Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Learn Travel Italian.com Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2024?  Have you set a goal to learn Italian?  I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!”® With these blogs, I discuss how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing help you to “think in Italian.”  For instance, many Italian verbs have a similar use to those in English, which simplifies translation from one language to the other. However, often the meaning of an Italian verb will vary&nb ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD for Conversational Italian for Travelers books Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2024? I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” ® With these blogs, I describe how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing  help you to “think in Italian.”  Certain situations come up often among family members and friends, especially those living together in the same household. This leads to common phrases that are often used on a daily basis. In  recent blogs, “Tal ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD for Conversational Italian for Travelers books Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2024? I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” ® With these blogs, I describe how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing  help you to “think in Italian.”  Now that February has arrived, bringing with it Valentines Day, much of the world focuses on the greatest of human emotions — love. Valentine’s day has been celebrated since Roman times; many stories have circulated a ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Learn Travel Italian.com Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2024?  Have you made a New Year’s Resolution (proposito per il nuovo anno) to learn Italian?  I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” ®  With these blogs, I discuss how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing help you to “think in Italian.”  For instance, many Italian verbs have a similar use to those in English, which simplifies translation from one language to the other. How ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Conversational Italian for Travelers books Buon Natale a tutti voi! Visiting Italy during Christmastime has been on my bucket list for many years.  Recently, I’ve arranged my travel to Italy during the spring or fall. And yet, from the photos I’ve seen, Italy is just as magical — or maybe even more so — during the Christmas season, when the towns sparkle with lights hung above the piazza and the shops and churches decked out in their special holiday displays.  We’ve discussed Italian Christmas traditions in December each year since this blog’s inception. A ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD for Conversational Italian for Travelers books Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2024? I hope you have been making this goal a reality, since we are almost at the end of 2023! I have been trying to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” ® With these blogs, I describe how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing  help you to “think in Italian.”  Certain situations come up often among family members and friends, especially those living together in the same househol ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD for Conversational Italian for Travelers books Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2023? I hope you are on your way to making this goal a reality! I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” ® With these blogs, I describe how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing  help you to “think in Italian.”  Certain phrases come up often, even every day, among family members. In a recent blog, “Talking with family and friends with familiar Italian commands,” we dis ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Learn Travel Italian.com Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2023?  Have you set a goal to learn Italian? Now that the “school year” has begun once again, let’s focus on this goal! I will try to help you by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” With these blogs, I discuss how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing help you to “think in Italian.”  For instance, many Italian verbs have a similar use to those in English, which simplifies translation from one language to t ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Learn Travel Italian.com Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2023?  I have been trying to help you with this goal by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” With these blogs, I discuss how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing help you to “think in Italian.”  To speak fluently in another language, it is important to understand the nuances used among family members and friends. In Italian, verbs in their familiar imperative form are commonly used, especially with childre ..read more

Kathryn Occhipinti, MD, for Learn Travel Italian.com Do you want to speak Italian more easily and confidently in 2023?  I have been trying to help you with this goal by posting a new blog every month in the series “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” In these blogs, I discuss how Italians use their language on a daily basis and in so doing help you to “think in Italian.”  To speak fluently in another language, it is important to know how to use linking verbs — verbs that describe a state of being. Linking verbs do not describe movement; that is the role of the action verbs. The linkin ..read more