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How to Make New Year’s Resolutions in Italian

by porticando | Sat, 01/22/2022 - 01:07

The arrival of a new year is the best time to leave behind something that’s been dragging you down and start anew. Making New Year’s resolutions on the 1st of…

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How to Communicate in Italian During the Holidays

by porticando | Mon, 12/20/2021 - 11:52

The year is coming to its end which means that Christmas is on its way and what is better than the holiday season in Italy? In this article, you’re going to…

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Superlatives in the Italian language

by porticando | Thu, 09/30/2021 - 02:48

If you’ve ever witnessed two Italians discussing something, you may have noticed them using a lot of “-issimo” words in their conversation: -È buona la…

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What You Need to Know Before Visiting a Museum or Exhibition in Italian

by porticando | Wed, 09/08/2021 - 10:29

The first thing that comes to mind when someone talks about Italy is typically food. The rich gastronomic tradition is a huge part of the Italian heritage and…

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Italian For Tourists: Learn Basic Italian on Your Own Time

by Rebecca Winke | Tue, 06/29/2021 - 07:27

After a full year of almost no travel, everything is finally starting to open up. Italy has opened its borders to most countries and many tourists are…

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Regular and Irregular Verbs Ending in ‘-are’

by porticando | Fri, 06/25/2021 - 05:24

“Verbs are the backbone of the language” said a wonderful teacher once and it’s true! We can’t pretend that you can manage to speak or understand without them…

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How to Say “You” in Italian

by porticando | Thu, 06/10/2021 - 06:13

When approaching a foreign language, we all tend to apply the grammar rules of our mother tongue at the beginning. So it’s common that English speakers get…

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Italian Lesson Of The Day: Il Biglietto

by Alesha Allen | Wed, 02/03/2016 - 08:25

The Italian word il biglietto has a range of meanings in English: A ticket: At the station, airport, museum, theatre etc. A note: A letter or piece of paper…

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