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 …
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Ten Italian masculine and feminine nouns with different meanings
As you might know very well, in Italian nouns can be masculine, feminine or, in some cases they can be both. Some nouns have the same meaning even if their gender changes. For example, the word impiegato means male clerk, the word impiegata means female clerk. However, some other Italian nouns change their meaning according …
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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 …
How to talk about death in Italian
Each one of us would do anything to ward off bad luck. However, sometimes despite all our efforts bad things happen. It’s the case of death, morte, for example. Death might be the only thing that is certain in life but it is also one of the most prolific topics in terms of language expressions. …
Seven Italian sayings about food
You cannot think about Italy without thinking about food. Italians and food are strongly interrelated. In Italy, home cooking is still a well-grounded tradition and the research of good natural ingredients almost a pleasure. Italians usually learn how to cook basic Italian dishes when they’re young whether they’re interested in learning how to cook …
