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[Italian Phrases] Ne parliamo a settembre!

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Some popular Italian phrases have more meaning than they may seem.

If you are not a native Italian speaker or if you haven’t been living in Italy for a while, you may hear and understand them, but you may lose some of their meaning.

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Italian Language For English Speakers: The Word ‘Time’ In Italian

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When I write about the word ‘time’ in Italian, I am not referring to how to ask and tell the time in Italian, but to the actual English word time. 

As a matter of fact, most of my students are English speakers and after working with them for a while, I noticed that most of them show the same weaknesses and struggle with the same topics, when it comes to speaking Italian: one of them is undoubtedly the word time.

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[Hidden Italy] Visit Triora, The Village of Witches, Awesome Bread and Fascinating Old Houses

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As I said quite a few times before, some of the most unique villages in Liguria are not by the sea.

Well, don’t misunderstand me, there are some true gems by the sea, like Varigotti, Camogli, Portovenere, Cinque Terre and many more, but the sheer uniqueness of some places inland is incomparable, in my opinion.

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From Scratch by Tembi Locke: A Memoir About Italy and About Love, Loss and New Beginnings

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This is not another memoir about visiting Italy and falling in love with an Italian man. Well, somehow it is but the book is way more complex than that. 

I have discovered this book via the lovely Jasmine on Instagram. If you have been following this blog for a while, you may remember her interview for my Expats in Italy section. She has a very interesting Instagram account, which shows her love for Italy and gives you a nice way to learn more about expat life in Italy (in her stories, especially).

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