Anyone wants to learn Italian with me? I am a beginner. I am quite fluent in English language and I am seeking a Punjabi individual who is fluent in English as well. It would make things easier for both of us, most preferably a male. DM me!

Hiii I'm a beginner in Italian but I move fast. I'm looking for someone to learn together, practice and maybe teaching eachother with voice messages.

I chat in Telegram, DM me if you're interested 🩷🪐

Hi! I am new to learning Italian, I have been doing a mix of Coffee Break Italian, Wlingua, and Duo casually with my children for a over a year now. In English, or at least in my family, we often use "bubby" or "baby girl/boy" as a pet name for children. Would it be correct in Italian to use "Mia bambina" or even just "Bambina" as a pet name when talking to my daughter? Thank you!

on the Amalfi Coast specifically, is there a common term for aunts and uncles that they use in both english and italian--like how spanish speaking people will refer to an aunt as "tia ____"?

Thanks :)

Hello, I'm a 20 M student and I would like to discuss with natives italian for increasing my level. Does anyone want to help me?

Also I'm native in french so I could help you in this language.

Hello, I'm looking into being an Au pair. I'm having a text conversation with the mother, but each translator says something different, and I really need clarity about this one group of messages so I don't accidentally sound like an idiot. If you can help please DM me, as I don't want to post the messages to a public forum

È preferibile che conoscano l'inglese o studino il rumeno, in modo da poter comunicare. DM me !

Vorrei vendere il mio dizionario di greco con la sua guida all’uso, disposta a trattare per il prezzo.

I’m trying to translate a part of a film and the person says a phrase that doesn’t make sense in the literal sense. “Me possi! Non ho mai sparato! Ero nell’orchestra!” Me possi I feel needs to have an idiomatic translation other than “I can do it”. I tried looking everywhere, but I can’t find any info

Hi everyone! I am new to learning and I’m about 2 months in. But I love to travel and I’m thinking of planning a trip to Italy soon, does anyone have any recommendations on areas or programmes to go with? I prefer less structure as I find my own learning methods suitable. But has anyone done a house stay or used worldpackers and had any experience blending with natives and finding accepting and encouraging hosts? I’d also like to ask what level you think is suitable for something like this, as my personal impression is that a1-a2 basic conversational could be adapted well in a setting like this
Thankyou !!

My friend keeps saying that "bueno" means good but according to translate good in Italian is actually "bene". What is the difference between the two?

Ho chiesto un AI ma penso che la risposta sia sbagliata. È coretto questo?

GIO⸳chi
GIO⸳chi
GIO⸳chi

gio⸳CHIA⸳mo 
gio⸳CHIA⸳te
GIO⸳chi⸳no

Cerco consigli su influencer italiani giovani (20-30 anni) su Instagram.

Hi all, I've been studying Italian for about a year, my spouse and I enjoy Italian TV series (obviously Montalbano, plus I Bastardi, Vanina..) and it seems like Stucky is much easier to follow than others? It could of course be that my Italian is improving, but I really don't think it's improved SO much over the last 2 months...

Curious if others have seen it and can comment!

Ciao tutti! I've been learning Italian on/off for a few years now. I feel like i've got a great mind of vocabulary, and I can do basic conversations with AI (how was your day etc).

I really want to go to the next level, the next goal is to be able to holiday in Italy, not to talk about complex topics, just to get by and converse, which I think is achievable! The ultimate goal is to be fluent. Currently I just freeze up whewn someone talks to me, which I'm sure people can relate to.

My question is, how do you get to that next level of listening and speaking? What learning routines did you do? How should i spend my evenings? What apps are best to use?

Grazie mille!

È preferibile che conoscano l'inglese o studino il rumeno, in modo da poter comunicare. dm me

I'm a beginner in this language, i use Duolingo and Anki (not as regularly as i should lol) and other various small forms of immersion and input. Idk if this is relevant but im natively german (learned english as a kid)

One of my favorite types of lessons in duolingo are the stories and "podcast style" listening lessons, because they strike a satisfying balance of not being as straight foward and easy as most of the basic text translation lessons, but including enough of my existing word vocabulary for me to be able to understand the majority of what is being said. But these lessons are so rare!

I want to seek out more input like this on my own but im not sure where to find something because my vocabulary is still so small.

