Buon Natale!

Merry Christmas!

Il 24 di Dicembre

Meaning of Christmas in Italian — The true meaning of Christmas in Italian and English

This special Italian saying for the December holidays was originally posted by Rita from our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. Special thanks to E. L. Word for the Italian photo and Italian language.

Italian Proverb

Il 18 di Novembre 2017

Buon fine settimana con proverbio! from our Facebook group, Conversational Italian!

Isn’t it interesting the way the Italian proverb has an English equivalent, but the exact phrasing is a little bit different? I guess we all think about the same things, but in a slightly different way, depending on where we are from!

I’d love to hear more Italian phrases or English phrases similar to this one! Please write if you know of others. -Kathryn

Proverb in Italian meaning — This proverb is the Italian way of saying that things may not be as good as they seem to the outsider.

Italian Proverb

Il 29 di Settembre 2017

Buon fine settimana con proverbio! from our Facebook group, Conversational Italian!

Isn’t it interesting the way the Italian proverb mentions “doing – fare” before “saying – dire,” while we English speakers have the same proverb in reverse? Italians also say, “It is like white and black,” rather than “black and white,” like us English speakers.

I’d love to hear more Italian phrases where the descriptive words are opposite than English. Please write if you know of others.

Can anyone guess where the name of the church in the photo? Would love to hear!
-Kathryn

Italian Proverb

Il 8 di Settembre 2017

Buon fine settimana con proverbio! from our Facebook group, Conversational Italian!

I like this proverb because it mentions a type of zucchini, cocuzza. There have been songs written about this zucchini, believe it or not, which is very, very long. Does anyone know about music or other sayings that include this zucchini? Recipes? Would love to hear! – Kathryn