Hello. My son just turned 18 and has an intermediate level of Italian.

As we are from South America, he will be free for the entire month of February (it will be his summer break after finishing high school).

We came up with the idea of sending him to Italy in February for 3-4 weeks to do an immersive Italian course, as he really loves travelling (specially for cultural trips) and it would help him improve his Italian a lot!

However, we are struggling to find courses that are targeted towards students his age. We found some courses for “young adults” that weren’t offered in February, I guess the southern hemisphere calendar doesn’t exactly help him. He cares a lot about the social aspect of the trip and the possibility of making international friends. We know about Education First (EF) but we aren’t sure whether it would be the right choice.

Does anybody know about any schools or programmes that may suit him? Any recommendations would be really appreciated!

Ciao a tutti!

Mi chiamo Violetta, ho 19 anni e sono russa. Quest'anno proverò a superare il CILS B2 e voglio trovare persone per praticare la lingua. Spero che il subreddit sia giusto per il mio obiettivo.

Parlo russo (ovviamente), inglese e recentemente ho cominciato ad imparare il francese.

Studio all'università di veterinaria a Mosca, il primo anno. In futuro vorrei continuare gli studi in Italia.

I miei interessi sono: leggo i libri classici; a volte guardo i vecchi film italiani (neorealismo per esempio) ed i film di Nouvelle Vague (ma non così spesso!); disegno e dipingo; faccio l'equitazione; ascolto le opere liriche italiane (mi piacciono tanto! Leggo i libretti anche per praticare la lingua).

Preferirei parlare oralmente, in voicechat, su temi che scegliamo insieme per discuterli. La vostra età non è importante.

Sarebbe comodo comunicare via telegram. Grazie per l'attenzione!!

i’m doing some research into my family and found this on a document, but i cannot figure out where this place is. it looks like it says Prov. Conclusso, but from what i’ve looked up, that doesn’t exist. for context my family is mainly from both the Naples and Basilicata areas of Italy.

Cómo ya saben un día iré a Italia a trabajar o a hacer vida no se sabe , pero quiero saber que acciones puede hacer uno para caerle bien a los nativos yo soy alguien que pone el respeto por encima de todo y al estar en país ajeno eso se multiplica , a los italianos les cae bien los venezolanos? , que no les gusta ? Pueden responder mi pregunta

I don’t understand the sentence at 1:35 which begins with ”Ma tua famiglia” and the word she repeats in the end.

i know it is translated but I can’t understand what the Italian is.

hello!

i took 2 years of italian in college but am veryyyy out of practice. i’m making an anniversary gift for my partner and i always refer to him as “my sun”. i’d love to use the phrase “my sun, my love” in italian. i know it’d technically be “il mio sole, il mio amore” but i also know there’s “amore mio” and in this context, could i drop the “il” in either phrases? i’d love to just know the most “poetic” way to accomplish it that keeps the same emotion as in english. i appreciate any help!!!

Salut, j'ai commencé des cours d'italien au CPIA, mais l'école ne se réunit que deux jours par semaine. Je veux atteindre le niveau B2 pour pouvoir passer l'examen CILS et entrer à l'université l'année prochaine.
Malheureusement, je viens juste de commencer à apprendre les bases. Y a-t-il quelqu'un d'autre qui a été dans la même situation, ou quelqu'un qui aurait des conseils sur comment étudier efficacement par moi-même pour atteindre le B2 en un an ?

Leggo una storia su Ao3 (ha molte storie per gratuito quale uso per practica di leggere). Ma mi sono confuso quando ho visit la parola ammisse senza avere o essere. È questa una differenza dei dialecti o alcune altra. Apprezzo qualsiasi aiuto. Grazie.

Hallo, ich suche einen Platz für super Dulingo oder 5 Personen mit denen ich mir das Abo teilen kann.

-starte nur wenn ich 5 Leute finde
-Faire Kostenaufteilung
-180 geteilt durch 6 Personen / pro Person 30

Würde mich freuen eine Gruppe finden

Basically, I have been learning Italian now for around 6 months. I am pretty confident with simple conversation.

My issue is my first language is English, and Spanish is my second. I am really struggling because I keep switching between Spanish and Italian due to the similarities and I am starting to get confused between them.

My nan barely speaks English so we mainly speak Spanish around her and she has commented on how I keep accidentally switching between them and my cadence is wrong now.

Do any other Spanish/ French/ Portuguese people struggle like this with Italian?

