25 Most Popular Italian Sayings About Life and Their Meanings Learning sayings in Italian may not only help you with your learning but also give you an insight into the culture of Italy. There are many Italian sayings that are used in everyday life; Most Italian proverbs have clear cultural or regional boundaries, making them […]
Italian Phrases for Saying You’re Sick Whether you got Covid (hopefully not) or the seasonal flu (influenza stagionale), these phrases will help you describe your symptoms or ask about someone’s health conditions. How to say you’re sick Sono malato (malato = adj.) – I’m sick Mi sono ammalato (ammalarsi = verb) – I got sick […]
The verb MANCARE explained If you want to say “I miss” in Italian, you should say “mi manca” and not “manco”. Why so? What does the “mi” in front stand for? The verb “mancare” The mi is an indirect pronoun and it’s used because mancare doesn’t follow a regular conjugation pattern, but it has the […]
ORA/TEMPO/VOLTA: What’s the difference? Ora, tempo, volta all express, in different ways, the idea of time in English. However, they can’t be used interchangeably and there’s a stark difference between all of them. So, what’s the difference between these three words? When ORA means time Ora (or ore, in the plural form ) is used to ask […]
Italian Adjectives & Expressions to Describe Someone’s Personality Describing someone’s personality in one’s native language is difficult enough, let alone in a language we don’t know well. Adjectives are commonly used to describe someone’s personality. I’ve created a list of some of the most basic Italian adjectives to use when discussing personality, as well as some […]
How to write an email or letter in Italian You may have been faced with the situation that you need to write a letter or an email in Italian to your Italian professor, your tour guide in Italy or an Italian Language School, and you don’t know where to start. So you switch to English, […]