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You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours: Reflexives and Reciprocals in Italian

by rebeccawinke | Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:46

My sons have grown up in Italy but are completely bilingual in English (ahem, American English, that is) and Italian. When they were younger, this process of…

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Navigating the Market in Italian

by rebeccawinke | Wed, 04/14/2021 - 11:19

One of the pillars of daily Italian life can also be one of the most harrowing experiences for the uninitiated, a veritable minefield of potential cultural…

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Wonders of Italy: Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:10

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Present and Past Continuous Tense in Italian

by porticando | Sun, 04/11/2021 - 11:03

How do you say in Italian that something is taking place at the moment of speaking? In English this idea can be expressed with the use of the Present…

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Mantegna - Ducal Palace, View of the west and north walls

Wonders of Italy: The Bridal Chamber in Mantova

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/07/2021 - 06:07

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Wonders of Italy: The Cinque Terre

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 03/29/2021 - 08:42

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Wonders of Italy: The Verona Arena

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/23/2021 - 03:53

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Cool! Awesome! Enthusiastic Italian Slang

by rebeccawinke | Wed, 03/17/2021 - 01:47

I have two teenagers in my house, so I hear slang (in both English and Italian) a lot and I won’t lie: I can’t keep up with most of it. Slang is the spice of…

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