Tastes differ, sure, but everyone loves songs. We start listening to them when we’re children and we keep doing that while we’re growing up, passing from a certain musical genre to another. For us songs can be a way to relax, to make a proposal, to boost our energy, and so on. But how many …
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Italian speaking practice – How to prepare for cils celi and plida exams
You can decide to take an official Italian language certification for many different reasons, for example, for personal interest or to enroll in an Italian university. As I’ve already written in two previous articles, you can choose between 4 different language certifications in Italian: CILS, CELI, PLIDA, and CIC. The exam structure of these four …
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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 …
Seven Italian slang expressions
Language learning is a difficult process. You need to master grammar, vocabulary, and when you think you know everything about a language, here comes the slang. It doesn’t matter if you studied Italian for years or if you hold a degree in foreign languages, when you’ll visit Italy, you’ll discover that Italians use many expressions …
Italian hand gestures (Part 2)
Last Summer, I was happily soaking up the sun on a beach in Greece when I heard the sound of some motor scooters approaching. After few minutes, I saw two boys and a girl coming down the beach and then stop to enjoy view. Then, one of the two boys – I’ll call him Roger …
