Italian Local Lingo
Italians love it when visitors try to speak the language. Even if it’s not perfect, the effort to speak Italian...
Italian Grammar: Essere or Avere?
If you’ve been taking lessons for me for a while, you should be pretty familiar with the choice of the...
Italian Grammar: The Essere & Andare Dilemma
I often ask my students how their weekend was or a particular event I knew they had, and the answer...
Italian Grammar: Ora, Tempo o Volta?
There is a lot of confusion with the word “time” since in Italian there are three words that it translates...
Italian Grammar: potere vs. riuscire
Let’s learn! Potere vs. Riuscire The verbs potere and riuscire both mean “can” and “to able to”; however, they are almost never interchangeable. Potere is used...
Italian Grammar: Qualche vs. Alcuni
One topic that confuses many students is the word “some” and the difference between “qualche” and “alcuni/e.”While they both mean...
Italian Grammar: Essere Vs. Stare
We get asked the difference between the verbs “essere” and “stare” all the time and, as always, while there are...
Best Italian Idiomatic Expressions!
If you are bilingual or have ever studied a foreign language, you probably know how many idiomatic expressions each language...
The Etymology of Italian Words Turned American… What Went Wrong?
As much as I love the United States and its amazing people, I have to admit that there is something...
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