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The theme of this lesson is infinitive… what is infinitive? 1) A poem from Giacomo Leopardi, which reads “Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle, e questa siepe, che da tanta parte dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude…”. 2) The immense, inexhaustible, immesurable, unreachable, a question to which philosofers, thinkers and scientists have been trying to give an answer for centuries. These are all correct answers, but we are talking about italian grammar here! So, I’ll rephrase the question: what is infinitive in grammar? Read this article to find out everything there is to know regarding this topic!

Are you learning a foreign language? Do you need a little bit of extra help? Great, because this article is exactly about Google Chrome extensions that you can use to learn languages! If you don’t know what we are talking about and you’re curious, all you have to do is to read this article: we’ll explain what these extensions are, and we will tell you everything you need to know about six of the most useful ones!

“MENTRE la festa” or “DURANTE la festa”? “MENTRE facevo” or “DURANTE facevo”? In this lesson we will be talking about MENTRE and DURANTE, two terms that people often confuse with each other, but that are actually used in rather different ways! Let’s shed some light on their differences together…

Carnival is just around the corner and here in Italy we are getting ready to celebrate it as it should be! Being a very ancient and widespread festival, each Country celebrates it differently…but you should know that here, each region has its own traditions to celebrate the last day before the start of Lent – and they all do it in grand style! A few examples of this are parades, dressing-up, special foods, but also masks (and no, it’s not just about makeup ‘masks’). If you are curious to know more about the Italian traditions to celebrate Carnival, its ancient history and all the expressions of our language related to masks, all you must do is continue reading this article!

The smell of pop corn, the comfy chairs, the amplified sounds, the giant screen. Going to a movie theater is an experience! Even those who don’t like going there also like watching movies, don’t they? And everybody likes talking about movies they did, will or won’t ever watch! It’s not rare, however, for a lot of foreigners to not know the basic words to conversate about films or cinema! Today, Annagrazia and I arranged a relaxing evening! Stick with us to learn the right expressions to talk about movies in Italian!

Italy is a country full of customs and traditions that represent a cultural baggage of immesurable value. Some of these traditions are really clear in the rite of marriage, which is considered to be an important aspect of the italian culture. The celebration of this event says a lot about the customs and habits of a community, ethnicity or religion. In this article we are going to look at 10 Italian proverbs about marriage!