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 …
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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 …
Tarantella
Avete mai sentito parlare di Tarantella? No? Allora, state per imparare tutto su questa parte importante della cultura italiana. Have you ever heard of Tarantella? No? Then, you’re about to learn everything about this important part of the Italian culture. Cos’è la Tarantella – What is Tarantella? La tarantella è un gruppo di danze popolari …
Same Italian word, different accent
In Italian there are some words that are written in the same way but carry different meanings. To convey the right meaning, it’s important that you learn to pronounce them with the right accent. Let’s see eight of these words. Ambito If you put the accent on the first syllable, àmbito, you convey the meaning …
