In this post I am not giving you any special secret, grammar rule or lesson. I just want to respond to my students when they ask me “How long is going to take me to start speaking Italian” or “When will I be able to handle a basic conversation?”
Still today in the hills of Molise, and particularly in Agnone, the old tradition of la serenata is alive and well. In days gone by when a young man had set his sights on a particular girl and felt he had a chance of being accepted, he would serenade below her window, encouraged and supported by other local lads and…
