Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Being able to listen to and understand new music is one of the best parts about learning a new language. You’re introduced to a whole new facet of the culture when you’re able to enjoy a…
3 Unexpected Places Where You Must Use the Preposition “In”
Now that you’ve explained some strange usages from the prepositions “di” and “da”, it’s time to explore a bit of the weirdness that the preposition “in” has to offer. “In” can be defined in English as: — In — At 1.) Is it “Abito IN via de’ Neri” or “Abito SU via de’ Neri”? Abito…
How to Whip Your Italian Back into Shape Before You Leave for Italy
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. No, that isn’t a spinoff title for a Denise Austin exercise video. Okay, well sort of. But the point is that many of us like to procrastinate and not study Italian until we realize that we…
3 Unexpected Uses for the Preposition “Da” in Italian
As mentioned on many previous occasions, I think prepositions are weird. I think you will agree the more you learn them and use them in Italian. That being said, I also think they are pretty cool. I am not prejudiced against weird things. Okay, now that we have that settled, let’s move on. What are…
4 Unexpected Ways to Use the Italian Prepositions “di”, “da”, and “in”
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. We talk about prepositions at The Iceberg Project a LOT. This is because Italian prepositions are really difficult and they differ so much from how we use prepositions in English. Aside from the typical uses, however,…
4 Verbs in Italian You Might Be Using Incorrectly
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. While it might have been lovely (in terms of our sanity) to be able to translate from English to Italian word for word without worrying about messing up the meaning, it wouldn’t be nearly as fun…
4 Phrases for Curving the Conversation Back to Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Picture this. You go to Italy after months of learning and practicing Italian. Your very first conversation in Italian is with the guy selling train tickets at the airport in Rome. You ask him for two…
How to Count in Italian (or how to make sure you can eat in Italy)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. In this post, I’m introducing a brand new writer to The Iceberg Project. Hannah Jackel spent nine lovely months in Viterbo, Italy studying abroad (with me!), where she fell in love with the Italian language, culture…
One Proven Method That Will Help You Remember More Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen to it on Stitcher or iTunes. A lot of you come to me and tell me that you’re having trouble remembering what you’ve learned, which as humans, is normal. So how do we combat our memory loss and make sure…
How to Say “I Wonder” & Other Forms of Probability in Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. When I started learning Italian one of the phrases I always wanted to know how to say was “I wonder,” as in “I wonder where we’re going tomorrow” or “I wonder what he was talking to…
Is the fluency illusion getting in the way of learning Italian?
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. The fluency illusion is this: You think you know more than you actually do. It’s sneaky in that it will steal weeks, months, and years from you, leaving you alone + wondering why you still can’t…
One Proven Method That Will Help You Remember More Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. A lot of you come to me and tell me that you’re having trouble remembering what you’ve learned, which as humans, is normal. So how do we combat our memory loss and make sure that we…
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