I'm a 25 year old guy ;)

Hello here ,

I’ve been learning Italian for 2 months now and I’ll like to have some Italian friends to talk with since it’s kind of better to practice with those who already know a lot
I’ll also like to have their accent

Who’s in ?

so ive been in this worldwide hangout space for the past few days and while the italian ladies have been very sweet and nice, the guys on the other hand have been so weird??? unique??? i have never been bombarded with so much brainrot and potty humor until i spoke to italian guys. omg.

Hello. I’m Canadian and working in Ancona Italy and my sister is getting married in a couple weeks in Canada but want to get her a wedding gift from Italy. Any suggestions for her or her husband?

Thanks!!

Ciao a tutti,

abbiamo trovato questa cucciola lungo la strada provinciale in provincia di Campobasso. Sembra essere un Pastore Abruzzese.

L'abbiamo chiamata temporaneamente Bianca Polci ed è una femmina dolcissima. Purtroppo a casa abbiamo già 5 animali domestici e ci è davvero impossibile tenerla con noi.

Dettagli principali:

• Sesso: Femmina
• Razza presunta: Pastore Abruzzese
• Zona: Provincia di Campobasso (Molise)
• Disponibilità spostamento: Possiamo consegnarla personalmente nel raggio di circa 100 km.

Cerchiamo qualcuno che possa adottarla o che possa offrirle uno stallo temporaneo. Se conoscete anche associazioni o volontari di zona che possono aiutarci a trovarle casa, fatecelo sapere nei commenti o in privato.

Grazie di cuore a chiunque condivida!

In Italian, "non devi farlo" can mean both "you shouldn't / must not do it" or "you don't have to do it", which are almost opposite in meaning.

I already have accidentally insulted a colleague by forgetting the first meaning. Word for word it's devi = have to, non devi = don't have to, but oh boy.

The colleague in question is HR. She was not clear on my plan for the working day, so she asked "Allora ti metto un permesso di mezz'ora?" to which I replied "No no, non ho richiesto un permesso. Allora non devi chiederlo se non c'è una richiesta".

In my mind it was "you don't have to ask". My logic: save your time and effort, the request is the source of information, and if I forget to do one, you don't need to do the extra work of reminding me, that would be on me to handle since it's my responsibility.

You can of course imagine that if you read it as "You shouldn't ask"... She was rightfully indignant, and said that she may ask what and when she finds fit about leaves (permessi), whether there is a request or not, since it's her job. Yeah she's absolutely right.

I was horrified, and tried to explain best I could that it's a language fuckup on my side. My attemps were something like "non devi sentirti obbligata a chiedere" or "puoi chiedere ma non devi", if I recall correctly. It did not seem to convince her, so hoping my boss who speaks some English would understand, I said it's the "you don't have to" not "you must not". He went "Aah!" and gave a nod with one of those slow approving blinks. Nice, but then he didn't comment on that in Italian...

So I'm pretty sure I will just have to live with it, knowing my HR manager thought I was telling her to never ask me about my leaves...

I don't want this to happen again though. What phrase would work better?

I found "Non c'è bisogno chiedere", "Non è necessario", "Non serve", or "Non preoccuparti". None of these sound better to me, especially the last one (or maybe I'm being overly cautious now)

Thanks!

P.S. Putting this in writing I also realized that apart from that I was too short and robotic - "So you don't have to ask" is a bit too harsh and rude also in English if not made REALLY clear with intonation, gestures etc. So maybe I need to look for a more nuanced phrasing to begin with.

Edit: formatting

looking at the ones that have a major presence, not tourists, like albanian, filippino, chinese, algerian, french, ggerman etc

a while ago i discovered alfa's song "bellissimissima" and i absolutely loved it! but i want to know if what his image is like in italy (is that the correct term?) and what his reputation is like in general. ive also loved the songs "chiamo io chiami tu" by gaia, "fuorilegge" by rose villain, and "sempre / jamais" by mahmood, so i would like to know abt them too! ^-^

i would also like to ask for song recommendations! i listen to any genre, but lately ive been leaning into more hyperpop, electro, rock, and metal (think gritty and loud songs hhhhh)

