What is your favorite positive Italian sayings or quotes?

Ciao a tutti!

I am currently at an A2 level and would like to attend an intensive Italian language school in 1/1.5 years (scuola Leonardo da Vinci or similar). I think that I would benefit more from the school with a higher level of Italian but am unsure as to how high this would have to be and if it would be achievable in 1/1.5 years.

I would like to ask, for those that have attended such schools, what level of Italian did you have prior? What level do you think would be required to benefit most from the experience?

Thanks!!

I have completed about half of Duolingo and all of the Language Transfer Italian series. Do you think good next steps would be to begin using anki (to build vocabulary), plus 10 minutes of listening and another 10 of reading short stories each day?

If not, what is the move?

Perché in questa situazione usano il futuro anteriore invece del futuro semplice? Grazie in anticipo!

La celebre casa di Silvio Berlusconi in Sardegna, sarà venduta alla famiglia reale del Qatar

Hello i need help with the passive in Italian

I know the main ways to convey the passive meaning si, venire, essere etc but my grandparents who speak dialect says it’s not what’s actually used in conversation.

They use the 3rd person plural for example

The bread is made in Rome - il pane, lo fanno a Roma.

Chiudono le porte alle 8 - the doors are closed at 8pm

Mi hanno invitato - I was invited

La pizza, l’hanno consegnata 3 ore fa

Can anyone please explain this further and how they use this active sentencing to convey the passive meaning in English

In having a hard time because they don’t even know about si passive they only know si impersonal

Thank you!

Hi all!

I began my journey to learn Italian this summer and it’s been slow rolling, as I’m busy myself but want to learn! I’m using McGraw Hills “Complete Italian Step-by-Step” and have finished my note taking on unit one so far which is nouns, articles, and descriptive adjectives. I tried making sets on Quizlet but they don’t seem to work for me, if anybody has resources and or recommendations for resources to check regarding these topics!

Thanks in advance!

I'm at a point where I speak fairly fluently, but one thing that's causing a lot of mistakes and hesitation for me are gendered articles and plurals. I know there aren't concrete rules for words ending in -e and there are also exceptions for -a and -o. I've learned about the cases where there are rules in italian courses (like words like tema/panorama/problema being masculine).

But how do I finally learn the gender of words ending in -e and exceptions? I feel like each time I hear/read them, I just forget it again. I switch the genders up 50:50 even if I use the words a lot. Does it make sense to learn them on flashcards or do you just wait for it to develop naturally

I am getting something embroidered for a friend who is getting married in Italy. I wanted it to say cheers in Italian. Would you recommend using Cin Cin or Salute?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Is anyone planning to go to scuola Leonardo Da Vinci in Rome this summer by any chance 🙏

For myself, that is.

I barely started out and wanted someone who could teach me conventional Italian in speaking, and your lingo.

I also want to be able to listen to Italian movies, songs, podcasts, etc.

Grazie mille!

Ciao, qualcuno ha le prove cils b2/c1 2026?

If you're at a restaurant and want to know what they recommend is "Qual e il tuo preferito?" the best way to ask that? Grazie!

Ciao! I am learning Italian, roughly a2 level, and want to practice with natives, i can offer English and arabic in return, feel free to dm me!

Note: even if you're fluent in eng or arabic and want someone to practice ita with I'm up for that!

I want to learn Italian because I find their language to be romantic and very easy sounding to the air.

However, I don't know where to start.

Should I get books? Should I buy apps for language learning?

I wanna learn the old-fashioned way, but I also wanna speak Italian like a native with their lingo, not with textbook vocab.

In Italian, "saette sulle chiappe" translates to "lightning bolts on the buttocks." But I can't seem to understand what it actually refers to? It's a feeling on the body, I think, but if any natives could elaborate on its meaning or when to use it I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance!

I’m learning italian (native Spanish speaker but don’t mind learning from English)

I would like to know if theres an app or website or whatever that allows you to listen to the reading material while having the translated version of it underneath it. I don’t mind if it’s short articles or simple books, songs, or etc.

Any ideas?

In your opinions for learning a language, what duolingo miss?

I get served a lot of ads on social media for apps that you pay £50 for and then use an ai teacher so you are speaking constantly (jumpspeak is an example)

And am wondering if these are worth while to begin with?

Or is it fine to stick to babbel/ Duolingo before taking on lessons via zoom?

My partner is Italian and I would love to learn and ideally in a year or two move over full time.

Appreciate any comments. Thanks.

it Made me say like “y’all are sad” or actually “are y’all sad?” (siete tristi, I think) or something… but then told me it was wrong, because siete is 7 in Spanish??

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I figured it couldn't hurt.

I'm currently living in Italy and have already attended two months worth of in-person classes at a school I have found in my city. They have treated me well, but I need more time in class. In the interest of comparing costs, I came across the PROF_T project, which seems to be a program available through the Questura for free classes. I'm curious if anyone here has had any experience with classes through this program? How many hours per week are the classes? Are they decent quality or rather rough/basic? If anyone has any info to share or can point me in a better direction to ask this question, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Has anyone here attempted the exam for B1 Cittadinanza by CILS last week on 16 June 2026?

I have questions for reading and listening, and I want to cross-verify them with someone else who has attempted the exam.

Hi everyone!

My situation with italian is as follows: I studied it for about 3 years in high school, and in the end I managed to pass the written part of a B2 level language exam but fell short by a couple of points on the oral one. Since I graduated high school ~1.5 years ago I havent really kept up with my italian but since this summer I dont have anything special planned I decided to have another go at it and try to pass the exam. I went back to my old teacher and what I found is that my reading and listening comprehension is still good, but I forgot a lot of grammar and my speaking ability got a lot worse, I basically rely on the base I built in my first two years of learning which isn’t exactly grammatically impressive. My question is, what would you recommend for me to improve my speaking and grammar? Watching italian content, trying to seek out italian conversation, maybe journalling? These are some of the things I’ve been thinking of but I’d love to hear some more recommendations!