Learning a new language can be frustrating. Indeed, the more a language is different from our native language, the more it will usually take us time to learn it properly. Sometimes difficulties concern pronounciation and intonation, sometimes they concern grammar, and sometimes vocabulary. If you’re a native English speaker – or can speak English quite …
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Italian love stories – Paolo and Francesca
Saint Valentine is the day when romantic love is celebrated all around the world. History, literature, cinema, theater offer many examples of love stories. One of my favourite love stories ever told is that of Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler in Gone with the wind. However, this is an American love story and, unfortunately, at …
Let’s learn Italian pronominal verbs
In Italian there is a group of verbs called pronominal verbs. Italian pronominal verbs are verbs that change their meaning when combined with pronominal particles – ci, ne, la – or with reflexive pronouns. Sometimes this change is small, some others it’s rather deep. So, today you’re going to learn seven very common Italian pronominal …
Italian miracles – miracle of Lanciano, Cascia, Alatri
Italy is a land famous for food, fashion and culture. However, we don’t have to forget that in Italy is located also one of the most important centers of Christianity: the Vatican. The history of Christianity at some point joins the history of Italy, and becomes part of its culture. Nowadays a good number of …
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Italian booking vocabulary – Dining out
If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you’ll surely know that some time ago I started a series of small guides to help you master basic Italian sentences in different situations. For example, if you want to rent an apartment for your Italian staying, have a look at Renting apartments in Italy – Things to …
