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    Berze, we also got to go to Paris, and there my absolutely atrocious French was much more used than my Italian had been. I've been to Lisbon, where learning a little Portuguese was very helpful.

     

    Emanuela, I would love to be able to visit the smaller villages one day. But for right now, our vacations are more focused on going to bigger cities--I wish I was able to travel just to practice Italian, but I not sure that will ever be in the budget. It sounds, from what you're saying, as if learning Italian isn't really the best use of time for anyone who's more of a casual traveler?

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    November 10, 2013
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    Is There Any Reason to Learn Italian?

    So, I got to go to Italy for two weeks about a month ago. One of the things I was really excited about was the chance to practice Italian. I'd studied really hard for the trip, and, while not fluent by any means, was at "conversational Italian" level.

     

    And...used absolutely none of it. Everywhere we went, we were greeted in English, and my attempts at Italian were replied to in (almost perfect) English. All written communication (including menus) were available and provided in English. Even at the opera, I asked our boxmates in Italian if they could see, since my husband and I had the front seats, and was replied to, in English, that we were fine.

     

    We had a fantastic time, of course, but I felt that all my time and effort to learn Italian was absolutely wasted. So I ask: Is there any point in learning Italian if I never have an opportunity to use it, even in Italy?

    November 10, 2013
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    They are synonyms, but "lately" is a bit more colloquial and common.
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    October 7, 2013
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    "For ever" is not used.
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    October 7, 2013
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    As the saying goes, “There is no such thing as a free lunch!”, and many buyers might have some doubts about its low price. Grammatically, you're fine (with the one correction). However, it makes me think you might still have a question about the meaning of the phrase "there's no such thing as a free lunch." It means that you shouldn't trust something that seems too good to be true because there is probably something you have to do to "pay" for it. For instance, there might be tickets for a tourist attraction at a very good price, but you find out when you try to buy them that you have to listen to a timeshare presentation to get them.
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    October 7, 2013
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    Come si dice Would this be the correct way to say "She can't eat more because of her heath": Non puo mangiare piu a causa della sua salute?
    October 7, 2013
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    English to Italian translation Would this be the correct way to say "She can't eat more because of her heath": Non puo mangiare piu a causa della sua salute?
    October 6, 2013
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    Strictly speaking, only the second is correct grammatically. The first means that you finished your homework while you were going to bed. Colloquially, both would be understood to mean the same thing.
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    July 29, 2013
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    Both sound fine.
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    July 29, 2013
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    Don't worry about that at all. Like I said, in the U.S., where it's very uncommon to know a second language, most people think "She speaks English much better than I would speak her language", even if the English isn't perfect.
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    July 29, 2013
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