Have fun when you learn Italian.
Games, crosswords and picture dictionaries can help in your home study, learning a language doesn’t mean long, tiring grammar activities.
Over the years of reviewing and teaching, I have compiled a list of the most common Italian grammar mistakes made by my students. Italian grammar is notoriously tricky and irregular. Here’s my essential guide for students of Italian who want to avoid common grammar mistakes. Common mistakes every student of Italian L2 should avoid! Ecco la classifica degli errori da…
In Italian “giallo” means yellow. Giallo might be a lemon, the colour of a jumper and even a pair of trousers. But what would you think if you heard the phrase mi piacciono i gialli? or guardo un giallo or leggo molto i gialli. Because in Italian”giallo” is also a noun. We refer to a thriller book, movie or a…
Starting from the first lessons, it’s funny seeing how many mistakes can be made when we literally translate from English into Italian or viceversa. The real, everyday language that we use with our friends is quite different from the language we learn in class. It can be full of idiomatic expressions and aphorisms which we learn and become familiar with the more we practise and improve. Idiomatic expressions…
Fill the gaps with the present tense of the reflexive verbs in the list. pettinarsi, addormentarsi, iscriversi, farsi, lavarsi es. 1) Marco ………si lava………i denti due volte al giorno. 2) Lucia e Elena ….………………i capelli con la spazzola. 3) Nostro padre …………..…la barba. 4) I bambini ……………………..alle 22:00 tutte le sere. 5) Carmen …………………all’università quest’anno. Now put the verbs in…
First question of my students at their first lesson is: how to say in Italian this or that…. In italiano how to say è: Come si dice… Per esempio: 1. Come si dice in italiano how are you? (how to say in Italian how are you) In italiano how are you si dice come stai. Altre espressioni utili in italiano…
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at the Italian Cultural Institute The CASADEI ORCHESTRA dates back its origins to more than 80 years ago in Emilia Romagna, a region in central Italy renowned for its warm hospitality, genuine cuisine and tourist resorts. In 1972 the Orchestra (thanks to the musician, composer and songwriter RAOUL CASADEI) became famous all over the world with…
Sai cosa significa “la vuoi piantare” in italiano ? Studiare una lingua vuol dire conoscere anche le espressioni idiomatiche, i modi di dire. Facciamo pratica: Trova il significato di queste espressioni e poi clicca sul foglio delle risposte. Guarda anche un divertente video di un blogger italiano che immagina che i modi di dire siano veri. La vuoi piantare! Chiedere…
Scialla – 2001 Bruno Beltrame has let it all hang out, for quite a while. All that’s left of his old talent as a writer is just enough to ghost-write ‘other people’s books’. His passion for teaching has given way to a tiresome routine of tutoring equally apathetic students, including fifteen-year old Luca, who is as ignorant as the others,…
