r/Italian 22m ago

Offering: Português (nativo), Inglês e Espanol // Busco: Italiano

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Ciao! sou brasileiro e estou buscando pessoas para poder conversar em italiano e praticar o idioma!!


r/Italian 4h ago

European baierr pieríe

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>>Bold<<


r/Italian 6h ago

Passeggiata questo weekend?

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r/Italian 8h ago

Ehi tu, polentone di merda, e anche tu, terrone del cazzo. Vi piace se vi chiamo così? Brucia, eh?

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r/Italian 14h ago

La Settima Corda : Il Canto del Silenzio

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La risonanza di Schumann, poco conosciuta, è un fenomeno affascinante: lo spazio tra la Terra e l’ionosfera forma una cavità gigante che risuona a diverse frequenze, la principale intorno a 7,83 Hz. Predetta matematicamente da Winfried Otto Schumann nel 1952, è alimentata da migliaia di fulmini ogni secondo in tutto il mondo.
Qualche anno fa, questa idea mi ha appassionato e ha ispirato il mio racconto Il Canto del Silenzio. In esso, una squadra nel Sahara intercetta un segnale anomalo a 56 Hz, la settima armonica attesa, e deve scoprirne la causa prima che sia troppo tardi.
Sono curioso di sapere se anche altri trovano questo fenomeno così intrigante come me. Mi piacerebbe discuterne, sia dal punto di vista scientifico che letterario.


r/Italian 17h ago

Consigli subreddit italiani

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r/Italian 17h ago

A humble request to the italian people!

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r/Italian 22h ago

Is anyone familiar with the character next to Nel Qual? Is it a fancy s or something else?

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r/Italian 23h ago

Lingua romagnola

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Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, storico frontman di CCCP, CSI e PGR, da qualche anno nei suoi concerti pronuncia spesso la frase in romagnolo "mai aiu 'n padron, mai mort ed famma ingun", chiedo agli emiliani romagnoli di confermare se effettivamente si scrive in questo modo, magari su parere di chi è più anziano di voi.

Grazie mille.


r/Italian 1d ago

Learning Italian

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r/Italian 1d ago

I'm working on a Space Spaghetti Western. I would love your feedback.

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I'm creating a Space-Western Captain Simulator game which takes place in a recently colonized, lawless frontier system of a sun named "Cortesia". In honor of all the best Cowboy Films being made by Italians, I decided that the majority of the Colonists of the system are Italian in origin. Colonized planets are named things like "Porto Palladio" and "Nuova Tripoli", instead of Whiskey the hard drink of choice is Grappa made from hydroponic fruit pomace, usually as part of a caffè corretto, and the most dangerous thing you can do on an orbital shuttle bus is talk to the driver.

Imagine Firefly, but replace all the Mandarin influences with Italian ones, that's my goal.

I wanted to ask, what sort of other things would you want, or expect, to see in a rugged space colony inhabited by Italians? Not the obvious stereotype stuff, but more subtle things that someone who spent time in Italy would pick up on.


r/Italian 1d ago

New way to learn Italian 😊

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Hey everyone! My partner has just launched her card game Dialox on Kickstarter 🎉
It's a fun, short game about an Italian restaurant experience, and can help you learn Italian phrases.
Please pledge and share with anyone who might be interested!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/colloqwee/dialox-an-italian-language-card-game


r/Italian 1d ago

Traditori della costituzione italiana Art.11 Spoiler

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Italia


r/Italian 1d ago

grazie comunque per la pizza

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r/Italian 1d ago

Apartment in Ravenna?

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Hello everyone!

Me and my girlfriend are looking for an apartment in Ravenna or the surrounding towns, but every agency we have talked to doesn't have any available. I'm writing here with the hope of any local or person with knowledge willing to help.

Thanks in advance!


r/Italian 1d ago

"dai"

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First month in Bologna, I kept hearing "dai" in conversations where it clearly wasn't "come on." Someone would tell a story about their brother getting a job, and their friend would respond with "ma dai!" like they didn't believe it. The barista would say it as she handed me my espresso, kind of a sign-off. Two kids arguing on the bus used it like they were begging each other to stop. My textbook had one entry: "dai, come on (encouragement)." That covered maybe 20% of what I was hearing.

Technically "dai" is the second person singular imperative of "dare" (to give). Literally, "give!" But nobody actually uses it like that. If you want someone to hand you something, you'd say "dammelo" or "passami." The bare "dai" has drifted into doing something else entirely.

