I can’t find any apps or courses or resources that are for Italians with Italian families that understand almost everything but can’t put words and sentences together to speak. I blank out whenever I have to actually speak to family and I need to get my game up before I get too old. any help is appreciated :)

Hey, I am starting to learn Italian. I am trilingual (Arabic, French, English) Which language (French/English) would be most effective for me to learn Italian Also do you have any good book recommendations? Thanks

I am learning Italian for an upcoming trip to Italy. I’m on Duolingo and learning some verbs and have a question. I know how to conjugate verbs, but Duolingo is making me put the pronoun before the conjugated verb to be correct. For instance:

I speak English = Io parlo inglese.

But do I really need to include “Io”? Theoretically, the conjugation from parlare to parlo already implies I’m talking about myself correct? Would it be proper to just say “Parlo inglese” and drop the “io”? Or would that be like, slang/improper grammar?

This question applies to any pronoun really. Do I need to say tu parli inglese instead of just parli inglese?

Thanks everyone!

Hello everyone! three days ago I launched my first language project ever, for fun, for love, for language learners :). I'm an Italian native speaker from southern sicily graduating in languages (english, japanese, russian) and I decided to write a blog on Substack for advanced italian learners (B2, C1, C2).

It consists of short weekly newsletters (3 times a week) readable for free on substack website/ app or through mail subscription. The program schedule is very simple and flexible, due to the fact it's not my job, just a passion for writing content, sincerely supporting people with their italian and learning at the same time (I run other 3 newsletters for the other languages I mentioned). So, so far it consists of these typology of topics: word of the day, specific categories of words, 1 minute blog posts with audio, occasional sicilian as well. I decided to write the blog completely in italian and make it short because I believe you would have enough work to do on that, you don't really need more, just keeping your language immersion and consistency as you want, need, like. since it's a new project, maybe I may not focus on what is really important for YOU, so if you are curious, and you have a few minutes to jump into my new blog, I'd be glad to receive a focused and nice feedback, even if you don't subscribe, it would help me to help better others :)

This is the link to the substack blog. (open it on chrome if you don't have the app yet).

https://teresagirlando.substack.com/

If you have any question please don't hesitate to reach me out below this post, or preferably under my first post on the blog. Thank you so much, and have a good time with Italian language.

So, I know my first mistake is learning Italian on Duolingo, but I’m a working mom and it’s something for me that’s easily accessible and free.

I just did “strange noises” and “strange voices”

I got “voci strani” wrong, but “rumori strani” correct, and of course Duolingo (at least the free version) doesn’t give any context.

The correct answer that Duo gave me was: voci strane

Hello,

Do you know any free streaming site that streams Rai 4 in the EU, but not Italy? (asking for a friend 🙏)

Tonnino? Tonnetto? Tonnuccio?

What would be the most easily understood if I'm trying to say "little tuna" in a cutesy way?

Hello, beginner Italian learner here. I wish to be exposed to more words, so why not ask people to talk about their favorite words? Who knows? Perhaps everyone can expand their vocabulary a little bit this way.

For me, it's a very early word that most people come across when starting out, but I really love "pomodoro." It's such a fun/goofy word for "tomato."

Just started learning, and I’m having more fun learning Italian than any other language I’ve practiced!

Just hoping for any tips, music, Italian media, or YouTube channel etc. recommendations I should consume. Also, for music I would please ask that it doesn’t use much slang, and has pretty literal pronunciation. Thanks!

Hello guys, I’m on here to ask if anyone has any good tips on learning Italian or some good apps that really helped them preferably for free. I want to learn it bc I have an Italian boyfriend, he speaks English but his parents and friends not so much which made me want to at least learn the basics if I visit him in Italy.

I think I have replayed the pronunciation button for ogni a 100 times now. I just don’t get it. How do you guys say it?

Is it on-ji?

My understanding is they are synonyms, but if it is talking about a specific object you always use quello form, correct?

I have noticed that many songs are grammatically wrong and not natural, like in ‘Altrove’

“Oh, da quant'è che non sbagli senza più Senza fartene più una colpa?”

Apparently already the first two sentences aren’t the way you would say it naturally.

So I’ve been learning wrong sentences without thinking about it…

Are there any artists who write lyrics in the same way one would say it in Italian naturally?

Nella gabbia, sospesa tra le tende al palchetto della finestra, stava la notte soltanto (a bird).

The part that confuses me is al palchetto della finestra. Is the cage on the shelf of the window? Does that make sense?

I'm American and hearing an Italian speaking English with an accent can be super sexy (big caveat that I know it also depends on the level of attractiveness of the speaker). But I don't think it works both ways. I have been living in Italy for many years, and while people are definitely attracted by my ethnicity, they usually don't focus on my accent. I feel like a French or Russian accent stands out as more universally sexy to native Italian speakers. Any native Italian speakers care to comment on how American accents are perceived? And what other accents are considered sexy?

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I'm not trying to learn Italian, but I took Spanish from middle through high school, French and Latin throughout high school and college, and a little German, Old English, Old Norse and Ancient Greek.

So I'm writing a small piece and need to say "give yourself to me" in the imperative, but with my background in languages, I'm not very satisfied with the online dictionary results for "Give yourself to me", in the imperative. As in sex. The only result I could find online was "donati a me", which, from what I read, seemed to be a biblical phrase, or at least not sexual but more in the context of trusting somebody.

