In the months leading up to my son’s birth, I made the decision to raise him in Italian, despite being an English mother-tongue who learned Italian as an adult. The desire stemmed mostly from the fact that my husband is part-Italian, but I also wanted to make sure that he had an opportunity I never …
Two terms in Italian that translate as wall, as in a vertical structure that divides or encloses a space, are muro and parete. Despite there being some overlap in their usage, there are also a number of significant differences worth pointing out. Let’s take a look at them now! Muro il muro un muro i …
If you’re planning on visiting Italy, there are a few basic needs you will want to express in Italian. Most importantly (or perhaps second only to finding the public facilities), you need to know how to go about filling your empty stomach up with food. The first step? To tell someone that you’re hungry! In …
If you are looking for a way to congratulate someone, such as a friend, family member or colleague, on an important life event or a significant achievement, look no further: here you’ll find five possible translations for the expression “Congratulations!” in Italian! 1. Congratulazioni! Let’s begin with the expression that most closely resembles the English …
As a self-proclaimed language geek, I am constantly on the lookout for new and innovative methods to improve my language skills, especially those that allow me to save oodles of time and streamline the learning process. I first discovered LingQ (pronounced ‘link’) while watching an episode of Podcast Italiano in which the host, Davide, interviews …
In Italian, there are two main ways to translate the expression “I would like…” This is because “I would like…” actually has two subtly different meanings. On one hand, we use “I would like…” to say that it would please us to do something, even if that thing may not feasible at that moment in …