Here's what I pieced together after enough listening:

"Dai, andiamo." Come on, let's go. This is the textbook one.

"Ma dai, non ci credo!" Come off it, no way. Used when someone tells you something surprising, whether it's true or a joke. Often positive. If your coworker says they got the promotion, "ma dai!" is how you react, and it means something like "no way, that's amazing."

"Dai, smettila." Come on, cut it out. Mild reproach. Tone does the work. A parent uses this on a kid who won't stop whining.

"Dai, ti prego." Please, come on. Begging, pleading. Kids use it constantly.

"Bello, dai." It's nice, right? Sentence-final tag, like a soft "innit." This one took me forever to hear because it's not pushing for anything, it's just closing the sentence with a shared vibe.

"Dai su." Come on now. Often used to give someone a gentle push when they're tired, down, or dragging. "Su" is literally "up" and does that lifting.

Once I noticed the pattern, "dai" is almost always doing pragmatic work rather than lexical work. Most of the time it's a softener or a response marker. English doesn't have a single word that covers all this. You end up translating it as "come on" or "come off it" or "right?" or "please" depending on the slice.

What finally helped was making a rule for myself: whenever I heard a "dai" I couldn't parse, I'd send a voice note to a language partner on HelloTalk and ask her what the speaker was actually doing. She'd usually reply with a couple of similar contexts from her own life. Two months of that and my ear started catching the intonation on its own.But, where I still get it wrong: overusing it. Because I noticed how often Italians tag "dai" at the end of sentences, I started doing it in my own speech and a friend eventually told me I was sounding mildly annoyed at her. Apparently the intonation was doing something I hadn't picked up on yet.

One thing I still can't figure out: whether "dai" as a full standalone response (someone tells you something, you just say "dai," end of turn) is more of a Northern habit. I hear it constantly here in Emilia-Romagna, but a Roman friend told me she doesn't use it that way.


r/Italian 1d ago

qualcuno di latina e dintorni?

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mi chiamo mattia, 20 anni e vivo vicino Latina


r/Italian 1d ago

Need help with fashion research!

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Okay so, I'm an artist working on some character designs. The lore is set in Southern Italy in 2000/2001 and I need help gathering teen/young adult fashion (both male and female) references from those years so my designs can be as accurate as possible. Which brands were trendy at the time? Which kind of clothing/accessories were the most popular? Were there any fashion subcultures? It'd be even more helpful if you guys had actual pictures from those years bc Google and Pinterest aren't really helping me :( any kind of picture really (magazines, stuff from the internet or from early 2000s tv programs, even your own pictures if you have any AND OFC YOU CAN CENSOR YOURSELVES FOR PRIVACY) I'm desperate Thank you in advance for those willing to help!!


r/Italian 1d ago

L’accento grafico è inutile?

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A parte le coppie omografe come e/è, qual è l’utilità dell’accento grafico? Tutti (più o meno) sappiamo che libro è piana e che musica è sdrucciola, perciò che senso ha mettere l’accento grafico su cioè se tanto sappiamo già che è tronca?


r/Italian 2d ago

NUOVA MOD, DI UN MEME ITALIANO IMMORTALE

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Nuova Mod, per il gioco di doppiaggio, del famosissimo meme Italiano di Zeb89 di MacroDub

https://voxalike.com/workshop/ehh-volevi-zeb89-ita


r/Italian 2d ago

Novels recommandation

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r/Italian 2d ago

Proverbi Dialettali

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“Chi tene ‘a lengua, va ‘n Sardegna.” — Chi sa parlare e chiedere, riesce ad arrivare lonta“Chi te vo’ bene, te fa chiagnere; chi te vo’ male, te fa ridere.” — A volte chi ti vuole bene ti dice anche verità che fanno male.


r/Italian 2d ago

Cerco una ragazza.

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r/Italian 2d ago

Am I allowed to wear Italian jackets as a non Italian? I’m super motivated to learn Italian because I want to study abroad and I love Italy

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Im Spanish and Moroccan. No blood connection to Italy but I’m really intrigued by the language and I want to master it and study abroad. I really like these jackets that are only like 65$ on this website and the website is legit.

im buying two of them but I wonder if it is allowed


r/Italian 2d ago

Gallup (2024) | L'Italia è il paese europeo in cui le donne si sentono meno al sicuro a camminare da sole fuori durante la notte con valori simili all'Africa, Pakistan e il Sud America, peggiore di Ucraina, Medio Oriente e India

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