At The Iceberg Project, we believe the only way you can truly learn a language is by using it in real life. (We also believe that having a bottle of wine in your house at all times is a must.) To help you get that real-life experience, we put together this dialogue for you….
Dialogue: Olive Oil Tasting in Orvieto
At The Iceberg Project, we believe the only way you can truly learn a language is by using it in real life. (We also believe that having a bottle of wine in your house at all times is a must.) To help you get that real-life experience, we put together this dialogue for you. It’s…
How Do Italians Celebrate Easter?
Easter in Italy is both a solemn and joyful affair. It all starts around 40 days before Easter Sunday with Fat Tuesday or Martedì Grasso. Italians celebrate the period leading up to this day with Carnevale, a joyous festival of drink, food, costumes and merriment. If you happen to be in Italy for Carnevale, be…
6 Holidays to Plan Your Trip to Italy Around
Italy is full of holidays, feast days and fun traditions. If you are hoping to plan a trip to Italy it can be interesting to plan it around some of the biggest celebrates and get a peek into the complex Italian culture. Below are some of my favorites, and they’re some of the biggest festivals…
How to Date an Italian Man or Woman
O: Come sopravvivere ad un appuntamento con un uomo italiano/una donna italiana Note from Cher: This article is written entirely in Italian by our native Italian editor as another form of practice for intermediate students. Open up Context-Reverso & get to work. :] L’Italia, patria dalle immense ricchezze artistiche e culturali, musei a cielo aperto,…
Which Words from English Made the Cut in Italian? (or Parole Straniere Usate in Italiano)
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. There are plenty of words that we have in English that Italians want to use, too. And for the most part, they don’t change them at all, meaning that plenty of words in English are added…
Due Ragazze Pazze: 29 Italian Phrases for Carnevale
This episode’s audio doesn’t exist, and we have technology to blame (poof! gone into cyberspace!). Instead of listening to this episode, feel free to use the notes below to learn more about the topic. And if you’re like, “CHER, NO. I NEED THIS EPISODE,” then let me know in the comments below. I’ll put it…
Most Marvelous Italian Language Resources for September
Tootin’ my own horn I wrote this post for The Lingual Life on 12 uncomplicated ways to implement Italian into your everyday routine. Have you tried these tips yet? Language lovin’ Don’t get tripped up by these words in Italian. There are rarely any words highlighted for Italian, but this list has one! Liv from Lingual Life lists…
3 Ways to Use Italian in Your Everyday Life & 6 Expressions That Will Make You Blush
This episode’s audio doesn’t exist, and we have technology to blame (poof! gone into cyberspace!). Instead of listening to this episode, feel free to use the notes below to learn more about the topic. And if you’re like, “CHER, NO. I NEED THIS EPISODE,” then let me know in the comments below. I’ll put it…
30 CPF’s (Cocktail Party Facts) You Never Knew About Italians & Italy
Italy is full of interesting, strange, delightful, and brilliant cultural nuances. Below is a list of just thirty of these that I noticed from my time spent in Italy. Enjoy the loveliness + the oddities. 1.) Shopkeepers from Venice will warn you about casanovas, only because they’re casanovas themselves. The owner, Luigi Frizzo, of the…