Italian Word of the Day: Sbottare (to lose it / burst out / snap)
I’m generally a very patient individual, but if you push me too far, I am liable to lose my composure. The verb to describe someone who suddenly becomes unable to control their…
Italian Word of the Day: Sbottare (to lose it / burst out / snap)
I’m generally a very patient individual, but if you push me too far, I am liable to lose my composure. The verb to describe someone who suddenly becomes unable to control their…
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Italian Phrase of the Week: Non sono stato io! (It wasn’t me!)
Whenever my son does something naughty, his response is almost always the same: It wasn’t me, mamma! Because Italian is the language we speak at home, he says this to me in Italian, of course. There’s just one problem: what he says isn’t grammatically correct….
Italian Phrase of the Week: Non sono stato io! (It wasn’t me!)
Whenever my son does something naughty, his response is almost always the same: It wasn’t me, mamma! Because Italian is the language we speak at home, he says this to me in Italian, of course. There’s just one problem: what he says isn’t grammatically correct….
Italian Idiom of the Week: Avere le mani bucate (to be a spendthrift)
I have many faults, including being an incurable perfectionist and horribly self-critical, but one thing I am not and will never be is a spendthrift. In fact, I am quite the opposite – with the…
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Torino with Vero Viaggio – An unforgettable Italian language immersion experience!
Written by Norma Bozzini I had the good fortune to realize a long time wish of studying the Italian language at a language school in Italy by booking a language immersion trip with Vero Viaggio for a week in Torino,…
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Cioccolato vs Cioccolata – What’s the difference in Italian?
Did you know Italian contains numerous word pairs where only the gender ending is different? For example, we have mattino and mattina (morning), tavolo and tavola (table), and today’s scrumptious example, cioccolato and cioccolata (chocolate). Curious to discover the subtle…
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Torino with Vero Viaggio – An unforgettable Italian language immersion experience!
Written by Norma Bozzini I had the good fortune to realize a long time wish of studying the Italian language at a language school in Italy by booking a language immersion trip with Vero Viaggio for a week in Torino,…
WORD COMPARISON
Cioccolato vs Cioccolata – What’s the difference in Italian?
Did you know Italian contains numerous word pairs where only the gender ending is different? For example, we have mattino and mattina (morning), tavolo and tavola (table), and today’s scrumptious example, cioccolato and cioccolata (chocolate). Curious to discover the subtle…