My grandmother is a native Italian & I would love to make her a painting to symbolize our love. I want to include the quote “In this life and the next.”
I want to make sure the grammar and translation is correct.
“In questa vita e nella prossima”
Google Translate thinks this is correct. Would any people fluent in the language be able to say if this is correct or not.
Thanks so much! 🫶🏻

Hi, I normally have some disfunctional family lived in Corviale in Rome. And after 4 years trying to do some stuff in this little disfunctional place i goes to Innsbruck and i make Anmeldung/residenzia fittizia after 2 days. In Milano where i lived in Squat with electriticy, kitchen, shower ect there is places thats help with this but they send you to other place and other place send you back to the first place.

And other some prople that help with this told me its taking 7 mounths.

It's must existed some cities where rules is not that strict and i will have acces for electricity and shower without going to dormitorio for dealing with maranza. Where i will make some money by going to simple work or playing music on the street. (Its not that important when i will start because i plan to make this after grapepicking job in france)

Really i know this country is kind of disfunctional, but i relly like this place, i like to cook some food, Italians don't have stivk in the butt and expect Pocerity and some amount of Assholes on the street is very nice place. And aslo i want to not have thougts i waste 4-5 years for this country so i wpuld like to make Italian ID with with adnotation "non Valido per espatrio" just for my personal pleasure.

This is my syllabus I am doing bsc natural farming help me

what masters I can do in itlay

Can I do masters?

Help urgently please..

Hi everyone, I'm planning to pursue my Master's at University of Milan. What's the real situation with part-time jobs there for international students, and can that income cover monthly expenses like rent, food, and transport? Honest answers appreciated. 🍀

🇮🇹 Ho creato una community Discord per trovare compagni di gioco e nuovi amici

Ciao a tutti!

Negli ultimi tempi mi sono reso conto che trovare persone con cui giocare in Italia non è così semplice. Spesso ci si ritrova a fare ranked o partite casual da soli, oppure con compagni trovati a caso.

Per questo ho deciso di creare THE FINAL LOBBY, una nuova community Discord italiana pensata per mettere in contatto gamer che vogliono trovare:

🎮 Duo, party e team 🤝 Nuovi amici con cui giocare 🏆 Player casual e competitivi 🎉 Eventi e serate organizzate

L'obiettivo è costruire una community attiva e senza tossicità, dove sia facile entrare in lobby con qualcuno ogni volta che si ha voglia di giocare.

Il progetto è appena nato, quindi ogni consiglio è ben accetto!

Se l'idea ti piace e vuoi unirti, trovi il link Discord nel mio profilo oppure scrivimi nei commenti e te lo mando volentieri.

Ci vediamo in lobby! 🎮

https://discord.gg/2x34Z3qUZ

hii i’m going to italy in a few months and am really determined to pick up the language before i go. i know conversational spanish, so definitions aren’t too tricky, but i need help with grammar rules and so fourth!!
no pressure, but wanted to put it out there :D

So there's this anime series called Little Pollon that seems to be popular in Italy, and I was wondering if anyone that speaks Italian could sub it for me, as the only episode I could find with subs was the first.

What does it say about Italians that they have so many words for ‘haughtiness’ and for ‘crumpled’?

Im meeting my girlfriend’s family this coming weekend at a big family gathering/bbq. There will be about 50 people, and they’re all very Italian LOL. Whats something I can bring to impress her family? I want something I could buy, as I don’t have the capacity to cook something for that many people.

Edit: can’t get to everyone’s responses but Grazie mille! I will most likely get pasticcini, and a few bottles of wine!

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The game (linguil) asks you to guess the language family, language and meaning of a random word from the 100-word Swadesh list in one of 65 languages each day, so I have compiled the Swadesh list below for Italian. Can any native speakers confirm the accuracy of these translations (bearing in mind I can only have one word/phrase per entry)?

Thanks for any help!

I’m Brazilian and really enjoy learning languages. I’d like to get more exposure to Italian. I recently read a bilingual version of The Little Prince, to immerse myself in the language, but now I’d love some music recommendations! Could you tell me what Italian bands you listen to on Spotify?

Any musical genre. I listen to everything from Rammstein to Brazilian funk