Imagine a world without colors. Grass wouldn’t be green, a robin’s breast wouldn’t be red, and the sky wouldn’t be blue. You’d be limited to a palette of black, white, and boring shades in between. That’s why it’s important for you to know the names of the Italian colors. Without them, you won’t be able …
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Imagine this. You’re in a beautiful Italian borgo, looking at an even more beautiful artisan shop. You’re so taken with the merchandise on display that you turn your head as you walk, and then— BAM! You bump into someone. That someone is bound to expect an apology. Problem is, you don’t really know how to …
When is your birthday?, asks your new Italian friend. And you immediately start sweating, because among all the greetings (ciao!) and requests you need to know as a tourist (mi fa un caffè, per favore?), you forgot to learn a very important thing: how to say the months in Italian. But do not worry. In …
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The average Italian vocabulary lists the definitions for about 200,000 lemmas. However, native Italian speakers can get by with just a tiny fraction of that huge number. You can actually live in the country if you know as little as 7,000 words. In this lesson, we’ll cover the 100 most common Italian words you’ll need …
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Knowing Italian grammar is not enough to speak the language fluently. You need to know how to name things with nouns, describe them with adjectives, and make them do things with verbs. Nouns, adjectives and verbs, among other things, such as adverbs, make up the vocabulary of a language. And there’s no way to learn …
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The days of the week in Italian are essential to learn. Imagine you’re on vacation in Italy. It’s hot outside and you’re in the mood for some ice cream. But as you approach what looks like a fabulous gelateria, you realize that the shop is closed and nobody is inside! On the glass door you …
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New friends to make, Rome and Venice and Florence to visit, Fellini’s movies to immerse yourself in. There’s so much you can do when you learn Italian. If you decided to learn this language, you may also have been drawn to its vowel-rich sound and delicious carbonara pasta. But something is keeping you from taking …
Italians are all about small talk. Just like in English, we kick off conversations by asking how are you in Italian, before diving into other typical questions like how’s it going at work/school? If you’re looking to make some new pals in Rome or Venice, it’s key to know how to say this phrase in …
10+ Common Ways to Say “How Are You” in Italian to Sound Like a Native SpeakerRead More »
Let’s face it, there are no miracles in language learning. Learning a language is like learning math: you start with the easiest stuff first, and when you feel like the basic concepts are clicking, you move on to harder stuff, all the way up to calculus and differential equations. You can’t learn a language overnight. …
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You may be surprised to learn that there are languages that do not have a word for “please”. Icelandic, for example, has a word for “thank you,” but no direct translation for “please”. Italian, however, is not one of them. As you will discover in this article, there are more ways to say “please” in …
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