You may be wondering why you have not seen Italy (World Cup 2022). The FIFA World Cup is an exciting date for all sports fans (and obviously for soccer fans). The best teams in the world come together to fight for a dream: to win the World Cup. However, one of the world’s most well-known…
Italy is not named after Rome because Rome is a city, and the country of Italy covers the entire peninsula. The city of Rome had an empire that extended beyond the boundaries of the peninsula. So, the identity of “Roman” had nothing to do with the Italian peninsula. On the other hand, the peninsula has…
Besides keeping us company, animals are the protagonists of many Italian sayings and proverbs. So, in this post, you will find the most famous of these Italian sayings. To make it easier, we have grouped the sayings we will present into three categories. In the first category, we include general sayings. The second category contains…
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Knowing about business etiquette in Italy can make a difference. So, if you aspire to make a business appointment with Italians or expand your knowledge about their culture, this post is for you. Cordiality is a trait that characterizes most Italians. They are also talkative, expressive, and very attached to the family environment. Business with…
Northern vs. southern Italy has been a subject of discussion for a long time! “There is no doubt that Italy’s economic and social disunity remains the most obvious and least addressed structural limitation.” A study performed by Eurispes reached that conclusion. “The greatest incongruity of our country is that 41 percent of its territory lives…
There has been a heated debate in Italy for many years. One party favors the term dialects, and the other opposes it. From a linguistic point of view, Italian “dialects” and the national language are on the same level. Both originated from Latin. What are Italian “dialects”? Italian dialects are not a corruption of Italian….
There are so many occasions when we need to write an email. And if you need to write one in Italian and have no clue, this is the right post for you. How to start an email in Italian? Italians are not as informal as Americans. And you need to pay attention to this. So,…
Something basic when learning Italian is knowing how to ask questions in Italian. It will help us express ourselves better and get more precise information from our interlocutors. We must master this subject to have fluent and deep conversations. In this post, we will examine how questions work in Italian. We will also give many…
If you are starting to learn Italian and are particularly interested in learning about the world of nature and the environment, here you will find the vocabulary related to this subject. At the end of the post, we dive a bit deeper with some phrases. Italian sayings about nature and the environment The topics of…