When you start learning a language everything seems difficult at the beginning. With the time your brain starts to understand the structures of the new language you’re learning and things seem much easier. However, there are some words that remain quite difficult to learn for every speaker: false friends. For English speaker, the most difficult …
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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. …
Common expressions to talk about sleep in Italian
Have you ever felt that despite all your efforts your language knowledge doesn’t want to hear about improving? The reality is that many factors can affect language learing, among others motivation, stress, your native language, etc. According to research also sleep has a great role in the way we learn. So, in this article you’ll …
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 …
How to wish good luck in Italian
Italians are very superstitious and, obviously, they have different gestures and expressions they use to ward off bad luck. In a previous article I focused on some objects and gestures that Italians use against bad luck – How to get rid of bad luck – Italian practices. In this article, instead, I’d like to talk …
