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Hello. I live in the US, between Chicago and St. Louis in Springfield, IL. It is a town surrounded by farm fields and was the home of Abraham Lincoln. Ten years ago I received my dual citizenship with Italy, so now I would like to learn the language. I am talking lessons on Italki and hoping to post some written material.
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Valentina Gambarini
Italian
Jan 18, 2023
Sergio è una persona fantastica, fare lezione insieme a lui è sempre un piacere!
Laura
Italian
Jan 29, 2021
Sergio parla bene e abbiamo trascorso un'ora in reciproca, divertente compagnia.
Chris Lozano México
Spanish
Sep 27, 2019
Sergio is great. His Italian is very useful to find words in Spanish while talking. Good for you my friend. Español con Chris :) Spanish, fun, friendship
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    Does anyone know how to turn off the annoying italki "fish" pop-ups?
    Sep 28, 2026 8:13 PM
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    My first work

    This is my first work.
    I have never written an article by myself.
    I want learn English, because I want know more about the world.  Also, I know the most useful language of the world is English.
    So i want learn English...

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    Great job!

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    December 25, 2015
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    THE WONDERFUL TRICK

    There once lived a little girl, who was fond of playing with boys. One day when the sun came up, the little girl whose name was Marina, took her bag and went to the meadow with her mother. On the way Marina’s mother said, “My dear, we need some water.  We forgot to pack some in our bag.” “Don’t worry mother, I happened to know someplace where we could find some.” And so Marina’s mother followed her along the way.
    By and by they came to a little hill, near it was the meadow. “Come on, let’s go to the meadow!” cried Marina’s mother.

    “Oh no, first we must find some water to drink,”

    “but how could we find water near the hill?” Marina used her thin little finger and pointed at the top of the hill, “There.” She said,

    “Well let’s set off then.” Said her mother happily; but Marina shook her head, “Oh no, I am too tired to climb up that hill; let us rest for while before we climb it.”

    But Marina’s mother was super thirsty, so she opened their bag and took out something shiny. She said, “Hey, Marina dear, look.” Marina looked over there and saw the shiny thing. So she cried, “Oh mother, let me see what it is.” But Marina’s mother said, “If you want to see it then you will have to catch me first.” So Marina began chasing her mother.
    When she caught up with her mother she found that her mother stopped. She caught her and looked in her hand. To her surprise it was nothing special, it was only a copper penny glowing in the sun. Then Marina thought that trick was played by her mother. When she was about to climb the hill she found that she had chased her mother all the way on top of the hill.
    Marina said, “Oh mother that game was fun, and I am not tired at all.” So they got down the hill and had a happy time in the meadow.

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    A few thoughts...

    1) Overall, your English is great.

    2) It is hard to tell who is talking at different times.  Generally in English a new paragraph begins each time the speaker changes.

    3) Your puntuation is better than many native speakers, but it still needs some help.  I suggest searching "grammar gal" on the Internet.  She has a good web site and a good podcast.

    4)  I would not close with "happy" time.  You might say wonderful time or enjoyable time.  

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    December 25, 2015
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    According to the weather forecast...

    According to the weather forecast, it will be a  crystal clear sky this morning.

    (Great job.)

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    December 25, 2015
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    I'm back!

    Hello everyone, Merry Christmas.  It's been a long time since I was here. i'm so busy that i have no time to learn English. i lost so much, but this is nothing. I'm back.  I plan to learn english for one hour before going to bed everyday. i need your help,thanks, have a great day.

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    December 25, 2015
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    Buon Natale La sera prima di Natale, io e mia famiglia siamo andati a la casa di mio fratello. Lui ha una bella casa a Chicago. Come ogni anno la cena era buonissima perché mia cognata ė una brava cuoca. Il secondo piato é stato lasagna bolognese. Dopo abbiamo avuto biscotti. Per i miei nipoti, sono stato Santa. Quando stavo camminando alla casa di mio fratello ho incontrato una barbone nel vicolo. Lei aveva paura ma poi io (Santa) l'ho data qualche soldo. Era un piccolo pezzo di felicità per lei e per me.
    December 25, 2015
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    Perché sto studiando italiano… Il mio primo posto sul Italki L’Italia è il paese di i miei bisnonni. Durante il mio miele di luna, ho visto l’Italia per la prima volta. È stata incantevole, e a me piace molto. Quella era venticinque anni fa. Dopo tredici volte in Italia per le vacanze, credo che sia il buon tempo per apprendere la lingua. Oggi posso parlare abbastanza bene per un turista, ma vorrei parlare meglio. Certamente non studio abbastanza, ma forse con l’aiuto sul Italki io possa parlare meglio nel futuro. Posso leggere e parlare meglio che posso scrivere. Grazie per l’aiuto.
    December 13, 2015
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    My hope

    I Hope speaking and understanding english, some day.  Someday I hope to speak and understand English.  (Sento nello stesso modo di italiano.)


    It isn't easy for me because I am Not a jungle people and I have not enough time to study.

    It isn't easy for me because I do not have enough time to study.


    Perhaps I Will be able to improving my english by italki.com. If someone helped helps me I would will be very happy.  (Anchio con il mio italiano.)

    Post scriptum
    It in very difficoult writing english with an automatic corrector in italian lenguage

    (If you are writing on MAC, change the keyboard to English (use the flag in the upper left).

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    December 12, 2015
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    A weekend in Parma

    Last weekend I spent two days in Parma with my family. Parma was the ancient capital of the dukedom of Parma and today is one of the main cities in the region called Emilia Romagna.
    Although a relatively small city, Parma can boast some truly monumental architecture, a rich artistic heritage and a range of important cultural institutions. (What about the food?)

    We left Genova on Saturday morning at 9.00 a.m., the trip took about three hours by car; when we arrived in Parma we left our car in the private car park of the hotel and we immediately started our sightseeing tour of the city. (Divide this into two or three sentences.)

    First of all we visited the splendid Romanesque Cathedral, which is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the octagonal Baptistery fully frescoed and with wonderful decorative sculptures.  After we went to a restaurant and we tested the traditional food.  We started with torta fritta, which is a sort of fried bread, usually served with the local salami such as culatello of Zibello, salame of Felino or spalla cotta of San Secondo. As main courses we tasted pasta filled, as anolini in broth or pasta dough with herbs, with pumpkin or potatoes filling. (I think that you are overusing colons and semi-colons.)

    In the afternoon we continued our visit of Parma, walking around the city centre. The streets were immersed in the Christmas atmosphere, they were well decorated with flashing coloured lights and the shops were full of people looking for Christmas presents.

    We remained in Parma the day after too and we had enjoyable time. 

    Overall - Great job.

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    December 12, 2015
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    Bad day

    Today, is a sad day...Now I'm returning to home after my short holiday in Canary Islands

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    December 12, 2015
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