Online Italian lessons, Italian culture, Italian translation
Translation services have become more and more popular during the last decades. Indeed, thanks to the possibility of self-publishing, the number of writers has increased exponentially, and with them, also the desire to reach larger audiences. So, nowadays also a good number of indie authors decide to have their books translated into other languages. But …
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Many tourists when come to Italy visit the most famous city like Rome, Milan, Florence, Pisa, etc. However, really few of them know that Turin, the largest city in Piedmont, is rich of interesting places to visit. Turin has been a literary center of great importance in 19th century and many intellectuals and artists like …
Italian grammar is considered rather difficult by the majority of learners. This is because different languages have usually different structures – even the ones that are very similar like French and Italian. In the last article, I talked about the difference between essere and stare, a topic of the Italian grammar that creates a lot …
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Italian verbs are one of the areas that language learners usually consider difficult. Generally they think that the complexity lies on the fact that in Italian the suffix of verbs changes according to the person – Io corro = I run; tu corri = you run; lei corre = she runs. In reality, Italian is …
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In Italy Carnival is a festive season that is generally celebrated during February or March. During Carnival there are parades and street parties where people usually wear masks and costumes. Carnival is a special period of time where social roles are suspended. So, everyone can mock everyone, even the authority. It’s not surprising that nowadays …
Last Summer, I was happily soaking up the sun on a beach in Greece when I heard the sound of some motor scooters approaching. After few minutes, I saw two boys and a girl coming down the beach and then stop to enjoy view. Then, one of the two boys – I’ll call him Roger …
In this article I want to talk about if sentences in Italian, explaining some of the most common ways to express a hypothesis in Italian. To talk about hypotheses in Italian, we use if sentences. These sentences are composed of two parts: 1. A condition – also called dependent clause 2. The action that occurs …
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Hello, welcome back to my blog. Some time ago I found a video on youtube that presented some questions Americans had for Italians. Since they were based on many American stereotypes, I decided to answer these questions. You can find the answers to the first questions in this article: American stereotypes about Italians. Today I’m …
New Year has come, and with it come also new resolutions. If one of your resolutions for this year is to learn Italian from scratch, today I’ll give you some resources you can use to reach your goal. But first, here are some important things you should keep in mind when you start learning a …
Also this year Christmas has passed and I guess by now you’re all getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve. So, in this article I want to talk about some of the elements you need if you want to celebrate New year’s eve like Italians do. RED UNDERWEAR – BIANCHERIA INTIMA ROSSA If you have …
