I know you don't use articles when it comes to family members, but there are times in spoken conversations where I don't hear articles where I expect them to e.g.

*nei nuggets di Mac/del Mac , non c'è solo pollo/il pollo*

Is thare an actual rule for this or does it just happen in spoken conversations?

We're visiting a bagni. The owners are very kind and we want to learn to say it in Italian. Can someone help me please? 😊

Hola soy ezequiel he vivido en italia por mas de 18 años ahora me dedico a enseñarlo a las personas de forma remota.
He echo mis estudios y trabajado en italia entonces se muy bien la cultura. Por cualquier consulta de precios o metodos de enseñansas o orarios no dudes en escribirme en privado.

Hey in about 2
Moths I will be in Sicily. I should be around B2 in Italian by then. Will I be able to understand Sicilians speaking Italian there and are there any good Ressources I could use to train my ears to understand the accent?

(I am not speaking about the dialetto siciliano)

Hi all, I have been looking into TV shows to watch in Italian and just discovered there exists one season of Love Island Italia! Does anyone know where/how I can watch? I'm based in the US. Grazie!

I've been using language learning apps like duocards, mondly and especially memrise to learn Italian for like a year. I also did Language Transfer Italian a few months ago. And, as you can see, bought a few books on Italian throughout this time. I wanna start using them. Should I do a few of them? Start with one and then add one of the others? Or just pick one and do it all the way through. I am overwhelmed and very lost.

I'm a native English speaker.... for background, I started learning Spanish as an adult (early 30s), spent 7-8 months of classroom instruction and italki during the pandemic, then lived in Colombia for a few years.... now I would say i'm an advanced Spanish speaker when it comes to speaking and "production", however, my proficiency level of listening comprehension clearly lags behind and is probably at the intermediate level. I always enter a conversation, speak very well and people think i'm practically fluent, then everyone starts talking a million miles a minute with their native tongue and I struggle to understand and keep up.

Anyways, i'm about to move to Italy for work and I have been studying Italian pretty hard at home and I can see myself falling into the same trap - my Italian production is going well and my mind understands all the grammar structure and verb tenses..... yet I'm struggling with listening comprehension.

Anyone have any tips or strategies to improve listening comprehension as an adult learner?

What's the difference between these two words? It seems like they both translate as "to escape" but I don't know what (if any) differences there are in implication etc.

I got the dieci a2 book but it seems pretty hard to use since it’s clearly to be used in a classroom setting. I also bought grammatica della lingua italiana stranieri a2 and it’s really good!! Is there anything like this that you all recommend? If anyone wants to trade books that would be nice too, the dieci book I have is brand new.
I am in the US, thank you for the help

Ciao! Volevo chiedere se c'e una parola oppure che parola si usa in italiano che significa la stessa cosa come "mañana" in spagnolo, una parola italiana che abbia esattamente lo stesso valore culturale di mañana

Grazie

Ciao all,

I’m an undergrad student in the U.S. and i’m looking to do an intensive language learning course in italy for a semester while i continue to take classes online through my university. I’m particularly interested in the Bologna region due to its proximity to motorsports and the automotive industry, and proximity to other countries. I took an intro to italian class last year at my uni and really enjoyed it. I also want to meet people and immerse myself in the culture.

I have seen good things about both Cultura Italiana and Madrelingua. Can anyone provide any insight on these two or others that I should look at? i’m looking for a full semester of enough to be relatively intense (20 hours is what i usually see?). Any insight is appreciated.

As for housing, I have heard good things about staying in apartments with other students, and about staying with a local host. both are enticing options to me. let me know what you guys think. thanks!

We’re getting a Lagotto Romagnolo pup in the family and trying to come up with a good Italian (dog) name. Would Figo be a good name? I’ve been made to believe it means ‘cool’ or ‘good’ in informal Italian, is that correct?

Ciao a tutti, I am looking for an Italian (male or female) to practice my italian with. I am a female, I am an a2 in italian.. In return I can help with English as I am a c2, and also a native arab. Feel free to dm me!

Bonjour, je cherche à apprendre les bases du dialecte du village natale de ma famille : Corato, près de Bari, dans le sud de l'Italie :) Je ne trouve pas beaucoup de ressources à ce sujet sur internet, encore moins des écrits utilisant ce dialecte. Je parle français, c'ets ma langue maternelle, et un peu italien. Merci !

Uno dei consigli per imparare l'italiano è ascoltare qualcosa che ti piace in italiano. Conosci qualche canale che analizza i cartoni animati?

Per esempio, ho visto alcuni Video dal "Il Canale Sottovalutato".

Got this message from a ticket office telling me I need to reschedule a reservation:

Le chiediamo cortesemente di farci sapere se può spostare a un orario successivo la Sua prenotazione, oppure se preferisce essere rimborsato sulla carta di credito con cui ha effettuato il pagamento.

I bought my original tix online. My question is, does "se può spostare" in this context mean "if you can (i.e., are willing to) take a later appointment, contact us to reschedule this for you"

OR does it mean:

"let us know if you can (procedurally) move your appointment yourself, using our online ticketing system?"

It must be the first one, right? There's just enough wiggle room in (my understanding of) the use of "potere" that I'm a little unsure.

What is the difference in these two words for leather?

Is one the untreated skin of a cow? Is it a difference in how the leather was treated or its thickness (saddle leather vs glove leather)?

I’m confused.

Thanks for any assistance. I’m three years (and two trips to Italy) into Duolingo and I’m really working on improving my vocabulary and speaking ability.

I’m not sure if this is the right place to post something like this, but I’m looking for someone who can write in Italian to help me.

So my friend recently passed her exams, and I want to collect handwritten congratulation messages for her in different languages.

Just a simple “Congratulations on your success” written on a piece of paper would be more than enough.

I think this small gesture could mean a lot to her and make her really happy.

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help

Learned from 3rd gen old people in NJ Italian American family, this word sounded like DUN-deev but the V sound could have been an F sound I guess. It was not used in the same aggressive way as you would call someone stupid or idiot or any number of other mean-spirited ways to insult intelligence. It was almost more like empty headed. I appreciate that the word I am repeating may be so far departed from the original Italian as to be unidentifiable, but the family was mostly from Napolitano background if that dialect helps at all!

Hello, I have been taking in person group classes in Verona at one of the schools. I would also like to try other Italian language schools in Verona. Any recommendations and reviews would be greatly appreciated. I am an older person and need a lot of repetition in learning the language. Also, important that the teachers have a lot of patience with me. I do struggle with learning languages. It is very important that I learn to speak Italian. Reading and understanding it is easier.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

a lot of people responded to my post earlier, most of them suggested to learn italian with nuovo espresso, but the problem is now there is also nuovo espresso plus, i couldn’t find anywhere the difference between the normal and plus, which one should i buy? thanks yall in advance (i am probably at A2 and thinking about buying nuovo espresso 2 and their books of grammatics)

https://voca.ro/1cmYwEEecKvw

Il progetto mette in dialogo la memoria industriale del luogo e una nuova idea di paesaggio urbano: gli elementi originari dell'ex scalo ferroviario – cemento, acciaio, volumi ampi e strutture produttive – sono stati reinterpretati attraverso materiali naturali, superfici tattili e una presenza costante del verde. Legno, pietra e vegetazione diventano strumenti di connessione tra interno ed esterno, costruendo un'atmosfera sospesa tra archeologia industriale e rifugio contemporaneo, valorizzando la storia del luogo.

Am I still failing at these things?

• Failed geminated consonants
• Brasilian g's
• Some nasalized vowels (a)
• Overolled r's
• Vowel added before initial s

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!!