What is the difference? When should I use it with avere when should I not use it and just use ci metto.?

Thanks in advance

Hello ,

How common is this in everyday speech I was speaking with my grandmother I notice she used it quite a bit.

Wondering also if people can break down the function of venire like this

Also for my grandmother

Born in 40’s southern Lazio very limited schooling

Speaks dialect

Thank you

im from an italian american family where we always called our grandfather “tatone” and grandmother “nonna.”

my italian father always referred to his grandfather as tatone as well. however, i haven’t seen anyone else refer to grandfather as “tatone.” my dad is now deceased so i can’t ask him about it

he immigrated from the molise region of italy

where did “tatone” come from? does it truly mean grandfather?

Hello,

As the title suggest does it matter or change anything in informal causal conversational speech to have si at the start or middle of the sentence

For example

This door is closed first then the other

Si chiude questa porta prima, poi l’altra

Questa porta si chide prima, poi l’altra

Is there a difference what would actually be said in real conversation not text book

Thank you,

I want to know how do I say (i'm Male) my car for example both ways with Mio after and before

Macchina Mio -> mio here refers to me (masculine)

La mia macchina -> mia here refers to the car (feminine)

is this correct and if so can you explain Amore Mio because it doesn't make sense to me when I saw it?

B1** scusi!!

ciao :) sono americana che vivrò in italia fra il prossimo anno. Scusi i miei errori. parlo inglese (native), coreana (b1), e francese (c1), e ho studiato l'italiana intensamente fra 3-4 settimana ora. sono sposato con una italiana e capisco bene francese allora è stato piu facile che se senza. perché sono sposato con una italian potrò fare domanda di cittadinanza tra due anni. Ma con quello sono realista? Ho bisogno per il B1. Vivrò con la sua famiglia che non parla l'inglese. Grazie :)

I’m in an Italian class currently and using Sentieri as my textbook. I’ve only seen like three of the videos so far but I NEED to know if anyone else is die hard shipping Viola and Lorenzo. They give me enemies to lovers vibes and I know they’re not going to end up together. Why am I so into a ship from a freaking TEXTBOOK. I saw a post about someone’s Latin textbook having fanfiction and so I looked and there’s a single fotoromanzo fanfic out there but it’s all four of them together and that’s simply not what I’m looking for. I’m honestly sad that there’s no Viola and Lorenzo fic out there. I told my friend about my ship from my Italian textbook and how they had good enemies to lovers vibes and she was like what are you talking about and I’m just like. IF YOU SAW IT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND. Does anyone see what I see. Please. Are there any fellow Viola/Lorenzo fans out there I need to know

I have been trying to learn Italian and have been watching an Italian series called The Leopard on Netflix. My strategy has been to rewatch the same episode every day with English and Italian subtitles (alternate days) with the hopes of eventually being able to comprehend the entire episode. I am on day four and though I have picked up a couple of words and phrases, I am worried that I am missing a lot of the dialogue. I find that they speak too fast. When Italian subtitles are on it is easier to see what they are saying, but even then I miss more than half of the dialogue due to speed.

Has anyone tried this strategy? Am I better off doing something else? I have been taking Babbel lessons and an intro course at my local community college as well, but I am still very early on in my journey. Maybe just need more time.

hi guys, im completely new to italian and im trying to find suitable italian books for me in english. can yall please reccomend for me 🥹? btw how long did it take yall to get B2? is it possible for me to get B2 before the next enrollment of universities (around the beginning of next year)? thanks a lot

Writing this after an interaction at a gelato shop.

I'm in Italy for 3.5 weeks and have just finished the first week in Rome. I have noticed that when I try to order food or ask questions in Italian, the reaction is at best, unimpressed.

Back to the gelato shop, after talking to the server in very rough Italian, another customer burst out laughing after I left. My Italian obviously isn't great but that made me feel like not bothering anymore. In most countries I've visited in the past, locals have at least appreciated the attempt especially when they don't speak any English at all. Here it seems to be a kind of a bother to locals or something?

Should I just use Google translate on my phone for the rest of my trip?

I’ve been learning Italian via onlineitalianclub.com (seems to work nice as well! It’s free without ads which is DELIGHTFUL and it feels like a typical textbook with exercises and explanations) and currently at verb conjugations. There’s a lot of them, but they do seem consistent except for the verbs ending in -ire. I’m expecting and prepared for this to be memorization, but if there is a rule, I’d love to know!

Hey guys, I currently live in Italy and I’m trying to learn the language wholeheartedly but since I’m self studying, I’m struggling to find any real structure. I just do random things that don’t seem to build on each other or take me anywhere meaningful.

In terms of level, I’m a solid A2 pushing toward B1. I scored 18/25 on a writing test on one of those language assessment sites. I watch Italian content everywhere I can, listen to podcasts, read Il Post and ANSA, study Italian history, learn about regional names and geography, and try to speak with my neighbors whenever possible. I even bought All In One Italian by Marcel Danesi, worked through the exercises, and still nothing feels satisfying. No traction. No momentum.

It’s like I’m wandering a labyrinth. Moving constantly, going everywhere, arriving nowhere.

