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 …
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Let’s learn Italian pronominal verbs
In Italian there is a group of verbs called pronominal verbs. Italian pronominal verbs are verbs that change their meaning when combined with pronominal particles – ci, ne, la – or with reflexive pronouns. Sometimes this change is small, some others it’s rather deep. So, today you’re going to learn seven very common Italian pronominal …
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 …
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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Italian Christmas traditions
I’m a bit late, I know, Christmas has passed. However I believe it’s always a good time to learn some Italian Christmas traditions and some Italian Christmas vocabulary. So, here we are. As you might know, Christmas is one of the most important feast days in Italy, since it’s strictly connected to Christianity. For those …
