Heather Broster
The Italian word for human and animal skin is pelle (feminine, plural: pelli). It comes from the Latin pellis of the same meaning. Learn with our video Most human skin types can be described using the following adjectives: Biancaneve aveva le labbra rosse come una rosa, i capelli neri come l’ebano e la pelle bianca …
You’ve got your grammar books lined up, your dictionary at the ready, and a burning desire to learn Italian – that’s great! But before you start, you may be interested to learn at least a handful of facts about the origins and history of the language. In this article, we’re offering up all the most …
Today’s phrase is one you’ll end up using all the time when you are in Italy, especially once you start making friends or if you have / work with children. Dai, andiamo! Come on, let’s go! Learn with our video Dai is an interjection in Italian that means Come on! It’s formed from the preposition …
The word for a design made by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin is tatuaggio (masculine, plural: tatuaggi) in Italian. It derives from the French tatouage, which in turn comes from the English tattoo. Learn with our video There are two ways of saying ‘to get a tattoo‘ in Italian: There isn’t a big …
Il Canto degli Italiani (The Song of Italians), best known amongst Italians as Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) or Inno di Mameli (Mameli’s Hymn), is the Italian national anthem, and what better day to talk about it than Italy’s national holiday, La Festa della Repubblica? Written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele …
