Proverbs are traditional sayings stating something that has perceived by many as a general truth or piece of advice. There are many popular Italian proverbs Italians use in every day life. Let’s see some of them. 1. Ride ben chi ride ultimo This is one of the most popular Italian proverbs. This proverb can have …
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Four useful Italian connectives
Knowing Italian connectives is very useful for both improving your writing and organizing your speech more logically. In some previous articles I talked about the following useful Italian connectives anche, cioè, nonostante, siccome. Today, I’m going to talk about other four useful Italian connectives: perciò, quindi, però and poi. 1. Quindi, perciò The first useful …
Italian connectives
As the word suggests, Italian connectives are words that link one part of text to another. They can convey contraposition, disagreement, doubt, and so on. Ex: Il volo è stato cancellato a causa della neve The flight was cancelled due to snow In the example above a causa di – due to, in English – …
Seven Italian proverbs
In Italian, as in every other language, there are proverbs for any occasion and about any topic. Many of these proverbs come with a rhyme, some others don’t. Today I’d like to focus on seven common Italian proverbs. 1. Rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera This old Italian proverb is actually very similar to …
Difference between apocope and apostrophe in Italian
When you start learning Italian sooner or later you’ll come across words such as un’ape, quest’anno, sta’ a vedere, etc. What do they have in common? A symbol. This symbol ’. Now, looking at the examples above you might be thinking that this symbol ’ has always the same function. But it actually doesn’t. Indeed, …
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