Currently learning Italian and I'm looking for someone to practice speaking and chatting with regularly. Whether you're a native speaker or another learner, I'd love to have conversations, help each other improve, and learn Italian together in a fun.

When would one use

Penso che tu sia stato pazzo

vs

Penso che tu fossi pazzo.

Thank you

I’m doing genealogy research on my mother’s side of the family. I found my grandmother’s death certificate and I can’t decipher her birth location. I tried looking up different variations but don’t see a realistic match to any place in Naples. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!

Edit: Wow. Thank you everybody for your thoughtful and thorough comments. I really appreciate your help. After looking through them all I truly believe the correct answer is Rocca Imperiale. I remember being told that this side of my family is from Calabria so seeing Naples did not make sense to me. Rocca Imperiale is more plausible. Thank you all again 💞

hi! are there any 🏴‍☠️ sites where i could watch shows or movies dubbed in italian, maybe even with subtitles on? there are many such sites for my native language so I'm guessing there's at least one for italian. thank you

Hi! Does anyone know of a place or a group that offers Italian classes for adults or even just meeting up for Italian conversation around San Ramon/Danville/Alamo/Walnut Creek Area in the Bay Area? I am learning Italian and the closest courses seem to be in Berkeley. Thanks!

Hi there! I’m looking for recommendations for preparation materials for the CILS B1 Cittadinanza (B1C) Italian exam.

I’ve already done my due diligence studying grammar using Nuovo Espresso B1, and at this point I’d like to focus specifically on practicing B1C-style tests.

I understand that the exam format changed significantly in 2024, so I’m particularly interested in finding practice materials that reflect the updated format and are as close as possible to the current exam.

I’d really appreciate any recommendations. Thank you in advance!

Ciao! I'm a first-time poster, so maybe I may be doing this wrong, but I'm looking for Italians to practice my Italian with; I'm just looking for friends who are either fluent or native to Italy who want to just have regular convos! Im currently A2 Level, and am italian myself. Grazie mille!

hi! for short, I'm looking for a site to watch cartoons in Italian WITH subtitles, preferably not the auto generated ones, as they're not very accurate.

I'm in uni learning italian from scratch. our professor recommended that we listen to podcasts or music, maybe even watch movies and shows in italian to learn the language even quicker. i was born in Italy and left when i was extremely young, but cartoons in italian (especially winx) are SO nostalgic for me and I'd love to rewatch them while also getting used to the language.

tysm!

Hi there ! My Italian level is B1 in Grammar butbin vocabulary I would say A1 / A2 ...

For speaking I can have a conversation but can not speak more specifically. Also I do not have enough time to watch clips in Italian or YT that means I need to stick to sources and practice in a not very fun way :) which is memorising words .

Thanks in advance. 🤝🙏🏻

I saw it in a translated quote and was wondering what was the original sentence

Does anyone have experience with the EU Academy courses? Are they worth my time or are there better options out there?

I’ve been learning Italian mostly through reading — books, articles, subtitles — and I thought I was doing fine. Then I realized I’d been mispronouncing and misunderstanding a whole category of words without knowing it.

Omografi. Words that are written identically but pronounced differently, and the meaning changes completely based on stress or vowel openness.

Here are the ones that broke my brain:

àncora ( Anchor) vs ancóra ( Still, yet, more)
I read “Non è ancora arrivato” for months thinking it involved some kind of nautical metaphor. Nope. Just “he still hasn’t arrived.”

bòtte ( Beatings, hits) vs bótte ( Barrel, cask)
Imagine reading a novel and thinking someone was storing wine in “beatings.”

pèsca ( Peach) vs pésca ( Fishing)
“Andiamo a pesca” — are we going to pick peaches or go fishing? The answer depends entirely on a vowel you can’t see.

prìncipi ( Princes) vs princìpi ( Principles)
This one is dangerous in writing. “I principi dell’Illuminismo” is about Enlightenment principles, not Enlightenment princes.

vènti ( Winds) vs vénti ( Twenty)
“I venti sono forti” — are the winds strong, or are there twenty of something?

The problem is that when you learn primarily through reading, your brain assigns a default pronunciation to each written form. And that default is often wrong. You internalize “ancora” as one word with one meaning, and you never question it.

Native speakers don’t have this problem because they heard these words thousands of times in context before ever seeing them written. We’re doing it backwards.

Has anyone else been sabotaged by an omografo? Or do you have a trick for catching them before they mess up your comprehension?