Expressing opinions is one of the first things we learn when we’re children. At first, we express opinions with gestures or facial expressions. Then, we learn to say I like it or I don’t like it, and while growing up we learn to build more complex opinions. But how to express opinions in informal Italian? …
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Learn to speak Italian with Italian songs
Tastes differ, sure, but everyone loves songs. We start listening to them when we’re children and we keep doing that while we’re growing up, passing from a certain musical genre to another. For us songs can be a way to relax, to make a proposal, to boost our energy, and so on. But how many …
Italian speaking practice – How to prepare for cils celi and plida exams
You can decide to take an official Italian language certification for many different reasons, for example, for personal interest or to enroll in an Italian university. As I’ve already written in two previous articles, you can choose between 4 different language certifications in Italian: CILS, CELI, PLIDA, and CIC. The exam structure of these four …
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Summer is usually the period of the year when people take a break from work and go on holiday. For someone this is also the perfect time of the year to start learning something new or to book a study trip. For me, instead, Summer means energy. In fact, during this period, I’m more willing …
If sentences in Italian – Some ways to express a hypothesis
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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New Year’s resolutions: Learn Italian from scratch
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 …
How to overcome shyness in language class
We are all different. In a language class, you can find yourself surrounded by extrovert people, who start talking from the very first lesson – even if they have never learnt that language before – and by people like you and me, who prefer to stay silent and listen.We are the ones that are usually …
How to prepare for CILS, CELI and PLIDA exams: Writing
In some previous articles I explained some techniques to improve your listening and reading comprehension skills so as to pass CILS, CELI and PLIDA exams. Today, instead, I give you some suggestions on how to prepare for the writing section of CILS, CELI and PLIDA exams. Let’s start looking at the differences CILS, CELI, and …
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Italian possessive adjectives and pronouns
In Italian possessive adjectives and pronouns have the same form. However they are used differently. Indeed, while possessive adjectives are used with the nouns they refer to, possessive pronouns replace nouns. Examples: La tua macchina è bella (your car is beautiful) La tua macchina è più bella della mia (your car is more …
How to train your memory
Who has never had problems memorizing new words or numbers? I remember how I struggled when I had to learn 60 or more new German words in a few days when I was in high school. To memorize them, I sat with my course book trying to find some Italian words that had a sort …
