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Why Most Italian Conversation Practice Doesn’t Work When learners tell me they want to improve their Italian conversation skills, they usually mean: But when they finally travel to Italy and try to have a real conversation with an Italian… everything disappears. They freeze. They blank. They can’t follow the rhythm. In Italian conversation classes, they […]
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Mi dispiace vs Scusa (or Scusi) Mi dispiace and scusa are two Italian expressions that often confuse native English speakers.They can both translate as “I’m sorry” in some contexts, but they are not the same and not interchangeable.They express very different meanings and, especially, different emotions. 1. Mi dispiace = I’m sorry (from the heart) When you say ...
(and fall in love with learning Italian through stories and culture) Stop Learning Italian Words in Isolation When you learn Italian, it’s easy to fall into the trap of chasing vocabulary lists, flashcards, or social media phrases:50 words for food, 10 phrases for travelling to Italy, and so on. But words learned in isolation are […]
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Italian Modal Verbs: Devo, Posso, Voglio Modal verbs are some of the most common and most useful verbs in Italian.They’re called verbi modali (modal verbs) because they modify the meaning of another verb. The Three Main Modal Verbs in Italian In English, they correspond to must / have to, can / be able to, and […]
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English has handy little words like someone, somewhere, something, and somehow. Italian has equivalents, but they change in negative sentences.Here’s how to use them correctly. 1. Someone / Anyone → Qualcuno / Nessuno Qualcuno = someone (singular, unknown person) Nessuno = no one / anyone (used in negatives) Note: Italians don’t say non c’è qualcuno […]
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