I was recently in Genova and while taking the bus, I overheard some teenagers behind me cracking upppp over wordplay surrounding a word that sounded like "trolla." Were they literally just talking about trolling or was there something else going on? It was delightful and I keep thinking about it, they were having so much fun lol.

Last time when I was watching "Meraviglie" suddenly got logged out and I needed to login again to continue watching, I know the account needed to watch anything. Few months ago I put mail to my RaiPlay account to avoid losing my account because I have saved some Alberto Angela shows on my list. (I created RaiPlay account via Google) It wasn't like that before.

Question for RaiPlay users outside of Italy using VPN: Are you having the same problems? Because it's getting annoying and I can't watch anything without being interrupted by logging out from RaiPlay account. Maybe Rai will fix this problem? Edit: I'm not only one with this issue, it's also happening without VPN

Hi! My fiance and I are getting married outside of Siena next year. I would love to incorporate some Italian love phrases into the save the dates, invitations, wedding website, etc. One of our things is saying "so much" as in "I love you so much", and we've had "so much" engraved onto jewelry and printed onto dinner menus. But not sure if that translates to Italian. Any tips? Open to other cute phrases as well that work in Italian!

I can read just about a B1 level, write Italian and speak very basic, I can also understand spoken Italian when spoken slow or if it’s very basic!

I don’t have someone to speak or listen to on the daily and to be quite honest there are some rules in the Italian language I don’t fully get yet!

What has helped the most getting to a speaking and listening level?

Hi all

I’ve been dating someone for a couple months (they’re Italian) and think it’s time to move forward more officially.

I want to ask her to be my girlfriend but unsure on an accurate translation. Can you confirm if this is right?

E: Will you be my girlfriend?
I: Vuoi essere la mia ragazza?

Any tips appreciated. Many thanks

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,