http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:02:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can’t keep a good Dottore down! Not only has his Futurometer been refurbished and re-installed, our learned friend has now provided Radio Arlecchino with another amazing device: the Conditionator 9000. Of course you would love to know how it works, and we would like to tell you, but if ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2009/07/21/episode-21/ The good news is that the Futurometer is being painstakingly repaired and the studio refurbished for enhanced security by a crack team of experts. The bad news is that the studio is currently in a noisy mess and apparently not a very safe place right now. So our trusty podcasters ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2009/01/30/episode-20/ What happens here at the studio late at night, after the grammar gurus have gone home and all seems quiet and deserted? Yes, we thought so too, until we got a nocturnal distress call from the Futurometer. You'll be happy to know that Global Thermogrammatical War has been narrowly avoided, ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2008/10/15/episode-19/ The catch of the day in Episode 18 is Pulcinella, for Antonella has caught up with the Neapolitan superstar who disappeared shortly after the premiere of Arlecchino's blockbuster. In her exclusive interview with Pulcinè, as she kiddingly calls him in the Roman way, we'll hear several verbs that express likes ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2008/06/03/episode-18/ There's plenty to like about this episode and about Arlecchino's new movie! In Episode 17, Casting call and scream test, we explore how to express likes and dislikes in the compound tenses, like the passato prossimo. And in a Spettacolo Stasera exclusive, Arlecchina recalls her harrowing experience when she answered ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2008/05/18/episode-17/ In Episode 16 of Radio Arlecchino, On the red carpet, we will learn about the verb piacere and how to express likes and dislikes. To an English speaker, the piacere construction is often confusing, for the subject in Italian is the person or thing that is pleasing, while the person ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2008/04/14/episode-16/ Holiday magic has allowed us to resume the remote broadcast we began in Episode 14. You may remember that, in the beginning of our Radio Arlecchino Holiday Special, Eric had been invited to join our commedia friends as they celebrated the season backstage before opening a new show. As they ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2007/12/18/episode-15/ In Episode 14, The Radio Arlecchino Holiday Special, Eric has been invited to join our commedia friends as they celebrate the season backstage before opening a new show. As they share reminiscences of holidays past – and really past – we'll review the grammar points we've encountered so far: narrating ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2007/12/14/episode-14/ In Episode 13, The joy of stress, we will continue our discussion of double pronouns and how stress can affect the spelling and placement of object pronouns. We will also talk about when it is absolutely necessary to use a 'stressed' or tonic pronoun: to resolve ambiguity, to compare or ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2007/11/30/episode-13/ In Episode 12, Just look at yourself, we continue our study of pronouns with reflexive pronouns, which are used with verbs where the action is reflected back onto the subject. We will also talk about the interesting metamorphoses that take place when two pronouns occur with one verb. Two esteemed ... http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/radio_arlecchino/2007/11/15/episode-12/