Who doesn’t like tongue twisters? I’m sure everyone of you have tried to speak at least one tongue twister in your life. Tongue twisters are a funny way to show our ability to pronounce difficult sounds fast. And, today I’ll tell you some of the most famous Italian tongue twisters. Why are tongue twisters so …
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Small non-Italian communities in Italy
Che lingua si parla in Italia? Se vi facessi questa domanda, probabilmente rispondereste subito con l’italiano o con i dialetti locali. E se vi dicessi che in Italia vivono anche piccole comunità non italiane che parlano una lingua diversa? Oggi vi parlerò di una di queste comunità non italiane in Italia. What language do people …
English-Italian false friends
When we’re learning a new language, we tend to rely on our native language to guess the meaning of new words, try to understand grammatical structures, etc, whether we’re aware of it or not. So, it’s pretty common to think that a foreign word that is so similar to a word we have in our …
Old Italian fairy tales: Pentamerone
Se vi chiedessi i nomi di alcuni famosi scrittori europei di fiabe, probabilmente vi verrebbero in mente i fratelli Grimm o Charles Perrault. Ma se vi dicessi che molte delle fiabe raccontate da questi scrittori erano state precedentemente scritte in italiano, anzi in napoletano, da un altro autore? If I asked you for the names …
Let’s learn six informal Italian expressions
As you probably already know, the language Italians speak everyday with their friends and acquaintances is full of informal words and expressions. So, today I’m going to explain six informal Italian expressions you can start using with your Italian friends right now. Informal Italian expressions 1. A furia di A furia di is an Italian …