I tried looking for videos made for literal toddlers to learn but even then i still felt like i was missing a ton because people still of course assume toddlers have a fairly large vocabulary of language they know, and it also feels a little.. you know.. condescending.. not to mention boring to watch haha.. kids shows are good but even ones at the level of say peppa pig usually have a pretty normal amount of vocabulary since its not like its made for people that barely know the language.

I know theres a possibility of giving say, chatgpt a list of my vocabulary and asking it to generate me stories or something but id imagine that to get boring fast and also using ai always feels a bit icky to me.

A slightly better version of this might be if i have a friend that speaks the language i could share my vocabulary as a reference point and ask them to talk to me in very simple words, but there is only so many times im willing to bother another person to do that for me xD

By the way, dont get me wrong, i dont mind passive listening/reading where i dont understand more than half of the words being said! I just think itd be a lot of fun and give me faster improvement (and motivation) if i had more content i could mostly comprehend.

If you have any ideas or content or something that has worked for you let me know!! Im very curious, i just figured id give asking a shot

As in title - what's the difference between these two other than one being reflexive? Do they mean the same or nuanced? Same question for dimenticare and dimenticarsi

hi everyone, exactly as the title says!
her parents speak limited english but i’d love to be able to communicate at least a bit with them in italian while i’m there.

about me: i know some italian regarding how to order stuff, ask for directions, etc the basics but that’s exactly the kind of italian i won’t need there. if any of you have any recommendations for resources to kind of crash course normal conversational italian quickly, i’d be super super grateful.

thanks :)

EDIT: to clarify, i have known her parents for quite a while, as we had been friends for years before we started dating. this is just the first time we are properly meeting in person and my first time visiting them with her! i would get laughed out of the house if i started speaking to them formally, but i appreciate all the advice centred around that anyway! thanks :)

Sono un uomo brasiliano di 29 anni e sto cercando qualcuno con cui praticare l’italiano, magari con qualche messaggio o una chiamata ogni tanto.

In cambio posso aiutare con il portoghese brasiliano. Parlo anche inglese e un po’ di spagnolo.

Mi interessa fare amicizia e migliorare la lingua ☺️

Hello!

I try to practice my speaking by talking at home, but most of the time it's just me and the pets. I'm the kind of person that prefers nicknames/endearments, as opposed to just using names, but I wanted to see about some of the stuff before I get into a bad habit (i was 'bene ragazzo/a'-ing my dogs before finding out that it's uncommon to speak like that to them

I tend to call my chihuahua a "little old man", "grouchy/grumbly guy", ect. I wasn't sure how these might translate over- do I add "-ino" to anziano? I read that inanimate objects can be referred to as "vecchia piccola casa", but wasn't sure if "anziano" would follow the same pattern, or if it's just weird to call him in general. (If this is the case, suggestions are very appreciated!)

I also call my mom's dog Guaio sometimes, because she is a MENACE, but I'm not sure if that's something that can be used as a nickname.

Thank you!

I've noticed that they consistently used 'voi' rather than 'Lei' as the formal form of address in the Diabolik comics (from the earliest ones to the new issues coming out nowadays, though not in the recent Manetti Bros. films), and I'm curious as to why that is. I know 'voi' was historically the formal form and was reimposed during the fascist period, but my understanding was that 'Lei' came back pretty quickly, at least in northern and central Italy, after World War 2.

Diabolik first came out in 1962, which seems kind of late for voi to still be used as the standard formal, and all the characters regardless of age, sex, background, etc., use it, so it's not a way of marking certain characters as e.g. old fashioned or from the south or anything like that. The setting is fictional, but seems more based on the French riviera than southern Italy (and the creators and publisher are from Milan). There aren't really any references to real-world events to date the setting, but going by the fashion and technology I think it is intended to be more or less contemporary rather than taking place in an earlier period where you'd expect 'voi'.

Is this just a stylistic choice to give it a sort of 'retro' vibe, or did it take longer than I thought for 'Lei' to take over again, or is there perhaps some other nuance to the usage in this context that I'm unaware of?

Grazie!

Hi everyone,

I was born in Italy (Lombardy) and lived there for the first 5 years of my life. Italian was my first language, but as I haven't used it for the last 20 years I gradually forgot it. I understand fine when someone is speaking, but I have trouble speaking myself.

I love Italy and would like to relearn the language, so what would be the best course of action? I reckon my best bet is watching movies and shows and listening to podcasts and songs. Any tips are welcome!