Imagine: You’re having your first restaurant meal in Rome.
You’ve been dreaming about this moment—and practicing the vocabulary for it—for months.
In fact, to prepare, you’ve memorized all the essential Italian travel phrases, mastered basic Italian verbs…
I had an Italian flatmate when I was 21, and mamma mia, did he talk fast!
Even though I’d already been learning Italian for three years, the crash with the real deal, real Italian, was…painful.
It didn’t matter that …
Let me play psychic for a moment.
You’re here not just because you want to know which countries speak Italian.
More importantly, you want to know “if it’s worth it…”
You know, the question every Italian language learner asks …
Dico (I say), dici (you say), dice (he/she says), diciamo (we say)…
These verb conjugations come from the verb dire (to say), a lawless, irregular verb that doesn’t seem to follow any established Italian grammar rules.
Don’t believe me? Well …
What are you dreaming of for your study abroad trip to Italy?
Invigorating lectures on art history punctuated by conversation over well-made espresso shots with your fellow students?
Delicious food and wine?
A bit of romance with a striking …
“Puoi parlare più lentamente per favore?”
“Can you speak more slowly please?”
When you’re talking to an Italian speaker, the first thing you’ll notice is that they talk so fast.
Do you dream of the day when you’ll …
Italians are masters of non-verbal communication: they say more with the body than with the mouth.
For evidence of this, just watch Luca Vullo’s 2017 documentary “La voce del corpo” (“The Voice of the Body”), an award-winning look …
