One of the reasons tourists love Italy so much is food. Today I want to share with you my family’s recipe for pumpkin risotto, taken from my new book Sos Italian cooking. Ingredients 300 g (10.58 oz) Arborio rice 300 g (10.58 oz) fresh pumpkin 3 slices of onion 50 g (1.76 oz) unsalted butter …
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Learn Italian sounds – the alphabet
Italian is one of the most musical languages in the world. But what are exactly the sounds of this language? Let’s summarize the main ones in the tables below: ALPHABET EXAMPLES PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION SIMILAR SOUNDS IN ENGLISH A Animale (animal) [ani’male] Cup B Bagaglio (luggage) [ba’gaʎo] Bike C [1] Cane (dog) [‘kane] Cold D …
Exam preparation: CILS, CELI, PLIDA, CIC
After years of study you have finally decided it’s time to get an official certification of your Italian level or to start your exam preparation? That’s good. But maybe you should know a thing or two first. If you are still unsure about the certification you want to get, you should have a look at …
Italian language certifications (part 2 – PLIDA and CIC)
Italian language certifications certify the level of proficiency of the Italian language a person has.The commonest Italian language certifications are: CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CIC. I talked about CILS and CELI in a previoius article. If you’re interested in CILS and CELI, please read Italian language certifications (part 1 – CILS and CELI). PLIDA PLIDA …
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Italian language certifications (part 1 – CILS and CELI)
Italian language certifications certify the level of proficiency of the Italian language a person has.The commonest Italian language certifications are: CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CIC. CILS CILS stands for “Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera -> certification of Italian as a foreign language.” It covers six levels, which correspond to the language proficiency levels appearing …
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