August article of Italian School NJ for We The Italians: "Let's go sea”
It’s finally August! Time to rest and go on vacation. This year has been a crazy mess, and probably some of you won’t be able to go on vacation, and many people won’t be able to come to Italy, so I thought I’d bring the Italian sea to you. Let’s take a look at some of the many Italian expressions with mare, “sea.”
The most common is probably un mare di – a sea of – which means “a lot of.” It can be used to describe a situation, like when it’s hot and humid out and there are tons of mosquitoes, you can say there is un mare di zanzare. You’ll often hear as essere un mare di guai – a sea of troubles – Read more…
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June article of Italian School NJ for We The Italians: "Ne – Yeah, “about that…” It is time to talk about grammar again
t’s time to talk grammar again. This time I would like to tackle a topic that seems pretty hard to grasp if you are learning Italian, but it comes natural to Italian speakers, even though the majority of us would not know how to explain it. “What is it?”, you ask. It’s Ne.
I must say that this topic is pretty advanced, so if you’re a beginner, don’t worry, it’s normal if you don’t fully understand how to use it. But I still suggest you read the article, because you will be more acquainted with this subject when you finally encounter it in the wild, and it will be easier to feel comfortable using it. read more…
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May article of Italian School NJ for We The Italians: New Italian-glish words
Today, I am going to talk about a topic that’s a bit controversial, but very current: the Italianization of words. I’m talking about the current trend many Italians have of inventing new Italian words in order to replace existing words with “Italianized” English words. In this article you’ll find some examples that will help you better conceptualize what I’m talking about.
Let’s start with some verbs. As you know most verbs in Italian end in -are, -ere, -ire. When dealing with loan words and adaptations, all languages have a preferred form to imply. And in Italian, the go-to form is -are. So, as you’ll see, most English words adapted to verbs end in -are. read more…
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April article for We The Italians: Tuscan Tune
I Welcome back to our tour of Italy. This time we are landing in Tuscany, the beautiful hilly region famous for its charming hills and bucolic landscapes. But if you ask me, it’s for its absolutely lovely way of speaking and accent.
As I told you a long long time ago, when I first introduced the Italian language to you, Italian comes from the Tuscan dialects. This makes it a little difficult to define read more…
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March article for We The Italians: Whenever You Are in Doubt, It’s Congiuntivo.
It’s grammar time! This month we will tackle the terrible and feared subjunctive! If you are familiar with Italian grammar, you probably know that Italian has some tenses that English does not have anymore. One of these tenses is read more…
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February article for We The Italians: Zenoeixi – The Ligurian Dialect
Here we are again on our trip to discovering all the different languages and dialetti of Italy. If my itinerary is correct, our next stop is the Liguria region, a very important republic even before Italy existed and homeland to many great traders and voyagers of the past. You probably know the most famous one – Cristoforo Colombo
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Are you sure you are just going “to”?
People probably have been telling you how Italian is hard because of its verbs, tenses, endings, and articles. But what about prepositions? Has anyone ever told you anything about them? Well, well, well. Let me just tell you about them.
To begin with, what are prepositions? They are usually short words that precede a noun or pronoun and that express the relation with another word or element
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January article for We The Italians: Bèinvgnû to the Emilian Dialect
And here we are again on our journey together around the Italian dialects and languages. This time we are going to the region called Emilia-Romagna, a region that almost crosses Italy entirely from East to West. It is the last northern region and it is known for its medieval villages and its amazing food that I am sure you have heard of,
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December article for We The Italians: Italian is Musical
Italian is known as a melodic and musical language all around the world: to foreign ears, Italians seem to sing what they are saying instead of speaking. Well, today I am here to tell you just how right you are, but not as you would imagine. Today….
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Don’t forget to eat your grapes
Here we are again: the year is almost over and a new one will start soon. So, I thought I would take a good look at what expressions are typical of this period of time, of December, of Christmas, and generally speaking of the end of the year. Let’s begin!
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ORIGINI DEL NATALE:
Christmas is not just a holiday to exchange gifts and enjoy baking and cooking typical recipes. It is a period full of traditions and culture, which can last even more than a month!
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A Delicious New Partnership
We are excited to share this Primo Mercato with our students: the smell of a delicious pizza; the variety of the Italian dishes; a very welcoming , and a very friendly and professional staff, with some employees who actually speak Italian!
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Italian Language Bèinvgnû to the Emilian Dialect
We are so proud to have our own Giulia Casati contributing to We Are Italians. Please enjoy her interesting article from July 2019!
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Italian language: Don’t Neglect Your Past. Use it!
We are proud to share with you another interesting article from our own Giulia Casati.
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