It’s widely known that Italy and food are strongly interrelated. There isn’t one single Italian woman that isn’t able to cook a delicious meal, even the ones who say that are terrible cooks. So, it seems pretty logical that Italians have created an entire special vocabulary dedicated to cooking. Knowing Italian cooking terms is essential …
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Learn Italian faster – Italian vocabulary tips
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 …
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 …
Five multiple meaning words in Italian
In two previous articles we saw that in Italian there are words that are spelled the same but are pronounced differently according to where the accent falls, and consequently have different meanings. You can have a look at Tricky words in Italian: Italian homographs and Italian accent – Learn to pronounce Italian words correctly. However, in …
Italian shoes – In an Italian shop
Italian shoes are famous all around the world, together with Italian fashion. Gucci, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo are just some of the most famous Italian brands related to shoes – and not only to that. If you travel to Italy, and visit some of the biggest cities, I’m sure that between cultural tours you’ll manage to …
