L’altro giorno stavo parlando con mio marito del fatto che dovremmo comprare delle nuove coppette. In quel momento ho realizzato che coppa è una di quelle parole italiane che hanno diversi significati.Vediamoli. The other day I was talking about buying new coppette with my husband. It was then that I realized that coppa is one …
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Italian books to read to improve your Italian
Books always keep us good company and, if you’re learning a foreign language, they can also help us improve your language skills.So, today I’d like to give you a small list of Italian books you can read to improve your Italian language skills. Il deserto dei Tartari The first of the Italian books in this …
Do you know how to use essere and avere?
Essere and avere, respectively to be and to have, are two Italian auxiliary verbs. These verbs are incredibly useful and are the first verbs that learners usually learn in Italian.Do you know when and how to use them?Let’s see the present tense of these two irregular verbs first: Essere Io sono Tu sei Lui/Lei è …
Appena or non appena? – What does appena means?
Appena is an Italian word that can have different meanings. Students are usually confused on how to use it, where to place it in a sentence and whether to use “non” or not? In this article I’ll try to answer these three questions. Appena Appena can be used to indicate that something almost doesn’t happen …
Let’s learn some informal Italian words
Italians use many informal words and sentences during the day. I already wrote some of these words and sentence in previous articles such as: Six words that change meaning in informal Italian Five Italian slang words How to express opinions in informal Italian Eight Italian slang expressions Today, I’d like to add some other informal …
