Cassell's Colloquial Italian: A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage

by P.J.T. Glendening

Book Overview

Cassell's Colloquial Italian is one of a newly revised series of hand books which provide convenient and fascinating coverage of modern languages, and of the pitfalls and difficulties inherent in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020794401
• ISBN13: 9780020794400
• Release Date: March 1981
• Publisher: Collier Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

italianophile

I have referred to this little book for many years. This explains many Italian terms and sayings that are not elaborated in the dictionary. These are terms such as "pantera" ( police car), which you see or hear in the news or "pure", a very Italian way of emphasizing an expression such as "prendelo pure' which would be "take it by all means". I have two problems with this book. The quality of the binding is poor, so it falls apart. It avoids off color or obscene terms. People do use them.