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La politesse en France

Myriam Arcangeli  On dit souvent que les Français ne sont pas le peuple le plus poli au monde, mais la...

“Faire la bise” and “Santé !”: two French common traditions

Myriam Arcangeli  The French have a few traditions that are worth knowing about before setting foot in France...

Quelques curiosités de la langue française

Myriam Arcangeli  La langue française a plusieurs aspects surprenants, comme par exemple le fait qu'on n'y...

The verb stare in Italian: meanings and uses

By- Claudia Quesito The verb stare conveys several meanings and can sometimes be tricky because of its different...

Perú, entre la gastronomía y la historia

Situado en el oeste del continente, bordeando el Pacífico, se encuentra Perú, un país con gran diversidad...

Prepositions in Italian: Rules and Use

By- Claudia Quesito Prepositions are typically considered a headache when studying a language; there seems to be...

Learning Italian: Cognates and False Friends

By- Claudia Quesito As you likely know, there are several cognates (parole simili, or affini)—words that have a...

Learning Italian: Greetings

By- Claudia Quesito Greetings are the first step to making a conversation run smoothly, so you certainly want to...

Learning Italian: Making Nouns Plural

By- Claudia Quesito As you probably know from your very first Italian classes, as a general rule, to make a...

Italians and Their Love for Smartphones

By- Claudia Quesito It is a well-known fact that Italians in general can be quite chatty: smartphones are...