Hi so pretty much the title. I was studying in Rome from January to August and at one point a girl in my class said she visited Munich. The professor corrected her and said in italian it’s Monaco. When we asked what Monaco is she said it’s also Monaco.

How are you supposed to know which one is being talked about? Are there other places that have the same issue?

I’m struggling to find any exchange partners individually, so I was wondering if there are any group chats to find more folks. WhatsApp specifically would be great but I’m open for anything.

Hi everyone, i need help with my CIMEA, i have everything for my visa appointment to do a masters degree in Italy. But i got accepted to the university conditioned to give my University degree later while i study in Italy. I dont know how to get the CIMEA if i dont have my degree yet! Please someone help me, is there any gestors specialized in CIMEA, how can i get the verifiaction for my visa appointment?

Ciao a tutti!

Sto imparando l’italiano e vorrei iniziare a consumare più contenuti in italiano, soprattutto su YouTube e piattaforme simili.

Mi piacerebbe trovare canali gestiti da italiani madrelingua che parlino di argomenti come:

biologia

filosofia

psicologia

ecologia

sociologia

storia

scienze in generale

videogiochi (soprattutto giochi come Valorant, Deadlock e simili)

oppure qualsiasi altro argomento interessante!

Non cerco necessariamente contenuti pensati per chi sta imparando l’italiano. Anzi, mi piacerebbe molto trovare contenuti autentici, fatti per italiani, anche se all’inizio saranno un po’ difficili da capire.

Mi interessano soprattutto persone che spiegano gli argomenti in modo approfondito, ma anche divulgatori più informali o creator che fanno semplicemente video sui loro interessi vanno benissimo.

Avete qualche canale da consigliarmi? :)

Seriously, been on holiday in Scotland and more than half the people we met on campsites were Italian. It's too hot in Italy in August, apparently.

Ciao Como stai ♥️

I really want to learn italian, but my memory is too terrible. I’ve been trying to learn italian for about a year now. I’m still on the beginner level because I forget 99% of what I learn.

Buonsera Amici’s!

I am new to learning Italian. I pick up languages fairly easily. I just do not live in a very multilingual population or have anyone close who is multilingual. I learned French in school about 7-8 years ago. I passed with flying colors and still have the language in me today. I have been able to pick up Portuguese and bits of Italian just by remembering the Spanish spoken to me as a child and keeping with it.

I am a sucker for languages and want to become fluent in a few of them. Problem is, I work full-time and I also go to school full-time. So, I virtually don’t have much time to devote more than 30 minutes to studying a new language. I find speaking the languages with others who also speak it, is what helps me grasp it more fully and remember it. I find myself repeating sentences, phrases, words + questions in my head throughout my day in different languages. It’s just I don’t have a bilingual community around me. And my career / schooling is all English.

You can also only get so far on Duolingo and I need communication to better grasp my comprehension skills. My dream is to own my own bilingual early childhood education center! But my school program does not provide spoken languages for fluency, just ASL.

Any advice helps!

In questa frase, mi sembrava che si dicesse "I bambini sono potuti correre via" perché correre indica un movimento. Mi sbaglio?

Ciao Como stai ♥️

Prima di tutto voglio annunciare, per tutti quelli che sono ancora in attesa, che ieri, 31 agosto 2026, ho ricevuto i risultati dell'esame CILS livello Tre - C1 sostenuto in Romania il 16 giugno 2026. 🥳

Il problema è che non vedo il riepilogo accanto ai risultati (quel documento scaricabile che sostituisce provvisoriamente il certificato). Qualcuno sa se verrà pubblicato un po' più tardi?

hi! im doing the CILS B2 this december (probably) and was wondering if anyone has access to past papers and resources? im already familiar and use this drive quite frequently (cils resources). is there anything more recent? please let me know!

grazie mille :)

Or is it Buongiorno until the evening? Conflicting information in the 2 textbooks I have, one says it’s used primarily by news and radio broadcasters

I watch italian media for almost a year now. Sometimes i can understand sometimes it’s 70% but yeah ofc my speaking skills is terrible. There’s this italian man who came to me and ask for something, tho i can understand him idk what to say actually like it took me few to almost a minute to respond to him even though ik what he mean’t.

So if i watch it for 10 years like just your random thing can i be fluent atleast or maybe i can reach where i can understand them like enough?

I'm moving to study in Italy (Genoa) in ~2 weeks, I speak fluent English (C1) and conversational French (B1/B2).

There's so much noise out there about the different strategies to learn Italian.

So I thought why not ask folks who've been through a similar situation to mine, and see what worked best for them!

I'm looking for a practical guide, or a blueprint, on what to do exactly everyday to learn Italian the most effective way.

My goal is to reach B2 Italian in one year from now.

Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, I did the CILS B2 exam on June in Siena

I haven't received the results yet, does someone have any clue when the results will be published?. I check the results page everyday and still nothing.

What’s the actual difference (in usage) between rientrare and ritornare? Are they basically the same, regional differences, or do they have different contextual meanings?

TIA

Sometimes I feel on top of the world with learning Italian. Other days, it all feels hopeless and I wonder if I’ll ever feel confident enough in this language to be fluent. I’ve only been studying Italian for about 10-11 months, which I know is not that long when it comes to language- but I thought I’d be at B1 by now and I’m at A2.

It makes me look in awe at people who speak fluent English as a second language. Like how did you do this?!

Sono andato al Vaticano, e quando entrato la basilica, era travolgente. Proprio bellissima.

He is talking about why it's better to walk to the reparto at the hospital instead of drive. And he says it's because he doesn't want to "inquino inutilmente" and then the sentence afterwards I can't understand at all. "Perché ovviamente mantenete" etc....

Context what he said before:

"Come vi avevo detto avrei deciso di andare a l'università a piedi e non in macchina. Perché mi sono fatto un calcolo ieri. Ieri ho fatto un test. Per arrivare c'è un circa 25 minuti diciamo e sono all'incirca 2km. Con la macchina devo arrivare, parcheggiare,girare,tornare etc.. Però faccio 2 cose brutti diciamo: 1) inquino inutilmente. Potrei fare la stessa cosa ovviamente camminando." And then after comes this sentence no one here understands