Italy is a country full of history, culture and of great variety of food. Each Italian region, in fact, has its own typical dishes. Usually, some of these dishes aren’t even known among Italians who live in different regions, not to say among non-Italians. In another article I talked about some typical dishes of …
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Ten common Italian idioms
Every language has a wide collection of idioms and sayings. These have usually a figurative meaning. This means that the words forming idioms don’t carry their usual basic meaning but one more complex. To understand an idiom you’ve to know it because, otherwise, its meaning is usually difficult to guess. Italian idioms are so common …
Six mistakes to avoid when hiring a translator
It’s not uncommon to hear people complaining about the quality of the translation services they received. Some of them had really bad experiences because translators took money and disappeared, or they didn’t meet deadlines or they delivered a low quality translation and then didn’t answer to emails or phone calls. Luckily, some of these situations …
Italian cities – Mantua
Italy is widely known for food, fashion and for its cultural richness. However, when coming to Italy, tourists tend to visit always the same Italian cities: Venice, Rome, Pisa, Florence, etc. These are surely cities full of history and of beautiful buildings to visit. However, there are also other Italian cities – usually not so …
Passive sentences in Italian
If you’re a language learner sooner or later you’ll come across passive voice. So, in this article I’m going to teach you how to form passive sentences in Italian. In Italian there are two types of sentences: active sentences and passive sentences. While in active sentences the focus is on the subject who carries out …
