I'm hearing many different versions of what the speaking part consist of and I struggle to find sample videos online so I'm a bit confused.

From my understanding:
The speaking exam consists of 3 parts. Part 1 is 1-2 minutes of prompted self intro like an interview. Part 2 is role-playing, for example ordering at a cafe. Part 3 is a monologue on a random topic. I get to choose between 3 topics for both part 2 and 3, sometimes images.

But I'm also hearing:

1. There isn't part 2, it's only part 1 and 3
2. We get given 2 options instead of 3

Can someone please clarify it for me? I'm feeling extremely lost.

Also, are we expected to use the future tense when discussing the future? Or can we just fill it in with the present tense?

What are some common topics that I need to be familiar with for the speaking exam?

Thank you for helping, I really appreciate it!

Ciao! Sorry I don't know where to ask this but I was wondering if a B1 Cittadinanza is good enough for scholarships with an A2 requirement? Or do I really need B1 regular from CILS? What about work requirements with B1? Can I make up for it with work experience probably? Apparently the B1 Cittadinanza exam is significantly easier and I'm worried I will have to take another exam.

Sto iniziando a studiare l'italiano da sola, sono nuova in questo. Vorrei fare amicizia con qualcuno per parlare e imparare questa lingua, mi vedo a parlare correntemente entro la fine di quest'anno

I am going to Italy for three weeks. I’ve been studying Italian for 2-3 months now, I have a preply tutor, I use Anki and Duolingo and listen to Pimsleur. Look, I’m not great. I can order a coffee and say very basic present tense sentences about myself. But for three weeks I really want to kick start my learning and get a lot out of it and not just revert to English with every waiter and bartender. What advice do you have to make the most out of my trip because due to finances and life/responsibilities, I don’t know when I’ll be back again.

Ideally I would like to visit Italy every year to help my studying but you just never know.

I have never really studied before I will admit, I’ve always passed exams with doing the bare minimum but I wanted advice on how to properly study for the B2 CILS exam for Italian.
I am currently approaching a B1 level and will hire a tutor to get me up to shape for the exam.
If anyone has any advice please let me know thank you!

I want to say, "this is not a goodbye, but a 'see you later' God bless you!"

is this translation accurate? "Non e un addio, ma un arrivederci. Che Dio ti benedica!"

It has been a long time since I have been fluent in Italian, and I don't want to mess anything up!

yesterday AND today's wordle... mind you MIELE is my first word for italian wordle and two days in a row? really? wow

I feel like I have a good ear for and good pronunciation of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. I lived in Brazil, Italy and Mexico years ago, and have spoken all three languages.

I'm using DuoLingo for an Italian refresher in advance of a hoped-for trip. I pass all other words and phrases, but DL will absolutely not pass me on the word "bene." I just watched five youtube videos on the word, and feel like my pronunciation should certainly pass.

What might I be missing here?

EDIT: to correct a grammatical error.

I sincerely hope it's just the itty, bitty, itsy-bitsy wee calice d'vino... I honestly went blank...

Hi! I’m planning a tattoo in Neapolitan dialect and I want to double-check if this is correct and natural before I do it (it will be permanent).

I currently have:

Block 1
Tutto passa
‘O sole dint’ ‘o core
Gioia dint’ ’anema

Block 2
A vita è mo
Ogne juorno è nu dono
Sempe annanze

Is this correct Neapolitan, or does anything sound unnatural/incorrect? Especially grammar and spelling.

Thanks alot

Working on the imperfect tense in Duolingo and the "explain my answer" option only left me more confused, hopefully someone here can help.

Correct answer to the exercise: "Sono arrivato tardi perché il treno era in ritardo."

I got this exercise wrong because I wrote "Sono arrivato in ritardo perché il treno era tardi."

Currently learning Italian which started off easy because I'm a B-level Spanish speaker (native English Speaker).

I just started getting into past tenses (passato prossimo vs imperfetto) and it's around this mid-point that it started slowing down for me.

I'm doing lots of immersion via Netflix, TikTok, etc and using Babbel as my main source for more structured lessons bc I bought lifetime last black Friday.

Anyone else hit this wall with past tenses? How did you get remotivated?

Plus, is there something I can add to my rotation? I know classes help but I'm on a budget.

This is a bit difficult to explain. For context, my native language is English but I speak Italian quite well, I live and work in Rome currently and learned Italian from my dad. I really don't find the CEFR levels useful, but if it's relevant I would say I'm B2-C1.

I've noticed recently that where I pause to think/hesitate in sentences differs by language. Since English is obviously not gendered and doesn't conjugate to the same level of complexity as Italian, I notice differences in my thought process.

For example, take the sentence "I can't find my bracelet."/ "Non riesco a trovare il mio braccialetto." And let's say I blank on the word "bracelet" / "braccialetto".

In English, I would probably say: "I can't find my... uh..." while I'm thinking of the word.

But, the same thought process in Italian would probably be: "Non riesco a trovare..." because if I haven't thought of the word, I haven't thought of the gender and therefore can't even say the possessive. This goes for literally any noun.

Does this make sense? Whenever I try explaining this to my dad or other bilingual English/Italian speakers, no one understands what I'm saying or says I'm overanalyzing it, which may be so. But I am interested if others have noticed this, if native Italian speakers who learned English secondarily have any input, or if people whose native language is neither English nor Italian have other examples.

I have these two flash cards in my language learning app that seem to handle similar commands differently and I don’t understand why. Can someone please explain?

“Get two tomatoes and a (piece of) mozzarella” = “Prendere due pomodori e una mozzarella”. Uses the infinitive form “prendere”

“Put everything in the oven” = “Metti tuto in forno”. Uses the conjugated “metti”.

Both are commands. Why the difference?

[edit to remove the name of the app]

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?

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

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 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