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Questions Every Traveler Needs to Know in Italian: What?

by DHales | May 18, 2018 | Books, Education, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Che? Che Cosa? What? In any language “what” makes the world go round. We always want to know “what’s that?” (che cosa è quello?), “what’s happening?” (che succede?), “what for?” (per che cosa?) and “what’s the matter?” (che cosa c’è?). In Italian the pronoun che or...

The Awesome “A” in the Italian Language

by DHales | May 14, 2018 | Books, Education, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Web/Tech, Weblogs

a in, to, at In my days as a freelance writer, I once explained to a curious friend that I was paid—sometimes quite generously—by the word. “Even for ‘a’?” she asked incredulously. My editors may not have gotten their money’s worth for an English “a.” An Italian “a”...

The Little Words that Spice Up the Italian Language

by DHales | Nov 15, 2013 | Education, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

    Intercalari Casual words and phrases inserted into sentences “Your Italian is good” (“E buono, il tuo italiano”), a Roman friend once told me, “but it doesn’t sound Italian” (“ma non suona italiano”). I now know why: a lack of “intercalari.” I may have...

il tetto, i tetti

by DHales | Mar 23, 2009 | Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

 il tetto, i tettiroof, roofs    “We’ve rented a wonderful apartment,” I gushed at dinner at Camponeschi, our favorite restaurant in Rome,  “with a great view of the roofs of Rome.”  The Italians at the next table giggled. The young...
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