Learning a second language can be terribly frustrating at times, especially if it’s so different from our native language, and if we have a very busy life. When things don’t go in the way we expected, it’s easy to feel discouraged, so discouraged we can even decide to stop learning because we think it’s not …
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Are you sure you know how to say “because” in Italian?
Are you really sure you know how to translate the word because in Italian? Sometimes, my students use the word perché incorrectly in Italian. This usually happens because in English the word because is used also in contexts where Italians won’t use it. So, today I’ll explain some of the ways you have to translate …
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Italian castles – The Aragonese Castle in Ischia
Con una storia di grandi divisioni e conquiste, non è certo una sorpresa che in Italia ci siano così tanti castelli. With a history of big divisions and conquers, it’s not surprising that in Italy there are so many castles. I castelli italiani solitamente sono molto belli e la loro estetica e struttura riflette il …
How to learn four new Italian words from the word arcobaleno
Alcune settimane fa, qui dove vivo, ci sono stati dei temporali. Dopo alcuni di essi, sono apparsi degli arcobaleni. Some weeks ago, here where I live, we had some thunderstorms. After some of them, some rainbows appeared. Quando ho visto il primo, stranamente, mi è venuta in mente la parola inglese “rainbow” prima della parola …
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Places to visit in Italy: Scola tower
In Italia c’è un pezzo di storia in ogni paese perciò non sorprende che ci siano moltissime cose da vedere lì. Una cosa particolare che potresti voler vedere in Italia è la Torre Scola. In Italy there is a place of history in every town so it’s not surprising that there are so many things …
