How to improve your Italian listening skills efficiently
Conversation blends together speaking and listening skills. Tuning up your Italian listening skills is as vital as training your pronunciation and speaking. If you are keen on improving your Italian listening skills, my N.1 advice is PRIORITIZING it for some time. 💡Smart Tip If you want to make dramatic progress in a specific language area (e.g. conversation, […]
Top Italian short stories for Beginners
Amore a Cappuccino – beginners A0/A1 If you have learned Italian for a month or two, Amore and Cappuccino is the first short story you should read. This is an Italian short storybook for A0-A1 level. If you are an advanced beginner, you will find this book way too easy, so scroll below for […]
The best Italian TV shows on Netflix
The best Italian TV shows on Netflix Have Fun Getting hooked on an Italian TV show and movies is a brilliant idea not only to improve your Italian listening skills and expand your Italian vocabulary like never before, but also to get exposure to the Italian culture, different accents, and slang. Watching authentic Italian content […]
Top Italian short stories to unlock your vocabulary and listening
Top Italian short stories to unlock your vocabulary and listening How to use Italian short stories as a learning tool I will never stop singing the praises of reading in a foreign language. If you are a beginner or intermediate student of Italian, using Italian short stories as a learning tool is one of the […]
The mysterious combination of the pronoun ci and the verb avere
Everybody agrees that the pronoun ci is, probably, one of the most mysterious word in Italian, and thus, I thought it would be great to discuss in the post, the use of ci when occurring with the forms of the verb avere. 1.Ce l’hai? Ce l’ho! Non ce l’ho! I am sure you might already […]
A brief guide to using the Italian modal verbs (volere, dovere, potere)
How to use the Italian modal verbs: volere, dovere, potere In Italian, as in most languages, there is a number of irregular verbs that have to be learned by heart. Some of these are highly frequent like the Italian modal verbs volere, potere, dovere. Conjugation of the present tense of VOLRE, POTERE, DOVERE The Italian modal verbs […]
