Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts.At The Iceberg Project, we’re big believers in incorporating Italian into everyday tasks as a way to further your learning and vocabulary. So, we got to thinking, what is something everyone does every day, but maybe has…
Basic Italian Vocabulary: Animals
One of the first words children learn is that of animals. Be it their household pet or a beloved toy, babies and toddlers quickly learn the names of their furry friends. Learning Italian as an adult shouldn’t be much different – it’s just as useful to learn Italian animal words as it is for children….
75 Vocabulary Words for Talking About Sports in Italian
When you think about sports in Italy, I’ll bet the first one that comes to mind is the infamous calcio, or soccer. And if you have spent any length of time obsessing about Italian culture or in Italy–or both–team names like Juventus and Gli Azzurri will come to mind. But beyond calcio, there are lots…
How to Supercharge Your Vocabulary Flashcards for the Digital Age
I have a confession to make: I hate language learning flashcards. Well, I used to, anyway. Before you reach for your pitchforks, hear me out: The traditional vocabulary flashcard suffers from two key problems. Flashcards are, in my opinion: — Cumbersome – Flashcards take up space, and lots of it. If you’re using index cards,…
Dialogue: Differences Between American & Italian Culture, Pt. II
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 Italian is the best foreign language to learn.) To help you get that real-life experience, we put together this dialogue for you. It’s about two friends — one Italian…
Chi sono i “falsi amici”??
No matter whether it’s your first foreign language or your fifth, the rules of the Italian language can be really confusing. Plus, there isn’t a whole lot of material out there in Italian that offers comprehension practice targeted at English speakers. That’s why I ask my team to create original content in Italian constantly, like…
How to Talk About the Seasons in Italian
Cambio di stagione, or change of seasons, is an important event that happens two times a year for Italians. Why two times a year and not four? Because this cambio I’m referring to is the one related to wardrobe. As summer ends and fall begins, Italians open their wardrobes (armadi) and take out their winter…
How to Say “I don’t remember” in Italian
Cher and I are contacted frequently by our lovely readers who want to ask questions or just send us quick notes as a way to practice Italian (thank you by the way, we love your emails!). And, in all these messages, over the years, we started to notice a theme. When someone can’t recall something…
Italian Word Speed Dates: Poi and Così
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Whoa, it’s been a looooong since I wrote a couple of vocabulary speed dates for you. NOT OKAY. That’s why I’m back in this article to talk to you all about how to use the Italian…
Question Words in Italian
One way that you can extend conversations in Italian even as a beginner student is by asking A LOT of questions. While there are a variety of structures for asking questions (like this one for asking about likes and dislikes), there are some basic vocabulary words for you to use for simpler questions. These are…
20 Phrases for Making a Phone Call in Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. When I stayed in Viterbo for a week during my most recent trip to Italy, I used Air B&B and stayed at this cute little apartment called Gli Archi. Before arriving, my mother and I were…
3 Main Ways to Use the Word Proprio in Italian
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