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Italians You Should Know: Libereso Guglielmi, the gardener of Italo Calvino

This blog post has an Italian version and an audio version too. You can find them in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here.

How many important Italians do you know?

I bet you know a lot of them! Lots of Italians – like Andrea Bocelli, Sophia Loren, and Federico Fellini, just to name the first three that come to my mind – are famous all over the world. But there are a lot of lesser-known Italians that have done incredible things in their lives and that are definitely worth knowing.

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[Italian Grammar] How To Use Ci In Italian

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Ci and Ne are two little particles that can be quite frustrating, at times. 

I have noticed that some of my students have a hard time with how to use ci and ne properly because – let’s admit it – they are a bit tricky, so I have decided to write this blog post to see if I can make things easier for people struggling with this topic as well.

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Pausa Caffè is back!

A couple of months ago, I launched a challenge called Pausa Caffè. 

The goal of the challenge was to get people to speak a little Italian every day, in order to help them improve their speaking skills and their self-confidence. In fact, many students not living in Italy have multiple opportunities to work on their reading, listening, and comprehension skills but not very many chances to speak the language.

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[Italian Books] Mal di pietre by Milena Agus

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I have read a really good book, recently.

As you may already know if you have read other posts of the Books about Italy section of this blog, I really like reading and I strongly believe that literature is an amazing way to dive deeper into the culture of a country.

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