Italian Made Simple by Cristina Mazzoni

Author:Cristina Mazzoni [Mazzoni, Cristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-43432-6
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Published: 2013-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

SULL’INTERNET — ON THE WEB

On the site of the Italian postal system you can find out the different ways of sending mail and get proper advice on how to write the address on the envelope so that your letter will get there—sometime…

www.poste.it/postali/

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1 This scioglilingua gives you the chance to practice the double l, which in Italian is more emphasized than a single l but not pronounced as in William (which is after all closer to the Italian gli). Think of the Italian l as more similar to the l in English at the beginning of a word: laugh, leave, lonely, or better, yet, llama.

2 The verb conoscere adds an i in front of -uto in order to keep the soft sound sc.

3 Chiudere a chiave means to lock (chiave=key).

4 Note that while in English the use of “Dear” is perfectly acceptable in formal correspondence even with strangers, in Italian it connotes familiarity and should only be used with people with whom one is on a first name basis.

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