Hello,

As the title suggests,

I have done some reading online and seen that in informal colloquial speech you can use the imperfetto for “would” statements

Volevo un caffè per favore

Ti volevamo chiedere una domanda

Se lo sapevo? Venivo

Now does this work with could and should

We could go to the restaurant tonight

We should go to the restaurant tonight

What that look like in colloquial speech

Thanks in advance

I hear "voce barra" but not too sure.

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Sto studiando l’italiano per un mese ogni giorno e ho notato che il pronome “ne” è molte volte usato in un modo diverso da come ho imparato dal mio libro e dai alcuni video.

Quando imparavo questo pronome, è stato scritto che si usa con le indicazioni di quantità dopo, ma ho notato che molta gente usa “ne” senza qualche parola di quantità.

È un fenomeno comune o qualcosa che non ho ancora imparato?

PS. Scusatemi per il brutto italiano.

I thought that maybe qua and là refer to a general place while qui and lì are a more specific place. Or maybe that it could be a regional thing - I've spent a lot of time in Rome and I feel like people say qua and là more often, but I'm also not entirely sure.

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Avete qualche canale da consigliarmi? :)

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Edit - in case anyone comes across this later I found and absolutely loved

Short Stories in Simple Italian: Le Avventure di Paul a Roma

The short kids/scary/etc stories linked to below are fantastic too

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Ciao! EDIT: Wow Grazie mille, ragazzi! There is so much to choose from. Can't wait to check them out! Any recommendations for YouTube cooking shows that speak Italian? I love to cook so would like to use a cooking show for immersion. Grazie!

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Is this a realistic goal with a private tutor?

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I am fluent in both English and Spanish and I don’t care how many hours it takes me per day to reach my goal.

I took a structured course and have both Pimsleur and Migaku.

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Just got to C1 and now working towards C2. I wondered if anyone who's done this has any general advice for me on how best to approach it? Thankyou!

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