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Conversational Italian: Mica and Manco

Mica and Manco: Popular Colloquial Words in Spoken Italian Mica and Manco are widely used expressions in spoken Italian, often characterized as colloquial. However, …
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Common Italian irregular verbs – Presente Indicativo

Listen and solve the quiz – Italian irregular verbs – 40 sentences As a beginner, you should learn the present tense of some important …
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Bel or Bello? A special Italian adjective

The adjective “bello” is one of the most known Italian words. It follows a special rule, which you should learn and remember if you …
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Italian Imperfetto tense, modal verbs – PODCAST

Let’s have a look at the Italian imperfetto tense of the modal verbs dovere, potere, volere and sapere. Listen to the podcast.   We …
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Are you a “quaquaraquà”? Strange Italian people – PODCAST

SomeusefulconversationalItalianexpressionsfordefiningweird,unusualorstrangepeople.Listentothepodcast.   Weirdosareeverywhere,includingItaly.ButhowcanyoudescribeapersonhavingastrangeorunusualattitudeinItalian? Itseemsthatwhenitcomestostrangeorunusualpeople,allthelanguagesagreeonstereotypesandcommonexpressions.     Fuoriditesta-Outofyourmind Mattocomeuncavallo-Crazylikeahorse Viveresuunaltropianeta-Belivingonanotherplanet Testardocomeunmulo- Beasstubbornasamule Unbuonoanulla-Agoodfornothing Unquaquaraquà-  A squealer Cervellodigallina-Hen’sbrain Glimancaunvenerdì-HemissesaFriday(he’snot100%) Averelatestatralenuvole-  Headintheclouds Loscemodelvillaggio-Everybody’sfool   Thanksforlistening.Ifyouhavequestionsorknowmore,pleasecommentthispostandshare.
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Interrompere qualcuno – Interrupt someone, PODCAST

IfyouspeaksomeItalianbutyouarenotfluentenoughforjumpingintoaconversationandinterruptsomeoneappropriately,hereyoucanfindsomehelp.   Therearedifferentapproachesforinterruptingsomeone(interromperequalcuno)dependingonthesituationandthepersonyouaretalkingto.Wecouldtakeforexample3levels:formale,normale,informale.Noneedtotranslatethese3wordsinEnglishright?Wearegoingtogiveyoufourexamplesforeachlevel. Havealookandrepeatafterthepodcastforlearningthecorrectpronunciation.Enjoy! FORMALE   NORMALE   INFORMALE   InthefirstcaseweusedtheformalLei, verypolite; inthesecondtheinformalTuwithsomepoliteformulas(e.g.senontidispiace); inthethirdgroupweusedaverydirectsetofexamples,somethingyouwoulduseonlywithpeopleyoureallyknow. WehopeyoucouldusesomeofthesesentencestointeractproperlywithanativeItalianspeaker.Ofcoursewewouldlovetoteachyoumore.Pleasevisitourhomepage,youcanbookafreetrialItalianlessononSkype(tm).Thanksforlistening,civediamo!
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Andare in bicicletta – Cycling in Italian

Spending a nice holiday cycling in Italy is a wonderful experience. Learn basic words related to cycling and bicycles. “Andare in bicicletta” means cycling …
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Sorpresa! – Express surprise in Italian

Learn how to express surprise in Italian with 10 examples coming from the live language.   Quick Italian lesson: try to translate into your …
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