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Awaken the Italian in you

You don't necessarily have to know Italian to speak it. Unlike in most other countries, in Italy people want to understand you - so it's high time to start using expressions that make sense.

Good!

Put on a serious expression, push your lower lip up slightly, and use your index finger to pretend to poke an imaginary hole in your cheek.

Furbo!

Furbo - smart: With an approving look on your face, use your thumb to trace a line across your cheek.

What ...!?

The undisputed classic of all Italian hand gestures: one that could be described in a PG-rated way as "WTF!" or something like that. When words fail, this can also be accompanied by a barked "Ouw!".

Traffic signals are not covered here because they have long been standardized internationally. But apart from that, there is much to learn:

Italian for Advanced Learners (Link to La Gazzetta)

Advanced Studies

Video Course

Thanks to Gazzetta!

Venetian Dialectics

Then learn Venetian! If you understand Italian, you'll really enjoy Giovanni Giusto's great segments, in which he regularly explains key words from the Venetian dialect and introduces new ones.

How to Really Learn Italian

It’s been proven to work:
Instead of putting an Italian textbook under your pillow, leave it in the bathroom. That way, you can be sure nothing else gets read there.

And that fulfills one essential requirement: repetition. And as we all know, repetition is the mother of all learning.

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Dai!