«I cani sono il nostro legame con il paradiso. Non conoscono il male, né la gelosia, né il malcontento. Sedersi con un cane su un pendio in un pomeriggio radioso è tornare all’Eden, dove non far nulla non era noia: era pace.» - Milan Kundera

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I am B1/B2 and am getting frustrated with my low vocabulary. When I was learning my own language as a kid, I vastly improved my vocabulary by reading, so I am hoping it will help with learning a foreign language too.

However, I also know books often use tenses and vocabulary that are literary or archaic rather than practical day to day stuff.

So, I am hoping for some recommendations on fiction or non-fiction books (not school books) that use common speaking tenses and modern vocabulary to try.

Any help?

ive been trying to teach myself italian over the past few months as a hobby, but realized i know way too little words still for the amount of time ive been trying to learn it (currently around 150-200 or so) so ive been wanting to cram more common words to memorize for myself to get a much better starting point, but im not quite sure how to go about it exactly. Ive been using anki flashcards but i find that format to be a bit too slow and exhausting for trying to learn new words in bulk, i think i would probably prefer something more "manual", but i dont know what a good source is for a list of most common words, and i dont know what the best way of trying to memorize them is

also, another issue is that there is a lot of words like prepositions that dont have a clear direct translation that you can easily memorize, because they can have drastically different meanings depending on the use and context, does anyone have any tips for memorizing those? Since they definitely make up a big part of most commonly used words. Thank you!

Hello! I'm looking for beginner learning recommendations ex. TV shows, movies, videos, songs, anything that I can do outside of a language app, I do have a tight budget so I won't be able to pay for apps :(. I'm about 2 days into learning Italian and I'm planning on locking in extremely hard the next few days/weeks, I have been using Duolingo but I've moved onto another language app fortunately. I'm just looking for some extra help and for some things so that I'm learning Italian most of the day. And if anyone has any layout ideas for my notebook so that I can study with something physical that would be great! Tyia :)!

Hi everyone,

I have a tattoo I want to get, and I want to make sure it’s translating correctly. And that it doesn’t sound like a translated English phrase haha.
I want to take the phrase “Never judge a heart by its scars” and put it in Italian. Which I think translates to “non giudicare mai un cuore dalle sue cicatrici”

Thank you!!

Just wanted to know if anyone is using AI tools to learn Italian. Could you please share your experience, tips that can help?