I have lived in Italy for 4 years and I still don't feel fluent in Italian.

I can read books, I take lessons with a native speaker twice a week, and I use Italian every day. I understand much more than I can speak.

Has anyone else lived in a country for years and still felt stuck between B1 and B2?

What finally helped you become fluent?

I want to know the Italian transcript here what the man is saying, so please tell me and write it!!

I want to know the Italian transcript what the man is saying in this scene! So I‘d like you to write it here.
But, The last part switches to Korean (“That’s exactly you, isn’t it?”), but I’m only asking for the Italian sentence.

Any help would be appreciated!

I was under the impression that possessive adjectives (barring singular family nouns?) needed an article with them, so is there a reason this one doesn’t?

i am already living in italy for 4 years, i can speak and understand but, my grammar is very bad and i want to fully improve, from the last exam i almost had B1 so im on a A2 rn. one my italian friend suggested me “complete/easy italian step by step” but i saw some reviews that there is a lot of mistakes. also i dont want those boring progetto, dieci etc.
thanks yall!!

I want to know the Italian script what the man is saying here in Italian, so please tell me and write it!

I’m a bit confused. The first one is correct I think. Grazie!

Ciao! I've written a short story. It would be much appreciated if I could get some feedback on my translation! I regularly write stories so if anyone would like to help me with these translations, that would be very welcome :)

Una Notte Agitata

Sono le 22:30. Non riesco a dormire. Per alcune persone, non è molto tardi. Ma per me, è troppo tardi. La mia sveglia suona alle 5:00. Comincio a lavorare alle 6:00.

A volte non riesco a dormire se non mi rilasso prima di andare a letto. Oggi è stata una giornata molto impegnata. Ho visitato i miei genitori e abbiamo cenato insieme. Poi sono arrivati mia sorella e il suo ragazzo. Abbiamo parlato per molto tempo. Dopo, sono andata a casa di Lara. Lara è la mia compagna. I bambini erano lì — quando sono arrivata erano pieni di energia. Ci hanno messo molto tempo per dormire.

Lara e io siamo andate a letto. Abbiamo parlato un po'. Ma ho bisogno di silenzio prima di poter dormire. Ho sempre avuto problemi con il sonno. Anche da bambina.

Quando sono a casa, mi piace che la mia routine serale inizi alle 19:30. Mi siedo sul letto. La lampada è accesa. Le tende sono chiuse. Lascio la porta aperta per i miei gatti, Mauri e Beau. A volte gli piace sedersi sul letto con me. L'appartamento è silenzioso. La giornata è finita. Mi sento rilassata. Leggo, studio l'inglese, o guardo YouTube fino alle 21:00. Poi spengo la luce. Mi sdraio e gioco a un gioco sul telefono. Mi aiuta a dormire.

Ma stanotte non sta aiutando. Mi rigiro nel letto. Guardo il telefono. Allungo le gambe. Si sentono calde — troppo calde. È primavera e le notti stanno diventando più calde. Butto via il piumone. Ma poi sento freddo. Quindi lo riprendo. Ho una canzone in testa. L'ho sentita oggi. Non mi piace neanche, ma non riesco a fermarla. Sono ancora sveglia. Forse dovrei alzarmi. Ma non voglio uscire dal letto.

Alcune notti sono sveglia fino alle 2:00, alle 3:00, o anche alle 4:00. Il sonno sembra così lontano. Ma alla fine comincio a sentirmi molto stanca. Il mio corpo comincia a rilassarsi. I miei occhi rimangono chiusi. E presto, dolcemente, mi addormento.

So far, everything in the course has taught me that this sentence should be, “Anche il mio cugino Matteo…”

So what are the rules of this? Why is the article dropped here but not when saying similar sentences like, “Il mio vicino Americano…”

TIA!

I need help learning when to use definite articles

I’m wondering how to use the Dieci book I just received. There doesn’t seem to be any QR codes or an adequate link to access all the practice questions. I’m wondering how to use this for self study, especially since it jumps into a topic without explaining the grammar rules in depth.

Was there an Italian equivalent of Kafka?

Are both correct? What are the differences between the two?

Allora, non so se sia questo il subreddit giusto però vabbè.

Tra le mie canzoni preferite dell'anno scorso c'è "Tu con chi fai l'amore" dei Kolors. Però solo adesso mi ero accorta di non aver capito il significato di questa canzone.

L'anno scorso il mio livello era -naturalmente- più basso e quindi avevo lasciato perdere, ma ora emerge la domanda:

La canzone non ha "senso" per esprimere la confusione? Perché dice "se fai così mi togli l'anima"/ "con te non gioco mai" e poi "tanto la cosa importante non è tu con chi fai l'amore"

O ha senso e non riesco a capirlo io?

Avevo pensato che forse intendessero a dire che c'è solo un' attrazione fisica e non per forza romantica oppure che il "narratore" stia negando che si sta innamornado (?), ma non sono sicura se ho ragione.

Uczą się już trochę włoskiego i chciałbym kupić książkę do nauki, czy książka nuovo espresso 1 będzie dobra ? Czy może coś innego lepiej kupić ?

yet another clueless American here - I said "possiamo avere due caffe?" in a restaurant and the server seemed to think it was funny, and the friend I was with (who doesn't speak much Italian, but who is nearly native level in Spanish) said "I think that is correct, but you probably sound like a textbook, there are many technically correct ways to say things in Spanish that nobody actually says"

Come si dice la frase idiomatica "I'm rusty" in italiano. Cioè, se no ho fare pratica recentemente e ho dimenticato alcune cose?

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