ReadInItalian #NapoliAnni30

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹 Matta Italian La

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹

Matta Italian Language Tip!

When you encounter Passato Remoto in novels
don’t get stuck, focus on recognizing the root of the verb.

Here’s the Matta secret: when you’re reading an Italian novel, don’t be thrown off by strange verb forms—focus on identifying the root of the verb.

What do I mean by that? You may never use the passato remoto in conversation, and you probably don’t have every conjugation memorized. That’s perfectly fine. What is essential is learning how to recognize it when you see it.

The passato remoto is often short, accented in unexpected places, and completely unrelated to the present tense. Think: disse, fece, ebbe, andò, vide, fu.

So take a breath and relax. Find the root of the verb. Identify the infinitive. Understand the meaning in context. Mission accomplished.

Learn more about the Passato Remoto Tense on the latest Studentessa Matta Blog.

#passatoremoto #imparareitaliano #italiangrammar #italianbooks #italianreading #studentessamatta #italianlanguagelearning #mattaitalian

Fare un salto nel passato (molto lontano) con Pass

Fare un salto nel passato (molto lontano) con Passato Remoto

Stepping Way Back in Time with Passato Remoto

Il tempo verbale dei grandi racconti (e dei lettori coraggiosi)The Verb Tense of Epic Stories (and Brave Readers)

Questa settimana ho aiutato uno studente delle superiori di livello avanzato ad affrontare uno dei tempi verbali italiani più temuti: il passato remoto.
#ImparareItaliano #Italianbooks #Italiangrammar #ItalianLanguageLearning #Italianreading #MattaItalian #PassatoRemoto #StudentessaMatta

https://www.studentessamatta.com/passato-remoto-italian-literary-past-tense-how-to-recognize-master/

Benvenuta Lisa! Una Nuova Insegnante di Homestay v

Benvenuta Lisa! Una Nuova Insegnante di Homestay vicino a Firenze

Meet Lisa! The New Italian Homestay Teacher in Florence Joining the Matta Community

Sempre qualcosa di nuovo sul Blog della Studentessa Matta!There are always exciting things happening on the Studentessa Matta Blog!
#FlorenceItaly #HomestayItaly #ImparaItaliano #ItalianHomestay #ItalianLanguageTravel #LearnItalianinItaly #SestoFiorentino #StudentessaMatta #TravelTuscany #YogainItaly

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹   Matta Italian Lan

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹  
Matta Italian Language Tip!

Bring Italian to Life—Right in Your Living Room

TURN EVERYDAY OBJECTS INTO ITALIAN LESSONS

When you practice at home, choose any object around you—a lamp, a book, a coffee cup—and describe it in Italian…but with true Italian flair.

Don’t just list words. 
Bring the object to life.
 Gesture wildly. Exaggerate your voice. Raise an eyebrow. Add drama. Play the part.

Say “Questa tazza è fantastica!” like you’re presenting it on stage.
 Or “Questo libro è vecchissimo!” with feeling.

The more expressive you are, the more your brain remembers
 Because Italian isn’t only a language— it’s rhythm, movement, emotion.

Sometimes the body learns first… and the brain follows.

💥 Make Italian physical, and the words will stick like magic. 💥

#UnConsiglioDallaMatta #MattaItalian #LearnItalian #ItalianLanguageTips #ItalianEveryday #SpeakItalian #ItalianWithFeeling #LanguageLearningFun #StudentessaMatta

Hai mai giocato a "Spio con il mio piccolo occhio"

Hai mai giocato a "Spio con il mio piccolo occhio"?

Have you ever played the “I Spy” game?

Giocare a “Spio con il mio piccolo occhio” è semplice e divertente!The “I Spy” game is simple and fun!
#ItalianLanguageImmersion #LearnItalian #Spioconilmiopiccoloocchio #StudentessaMatta #vocabolarioitaliano

https://www.studentessamatta.com/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-an-italian-christmas-vocabulary-game/

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹 Matta Italian Lan

🇮🇹 Un consiglio dalla Matta 🇮🇹
Matta Italian Language Tip!

“Sangue” non è solo “blood”… è destino!

“Sangue” is not just “blood”… it’s destiny!

In italiano, sangue può significare famiglia, carattere, ereditarietà o persino il temperamento (“avere il sangue caldo”). De Giovanni gioca con tutte queste sfumature nel titolo La Condanna del Sangue.

In Italian, sangue can refer to family, character, lineage, or even temperament (“to have hot blood”). De Giovanni plays with all these shades of meaning in the title La Condanna del Sangue.

Join the 2026 January Matta Book Club — We are reading “La Condanna del Sangue”

Sign up on the www.StudentessaMatta.com website

#MattaBookClub #ItalianBookClub #CommissarioRicciardi #ItalianMystery #LearnItalian #ItalianReading #StudentessaMatta #ItalianCulture #ItalianLanguage #Bookstagram

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