Autumn is here, it is time to cozy up and get back to your Italian practice.
If you have been taking a break during the summer months, a speaking challenge is a perfect way to get back on track and start working on your Italian again.
Using Songs To Practice Italian: Five Songs To Study Verbs
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I know I am saying something really obvious but music is a great tool to practice a foreign language.
I have always loved music a lot and this has been really helpful to practice and improve my English. Over the years, I have consumed hours and hours of English music, which has helped me memorize thousands of English words and phrases.
[Italian Grammar] Prendere and Portare: What is The Difference Between These Two Verbs??
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The use of prendere and portare can be really tricky.
These two verbs are frequently translated as ‘to take’ in English and this makes students really confused when they need to use them. With this post, I want to try and see if I can help you figure out how to distinguish these two verbs.
Un giro in Vespa: My Newsletter in Italian Has Arrived!
I have been regularly sending a newsletter for quite a while now.
In fact, I checked my Mailchimp account before writing this post and saw that my very first newsletter was sent in 2015, on March 16th precisely. This means seven years of writing and sending email messages almost every week (the last one I sent was number 332, can you imagine?).
[Italian Grammar] Uscire, Lasciare or Partire? How To Say To Leave in Italian
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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.
[Italian Vocabulary] 10 Words That You Can Only Hear in Liguria
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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.
[Italian Grammar] Verbs That Can Have Both Auxiliaries
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Did you know that some Italian verbs can use both essere and avere as auxiliaries?
This is something that drives my students crazy and so I thought it could be another interesting topic for a blog post. As I always do for this type of post, I have also created a downloadable pdf file for you to keep for future reference.
Fancy speaking Italian every day for a month? Pausa Caffè is here for you!
If you have been following me for a while, you may know what Pausa Caffè is.
But if this is your first time here, let me tell you a bit more about it. Basically, Pausa Caffè is a challenge to help you practice your Italian every day for a month.
[Italian Grammar] The Conditional and How to Express the Future in the Past in Italian
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It’s time for a new grammar lesson and this time it is about the conditional in Italian.
As I always do when I select topics for this section of my blog, I have picked this specific aspect of the Italian language because I have noticed some of my students struggle with it a little bit, especially with the use of the conditional to express the future in the past.
[Advent Calendar] Italian verbs to be used at Christmas
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Instantly Italy’s Advent Calendar is almost over and it’s been a blast!
I started the tradition of the Advent Calendar last year with a series of videos about the Italian traditions for Christmas: it was so much fun that I simply had to do it again. The topic I chose for this year is Italian verbs that could be used during the Christmas season.