Tips, tricks, and deep dives into how Italian works for English speakers.
Variety in Language Learning is Key to Your Success in Italian This really brings together everything that we have been saying. Using a wide variety of learning materials and resources is the key to success in learning any language. There is such an abundance of resources and tools at your disposal, including all the things […]
The Importance of Learning How to Speak Italian Why are you learning Italian? I’m pretty sure it’s because you want to be able to SPEAK Italian! This is the most crucial skill when learning a language as it allows us to physically communicate with native speakers and enter their world. As adults, we often inhibit […]
How Important is Knowing the Grammar to Learning Italian Fast? By oversimplifying (a lot!), we could say that a language is made up of: ➜ The sounds that you hear and produce when speaking ➜ The words that are used to talk about things ➜ The grammar, that decides the structure of sentences ➜ The […]
Why is Learning Italian Vocabulary So Important? Needless to say, without vocabulary, you would not be able to speak a language at all! Our vocabulary is made up of the words that we have learned, know and use on a daily basis to refer to entities and events in the world. Even among native English […]
Strategies That Will Really Improve Your Italian Pronunciation Everybody loves the sound of Italian – it’s such a passionate and melodic language – often vying for the title of the most romantic language! So, in order to speak Italian like an Italian, you need to first become familiar with how Italians PRONOUNCE their words. Starting […]
Instantly Boost Your Italian with these Commonly-used Words Transport ✈️ ◉ La macchina ➙ car◉ L’autobus ➙ bus◉ Il treno ➙ train◉ L’aereo ➙ plane◉ La moto ➙ motorbike◉ La bicicletta ➙ bicycle◉ Il motorino ➙ scooter◉ La barca ➙ boat◉ Il traghetto ➙ ferry◉ Il pickup ➙ truck Facciamo un giro in macchinaLet’s go […]
If you are here, it’s because you either really want to learn to speak Italian, or Italian is a language that you’re considering learning and just need that little extra nudge.. The reasons people have for wanting to learn this beautiful and romantic language are varied and many, but whatever the reason, it all comes […]
Vowels are the cornerstone of Italian. The Italian language is heavily vowel-centered and this is what gives it its lovely melodic sing-song sound that we all know and love. The Italian word for ‘vowel’ is actually VOCALE so you can see the relationship between vowels and ‘vocalizing’ because that is what we are actually doing […]
Italian consonants are more or less the same as English consonants but the differences are distinct and consistent. Here we have included the consonant letters that have two different pronunciations depending on the vowel that follows, as well as the consonants that are pronounced differently altogether. You will then find 3 example words with audio […]
The pattern of syllable stress in Italian is not too dissimilar to English. Typically, the stress falls on the penultimate (second last) syllable or the antepenultimate (third last) syllable depending on the type of word. INFORMAZIONE → information ANDIAMO! → Let’s go! MANGIO → I eat DIVERTENTE → fun BIOLOGICO→ biological MATEMATICA → math Anytime […]
Don’t let all this technical language overwhelm you! You already use and differentiate between these concepts in English without even realizing it. When we talk about Articles, we are referring to the words that mean: ◉ ‘the’◉ ‘a’ or ‘an’ As an English speaker, you instinctively know when to use either. But did you know […]
Being able to describe people, things and places is part of what makes human interaction so colorful and expressive. We all have impressions of things being ‘beautiful’, ‘funny’, or ‘disgusting’, and when speaking Italian, we need to know how to express the same ideas, don’t we? Adjectives in Italian differ from English in a three […]
