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[Italian Grammar] Uscire, Lasciare or Partire? How To Say To Leave in Italian

05/12/2022

Uscire, lasciare or partire? How to say to leave in Italian? In this post, you'll find some explanation on how to choose the right verb
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English speakers always have a hard time when they need to say ‘to leave’ in Italian.

In fact, English has just one verb to express that concept, while Italian has at least three different verbs: uscire, lasciare, and partire. I have seen my students struggle a bit with that and I thought it could be useful to write a post about this aspect of the Italian language.

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[Italian Vocabulary] 10 Words That You Can Only Hear in Liguria

04/28/2022

In this post, you will find ten quintessentially Ligurian words, words that can be heard only in that region
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I was 19 the first time I realized that some of the words I was using every day were quite unique. 

It was my first day at college and I was unpacking my suitcase when I asked my roommate “Scusami, dov’è la rumenta?”. She gave me a weird look and she told me she had no idea what I was talking about.

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[What To See in Liguria] The Magnificent Beauty of the Hanbury Botanical Gardens in Ventimiglia

04/14/2022

This post takes you to the magnificent Hanbury Botanical Gardens in Ventimiglia
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Sometimes it seems that heaven on earth really exists. 

This is what I thought a few weeks ago when I visited the Hanbury Botanical Gardens in Ventimiglia, some really magnificent gardens with an interesting history that are located on the westernmost side of Liguria, right on the border to France.

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[Italian Books] La figlia oscura by Elena Ferrante, a book about motherhood and life choices

03/31/2022

Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie The Lost Daughter is based on a book by Elena Ferrante that I have read recently and the post is about that book.
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I have multiple ways of selecting books for this section of the blog.

As you may already know, the only rule I follow is that the Italian books I write about here must be available in English as well because I want to give people who are interested in Italian literature the chance to enjoy interesting books even if they cannot read Italian.

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How to Avoid Crowds in Italy

03/17/2022

How can I avoid crowds in Italy? This is a very common question and I try answering it in today's post
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How can I avoid bustling crowds of foreign tourists when I visit Italy? 

This is probably one of the questions I get asked the most and I thought it might be interesting to answer it with a proper blog post.

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My name is Cinzia and Italy is the place I call home.

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Uscire, lasciare or partire? How to say to leave in Italian? In this post, you'll find some explanation on how to choose the right verb

[Italian Grammar] Uscire, Lasciare or Partire? How To Say To Leave in Italian

In this post, you will find ten quintessentially Ligurian words, words that can be heard only in that region

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