Does anybody have a better way to say this?

Hello, im a 24 year old who is a native speaker in both english and spanish and is trying to learn italian. Currently stuck in A2/B1 level and wish to improve. If anyone wishes to speak with me just send me a chat and ill hop on a call.

Hello, is there a discord server where people can go talk to improve on speaking in italian? Im currently stuck at the A2/B1 level.

translator please how would i say “beautiful mess” in italian, im trying to get a tattoo :)

Hi guys I'm sorry I don't know if this is the right place to ask this. ,so here I have a question I recently lost my mom in December and I wanted to get a tattoo "mi manchi" because I want to express the fact that I will always miss her my grandparents were Italian originally from Favignana unfortunately they passed away when I was little I didn't ask their opinions, so I ask you today for you does the tattoo make sense for an Italian is the wording co

Ciao tutti!!

I am starting to prepare for the CELI 2 (B1) exam in June. I’ve been studying and speaking Italian since high school and also did my Masters in Italy in an Italian course. However, I’m concerned about the grammar portion of the exam and am currently back in formal classes to brush up and review everything.

For anyone who has taken the exam - do you have any recommendations of books/workbooks to prepare and review? I’m going through my old texts but would love a more structured preparation book that focuses on the type of questions and the format of the exam.

I will be taking the exam at the IIC in San Francisco - so if anyone has any tips when it comes to the exam there, would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

For different words, attaching a suffix sometimes changes its gender. There are some instances where maybe(?) its done because there's another meaning associated with having it in the same gender (e.g. campana --> campanella vs. campanello), but what about cases like camera --> camerino?

Hello, I hope I’m not bothering anyone.

I am in a very desperate situation. I’m from Mexico and about to finish my university degree. To graduate, I am required to be proficient in a third language. I only speak Spanish and English.

Due to time constraints, personal circumstances, and financial difficulties (I am 24 years old, a single mother of a little girl, and have been working since I started my degree), I was never able to complete my Italian courses over the past four years. As a result, I do not have the CILS certification, which is required for my graduation.

At this point, after so much time and overwhelming sacrifice, I am looking for a certification to free myself from this requirement, which has consumed so much of my time and taken away the best years of my daughter’s life. I know that what I am asking for is not a small thing, but I also know that I will not misuse it—I just want to finish my degree and never look back.

I hope I am not bothering or offending anyone with this, but if someone could help me, we can negotiate a solution.

Thank you very much.

——

Ciao, spero di non disturbare nessuno.

Mi trovo in una situazione davvero disperata. Sono del Messico e sto per terminare i miei studi universitari. Per laurearmi, mi viene richiesto di avere padronanza di una terza lingua. Parlo solo spagnolo e inglese.

A causa della mancanza di tempo, di circostanze personali e di difficoltà economiche (ho 24 anni, sono madre single di una bambina e lavoro da quando ho iniziato l’università), in quattro anni non sono mai riuscita a completare i miei corsi di italiano. Di conseguenza, non ho la certificazione CILS, che è richiesta per la mia laurea.

A questo punto, dopo così tanto tempo e sacrifici opprimenti, sto cercando una certificazione per liberarmi da questo requisito, che ha assorbito così tanto del mio tempo e ha privato mia figlia dei suoi anni migliori. So che ciò che chiedo non è una cosa da poco, ma so anche che non ne farò un uso scorretto—voglio solo finire l’università e non voltarmi più indietro.

Spero di non infastidire né offendere nessuno con questa richiesta, ma se qualcuno potesse aiutarmi, possiamo negoziare una soluzione.

Grazie mille.

Vorrei che mi diciate se le seguenti frasi vanno bene così o se ho comesso qualche errore o se non suonano naturale. Vi prego anche di segnalarmi gli errori che trovate nel mio post, per favore. Grazie mille! Ecco delle "regole":

- Nella prima puntata ogniuno farà un quadro e una scultura. Quelli le cui opere siano le meno costose saranno a rischio. Solo i sette migliori saranno salvati. Tra i sette salvati uno uscirà vincitore in base al prezzo delle sue opere. D'altra parte, gli sconfitti faranno nuove opere, le quattro migliori saranno esentati e i due peggiori verranno eliminati.

- I concorrenti cercheranno di raccogliere soldi suonando il piano in strada. Chi ne raccolga meno fallirà la sfida. I concorrenti che abbiano fallito dovranno provare a fare meglio suonando la chitarra. Chi non ci riesca verrà eliminato.

Penso che queste siano abbastanza. Grazie per il vostro aiuto!

Hi there! I'm learning Italian with Lingo Legend and one of the phrases they have given me is "come mai da queste parti?"

I looked up "mai" and understand that it's used primarily the way "ever/never" is used in English, but I don't see how that would apply here. Is it a verb I'm not understanding the conjugation of?

Grazie mille!

Hi everybody, I was wondering if anybody knew any good clean Italian songs. From the last two years if anyone has any good song recommendations please let me know! Thank you!

I have 6 months to become fluent (ish) enough to pass a placement test. I have a solid background in Latin and was wondering if anyone had any tips? Or timelines?