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Italian sometimes has words that sound super similar to English and that create confusion and mistakes. Check out this new video and learn 15 Italian words that can easily be misused if you are an English speaker learning Italian.

Words like:

  • noioso and noisy
  • caldo and cold
  • parente and relative

Find out their meaning and learn how to use them correctly in Italian!

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Italian Vocabulary - Animals

Want to review articles and improve your pronunciation? Check out this new video and say the names of Italian animals with me!

If you need to review articles you can click on the below links and if you really want to improve your pronunciation then you should check out my Italian pronunciation course now!

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Italian Spelling Bee Challenge

In this video you will not only work on vocabulary but you will enhance your listening and writing skills too! How? With a fun little spelling bee challenge!

Listen to all the different words and try to write them down as you hear them. At the end of the video... and at the bottom of this blog post you will find the words and the translations in English. DO NOT LOOK AHEAD! Watch the video and let me know in the comments how many you got right!

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Italian Pronunciation Pills - Learn Italian Jobs

In this video you can review in a super easy "on the go" way the correct pronunciation of Italian jobs. With this super quick video you can also review the difference between those words in the masculine and the feminine forms. 

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Italian Vocabulary - In The Kitchen

In this video you learn new Italian vocabulary.

You will see a miniature kitchen and I will tell you what each part is called in Italian. It's a fun little exercise that you can do also in your kitchen so that you can remember all the different words! 

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Buon Natale!

In this video you will learn some Italian vocabulary related to Christmas and a cute poem!

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Record it and send the video to [email protected].

CON LA SLITTA TRA LE STELLE

BABBO NATALE PORTA COSE BELLE

POI SCENDENDO DAL CAMINO

TI CONSEGNA UN REGALINO

GUARDA BENE E' SPECIALE

SONO I MIEI AUGURI

DI BUON NATALE!!!

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Bello!

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In this video lesson I want to talk about a very common Italian adjective that we hear and use quite often here in everyday language… I’m talking about the adjective BELLO which means beautiful!

This widely used and sometimes overused adjective can be a little bit tricky because it makes a little change depending if you have to match it to a feminine a masculine a singular or plural noun.

Hmmm… that’s confusing! Don’t worry let’s look at it together and let's try to understand how to remember these changes. You can also download a little info card with all this information by looking at the link below this video! This can be helpful to quickly review the lesson and remember the concepts!

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 Singular masculine forms:

  • che bel maglione 
  • che bello zaino
  • che bell’ombrello

As you see the ending of the adjective BELLO changes… does that change look familiar to you? look...

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Prego!

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I’m sure that you have seen it and probably used it yourself many times but quite a few of my students are confused on when to use it correctly so here is a new video  on this topic!

This word is indeed used in many different contexts the most common one is as a reply when somebody is thanking you.

For example look at this dialogue:

  • "Grazie mille per il regalo! Mi piace molto!" (Thank you so much for the gift! I really like it!)
    • Grazie means thank you 
  • Answer: prego!
    • Prego means you are welcome

So if somebody says GRAZIE (thank you) you will reply with PREGO!

In an easy dialogue like this one you will use PREGO as an answer to thank you:

  • Maria… mi fai un caffè per favore? (Maria... can you make e a coffee please?)
  • Certo! (Sure!)
  • Grazie! (Thank you!)
  • Prego! (You are welcome!)

 Prego can also be used if you have to say that you are sorry in this case you are almost begging for...

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Never Make a Mistake Again! Learn Italian Pronunciation with Food Words

NEW PRONUNCIATION CHALLENGE!!!

With this video I want to challenge you to say correctly TEN extra tricky Italian words that are commonly mispronounced by Italian learners.

I will focus on words that deal with food and drinks… so this is the “commonly mispronounced words… FOOD EDITION” you will review with me 10 words that are commonly mispronounced!

Here are the words:

  1. Mozzarella
  2. Bolognese
  3. Calzone
  4. Biscotti
  5. Ravioli
  6. Risotto
  7. Linguine
  8. Margherita
  9. Gelato
  10. Minestrone

There is also another video similar to this one... check it out now!

Commonly Mispronounced Italian Food Words - Part 1

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Commonly Mispronounced Italian Words - Food Edition Part 1

With this video I want to challenge you to say correctly some tricky Italian words that are commonly mispronounced by Italian learners.

I will focus on words that deal with food and drinks… so this is the “commonly mispronounced words… FOOD EDITION” you will review with me 10 words that are commonly mispronounced!

Here are the words:

  1. Pistacchio
  2. Bruschetta
  3. Prosciutto
  4. Spaghetti
  5. Caffè macchiato
  6. Salame
  7. Gnocchi
  8. Caffè schiumato
  9. Arancini
  10. Espresso

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