Italian foreign language- learn Italian with Melissa

14/11/2021

Ciao! Come va?
Just a quick note about this brand new movie about the family. Gucci is still a very famous fashion brand all over the world and this movie is about the story of the family in the late 90s.
I highly recommend it if you want to know more about it and more about Italy and its fashion designers.
Starring :
and many more great artists.

Hope is coming soon to your country!

Enjoy ! Buona visione!🍿 🎞🎬🎥🍿

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26/09/2021

Ciao 👋🏻 e buona giornata!
Come state? How are you?

Today I'd like to start talking with you about Italian idioms with colours. We use quite a few expressions with different colours, each one to describe a different situation.

The first one is:
ESSERE AL VERDE.💰💳💸

'Verde' means green, so it literally means 'to be at the green (side/part), but this idiom means instead

TO BE FLAT BROKE.

Why do we use this colour ? ⚃
There are different reasons, all related to green as a sign of poverty back in time or as the final part of a candle used to time events.🕯
When the candle had burnt out, you could see this green part.

Any question, let me know 🧐🤑
A presto! 🤗

08/08/2021

Ciao e buon lunedì!
Have you followed the in Tokyo?
How did your country perform?

was not bad at all 💪🏻👌🏻!

Well done to the🇮🇹 🇮🇹 for all their amazing results, esp. the 🏅🥇

Have a look below at all the different disciplines in which Italian athletes were first!

When someone achieves an important result we can say :

BRAVO ! ( well done)
CONGRATULAZIONI ! (congratulations)
COMPLIMENTI! ( you did really well)

Any other way you can think about?

Tell me / ask me in the comments below ⬇️

The official website for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, providing the latest news, event information, Games Vision, and venue plans.

23/07/2021

Ciao a tutt*!
In Italy summer has kicked off last month and with it also our summer hits!

Did you know that every year few summer hits are out to help making good memories of our holidays? And of course to let us dance and have fun!
These songs are being played by all radios and sung by most teenagers and young people- not only 😜. The recurring theme is love - usually it's about a summer love story 😍!

Again I am suggesting this website/app if you want to practice your Italian with pop music, in my opinion one of the best way of learning a foreign language.

This is 'Un bacio all'improvviso' (suddenly a kiss) by Rocco Hunt (an Italian songwriter) ft. Ana Mena (a Spanish singer who sings in Italian too).

Buon ascolto and have fun!

Learn Italian in a fun way with the music video and the lyrics of the song "Un Bacio All'improvviso" of Rocco Hunt, Ana Mena

16/07/2021

Buon venerdì! Happy Friday!

The made it in Wembley last Sunday and celebrations are still going on in !

In Italian we say :

CE L'HANNO FATTA = they made it / they managed to win

CE LA FACCIO = I can do it, I manage to do something

FARCELA = to manage, to be able to do something

It is made by the verb FARE = to do + pronouns CI and LA.
These two pronouns give a different meaning to the verb FARE.
(CI becomes CE for phonetics reasons).
It's called a pronominal verb.
It is usually followed by A + infinitive verb.

In a question:

CE LA FAI A PORTARE LA VALIGIA? = Can you manage to carry the suitcase?

SÌ CE LA FACCIO = Yes I can manage.

Any questions, let me know.

Bravi AZZURRI!
🇮🇹❤🇮🇹❤🇮🇹

14/06/2021

Buon lunedì!
Happy monday!

What is your favourite food?🍔🥘🥗
Tell me in in the comments below!⬇️

Mine is definitely , all shapes, preferably with veggies sauce.
I also love 🧀!!

Buona settimana! Have a nice week!

23/05/2021

Hey out there!
Ciao!! 🤗
These guys rock!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Do you remember? They won the Italian contest this year in March and now also the , a very important European music contest.
Well done to !!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!

See, in Italy we have all different kind of music and styles!
What do you think about the song?

The favourite, Måneskin, came first with their rock song Zitti e Buoni but the UK got nul points.

08/03/2021

Ciao, buon pomeriggio!🇮🇹

This weekend a very important event / tv show in Italy has come to its end after nearly a week, it was the 'Festival di Sanremo'.

It's the main music contest in Italy for pop music and it's on every year, usually in February.👨‍🎤👩‍🎤

It has been running for 71 years!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This year for the first time it was in March and without audience in the theatre because of the pandemic.

Old and new singers get on stage with a brand new song, audience from home vote their favourite, plus a group of expert deliver other prices as well.

This year a very young rock band, has won the contest with the song "Zitti e buoni" ( = quiet and calm).

For more info on the festival ➡️
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanremo_Music_Festival

If you'd like to watch other clips and listen to other songs, go to: https://www.facebook.com/festivaldisanremo/

Here's the winner song, let me know if you like it!
A pure Italian rock sound 😛😎🤟🏻

A presto!🤗🤩😁




https://youtu.be/1OISmX4vOKA

TUTTI I VIDEO E LE PUNTATE SOLO SU RAIPLAY https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/festivaldisanremo – Maneskin cantano sul palco dell'Ariston il brano 'Zitti e bu...

22/02/2021

Buon pomeriggio!!
Demo lesson no.2 is here for you!!😊🇮🇹

This one is about introducing oneself and ask/tell how someone is! 😎🇮🇹

Have a go and ask me anything you might want to know in the comments, I am always more than happy to help! 🤩🇮🇹

Buon ascolto! Enjoy (listening)!

Alla prossima! See you next time!
😎🇮🇹

Check out a video I made via Loom

21/02/2021

Ciao a tutti!🤗
Happy Sunday and
Happy international !
Today we celebrate our native languages all over the world!
💕💕💕💕
Be proud of your mother tongue...what is yours by the way?
🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇬🇧🇬🇳🇮🇱🇭🇳🇵🇸🇷🇴

I'm really eager to know!
Please tell me in the comments below!!

14/02/2021

Buon San Valentino!!
Happy Valentine's day!!

💖💖💖

Let's see together the verbs/ expressions used to say how much you love someone or to describe in what level of relationships you are😁

In we have 2 different ways of saying
'I love you '💞

TI AMO ➡️ you'll say this to your partner, to your children - very very strong love relationship.

TI VOGLIO BENE ➡️ you'll say this to your friends, family members, relatives- still strong but different.

Then in the flashcard below you'll find more verbs to describe the different steps in a relationship:

FREQUENTARSI ➡️ To date someone
METTERSI INSIEME ➡️ To start a relationship
STARE INSIEME ➡️ To be in a relationship
AVERE UNA RELAZIONE ➡️ To be in a relationship
CORTEGGIARE➡️ to pursue
FIDANZARSI ➡️ to get engaged
SPOSARSI ➡️ to get married

Any questions to this topic?
Please let me know in the comments⬇️

Ciao e a presto!
💘💘💘