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How to Get More Writing Practice While Learning the Italian LanguageIf you want to conquer learning the Italian language, you must confront the biggest challenge among students – writing. Writing skills tend to demand most practice as you can't get away with gestures or mime like in a verbal conversation. But there is no reason to worry. The more practice you get,...
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Learn Italian Basics: Interjections in Italian Language!Just like in any other language (or maybe more than any other language...) the Italian language has its fair amount of words used uniquely to express feelings with an extra amount of energy. This set of words (or phrases) are called interjections, also known as an exclamation, and are generally used to show happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust,...
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Learn Italian Idioms: "lavarsi le mani" vs. "lavarsene le mani"!In these troubling times, experts from all over the World are unceasingly calling us to a stricter attention to our personal hygiene, especially when it comes to washing our hands properly. For Italian language students, though, the Italian expression used to designate the action of washing one's hands can lead to misunderstandings and puns,...
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Learn Italian online: webinars vs. virtual classesThe global health emergency we are experiencing at the moment is also seriously affecting the education field. To cope with the new needs of a quarantined world, the only weapons left to Italian language teachers and students are those of online teaching and distance learning. But what are the methods and the approaches most...
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Learn Italian Basics: symptoms in Italian languageA brand new infographic to learn Italian basics and manage the Italian vocabulary related to symptoms and illnesses. One of the basic needs in a foreign country is being able to describe illnesses and symptoms. Some of the Italian words used to name symptoms might look familiar, and this is due to the Greek and...
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Learn Italian Basics: Interjections in Italian Language!
Just like in any other language (or maybe more than any other language…) the Italian language has its fair amount of words used uniquely to express feelings with an extra amount of energy. [...]
Learn Italian Idioms: “lavarsi le mani” vs. “lavarsene le mani”!
In these troubling times, experts from all over the World are unceasingly calling us to a stricter attention to our personal hygiene, especially when it comes to washing our hands properly. For [...]
Learn Italian online: webinars vs. virtual classes
The global health emergency we are experiencing at the moment is also seriously affecting the education field. To cope with the new needs of a quarantined world, the only weapons left to Italian [...]
Learn Italian Basics: symptoms in Italian language
A brand new infographic to learn Italian basics and manage the Italian vocabulary related to symptoms and illnesses. One of the basic needs in a foreign country is being able to describe [...]
Learn Italian Basics: weekdays in Italian language
Amongst the Italian Basics that a beginner student is required to learn quickly, we find the Italian words naming the days of the week. The origin of the biggest part of the most commonly used [...]
Top 10 Italian Slang Words: Roman Edition
Living in Rome, regardless if you’re staying in San Lorenzo or in Centocelle, definitely requires some language practice, especially when it comes to interacting with the local population. Rome [...]
Learn Italian Words: Italian Politics and the Italian Electoral System
It has been a quite turbulent summer for Italian politics! An unprecedented government crisis shook the parliament in the middle of August, reviving political debate and, of course, television [...]
“Ciao italiano”! 10 very common Italian words and their true meaning
According to recent studies, more than twenty thousand Italian words have entered, throughout the centuries, the communal lexicon and are now used internationally, sometimes with meanings that [...]
Learn Italian Words: Astrological Signs
We already told you about how Italians rely on astrology and astrological signs. It’s not that we endorse this kind of superstitious form of thought, but we are forced to admit that this is [...]