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Sai?
la gente è strana
Prima si odia e
poi si ama
Cambia idea
improvvisamente
Prima la verità poi
Mentirà lui
Senza serietà
come fosse niente.
Sai
la gente è matta
Forse troppo insoddisfatta
Segue il mondo ciecamente
Quando la moda cambia
Lei pure cambia
Continuamente
scioccamente
Tu, tu che sei diverso
Almeno tu nell’universo
Un punto sei
che non ruota mai
Intorno a me
Un sole che splende
per me soltanto
Come un diamante
in mezzo al cuore, tu..
Sai
la gente [...]

Definite article: ‘the’
The first thing to know is that the Italian language uses definite articles a lot more than in English when speaking generally. For example, where we would say beautiful women, Italians would say le belle donne (the beautiful women) or il cibo italiano instead of italian food
Next we should remember that articles have [...]

Italian vowels are easy to pronounce because, unlike in English, they always stay the same!
Let’s try:
a is pronounced like the a of apple (e.g. banana - bahnahnah not buhnaaahnuh)
e is pronounced like the e of egg (e.g. belle donne - belleh donneh)
i is a little more complicated! It’s midway between the i of it and [...]

For all opera lovers - here’s what Luciano’s singing:
Nessun dorma!
Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che fremono d’amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun sapra!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo diro
quando la luce splendera!
Ed il mio bacio sciogliera il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun [...]

The verb andare (to go) is probably one of the most common you will use when speaking. It is an irregular verb, but it is definitely worth learning how to conjugate it in different tenses:
Present simple:  (io) vado, (tu) vai, (lui/lei) va, (noi) andiamo, (voi) andate, (loro) vanno
Present continuous: verb stare + andando, eg sto [...]

The English, it is said, love to talk about il meteo (the weather). The Italians, on the other hand, really ought to make more use of this topic of conversation since in Italy the weather is incredibly varied. Where English weather is rather mite (mild), the Italian clima (climate) can go from extreme to extreme.
L’autunno [...]

The Italian present simple is quite a handy tense to know as not only is it used in the same way as the English tense, but it can also substitute the near future and the present continuous.
eg. I make the tea (faccio il te)
I’ll make the tea (faccio il te)
I’m making the tea (faccio il [...]

The plane has landed, you’ve negotiated the public transport to the hotel and finally arrived at your destination. Only one more challenge remains - checking in! Of course, your hotel receptionist probably speaks good English and is dying for a chance to use it, but that’s not the point. Throw caution to the wind and [...]

Subject pronouns in English are I, you, he, she, it, we, you and they.
They are used before a verb to explain who is doing the action, eg I play, they play.
In italian this is already clear from the ending of the verb so often the subject pronoun is not specified.
Let’s use an example with the [...]

If you have found work and are coming to live in Italy, you’d better get used to being a straniero (foreigner)!
Italians split stranieri into two groups: comunitari (those coming from member states of the EU) and extra-comunitari.
First of all you will need un posto da vivere (somewhere to live). The most logical solution is to [...]