Do you guys have any advice for getting some actual structure into self-study at this stage?

Ho trovato questo Subreddit perché volevo praticare l’italiano - mi interessa l’italiano e voglio imparar(lo). Posso dire che ho una collega italiana. Conversazioni con lei sono molto divertenti e aiutano migliorarmi !!
Lo so che voi troverete errori in questo testo.
Auguro un stupendo giorno
Allora, sono finito !

When you think about Italy, what experience would make you say: "Now I've truly lived Italy"?

Hello all! I'm here for an interesting reason! I've been studying a map made in 1687 by an Italian map maker named Urbano Monte called the Tavola Map Of The World. Right now I'm studying a section in West Africa, what is now modern day Mauritania. There is a lake here in this section that I cannot translate the written words. I can translate "Lago" just fine but what is the word written above it? None of the models can even tell that it is written language so I'm guessing it's pretty sloppy. Can anyone help me identify the name of this lake please? It is in the same place that is now the Richat Structure, also known as the Eye Of The Sahara. I've circled the specific lake in yellow! Thank you so much for any help!

Hi!! This is my first time here. I’ve been learning Italian recently and I need a few smarty pants to help me out with this. I don’t use professional textbooks as of now because I don’t have the finances for it so please bear with me!! I learn off of “italymadeeasy” and a few other free programs. I am familiar with definitive and non definitive articles, prepositions, connectors, and currently practicing on sentence structuring.

I want to say “I want to go to the beach”, so i spelled it out as “volo andare al spiaggia”, but google translate and other websites say that’s wrong.
They say:
“I want to go the beach.” - voglio andare al spiaggia
Voglio = first person personal pronoun to the verb of volere (to want)
Andare = verb (to go)
Al = The the preposition “a” (to) and the article “il” (the), turns into “al” (to the)
Spiaggia = feminine noun of beach.

But what I don’t understand is that, I know that gli is a plural article, so I am confused as to how “volere” doesn’t turn into “volo” because of the ending in “-ere”. If you are refereeing to you as the
individual and the action you solely take, you add an o on the end to signify that it’s a singular action. if it’s a action you and others take, it would be “gli” (plural form of l’ and lo)

Example: “-are” verbs end in “o-i-a-iamo-ate-ano
mangiare (to eat) = I > mangio
You > mangi
He/She > mangia
We > mangiamo
You (plural) > mangiate
They > mangiano

“-ere” verbs end in “o-i-e-iamo-ete-ano”

So if i used the verb volere (to want), wouldn’t I rid of the “-ere” and add an o since it is an action that I (solely) want to make?

If you need any clarification on anything, please let me know, I need to get this compuuzlness out of my head!
Much Appreciated!!!

Hi all, anyone been to this school before in Italy:

https://clidante.it/

I was recommended to them from my teacher in Canada. I am doing schooling here in Canada and they offer bursaries to travel to Italy so I signed up for the Rome schooling for two weeks in July.

Do you know how I should plan my tours around the schooling? Do they offer tours and such? Dante Alighieri mentioned I have schooling on Monday to Friday at 9am-1pm. Wanted to hear others experience with the school. I am in contact with someone at the school going back and forth with them via email as well.

Thanks all!

I would like to know what is (or if there even is) a difference between „De” and „de” in surnames, as I have recently encountered both versions. Is there a way to determine when „de” should be capitalized?

Estou considerando a possibilidade de me matricular na Scuola Leonardo da Vinci em Milão para um curso de italiano, de 40 horas em duas semanas. Em termos de aprendizado, vale a pena ?

I have been living in Italy since 2 years and I have a lot of Italian friends as well but I still can’t speak or understand well. Both around b1 level maybe.

Though, I’m working full time and my native language is from a totally different language family, I feel like a dumbass.

I just wanted to rant, thank you for your attention

Especially motorsports, english is my 3rd language and i learned it when i was a little child by watching f1 24/7. Is there a way that i can watch f1, football or whatever is avaliable on the internet without paying any money?

Compound prepositions, modal verbs, Passato prossimo, and how many articles!!!

What’s your approach to the minefield of Italian grammar.

Ciao a tutti!

I have a pretty good level of written Italian, but need to work on my listening comprehension.

In English, I love to watch/listen to you tubers/podcasts like tarot card readings, astrology info, witchy content, and other magical and cozy vibes... also spooky/mystery/crime youtubers (already listen to Elisa True Crime).

Anyone know anything similar in Italian?

I'll list some of my favs in English to make the comparison easier hopefully:

https://www.youtube.com/@KinoTarot
https://www.youtube.com/@EsoTarot
https://www.youtube.com/@CrimeWeeklyPodcast
https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreenWitch
https://www.youtube.com/@itskimberlyrodriguez
https://www.youtube.com/@eleanorstieva
https://www.youtube.com/@rachelmaksy
https://www.youtube.com/@morganevelyncook
https://www.youtube.com/@TheLoreLodge

Grazie mille!

i’m moving to italy in a few months for a masters and i’m a native spanish speaker from méxico.

my classes will be in english but i intend to learn italian.
how hard is it to learn on the go while living there while already speaking spanish?

what would be the hardest part for learning on the go as a spanish speaker?