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Hello, I am available to talk on skype to learn English and teach Italian language and culture. I am an intermediate/advanced English speaker and I am currently trying to improve my pronunciation and to enrich my vocabulary. If you are planning a trip to Italy, I can give you some advices. I have many interests, so you can talk with me about travels, photography, films, books, technology, and so on. I am not here for dating or other reasons except the one reported here.
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Justine
English
Oct 4, 2017
It was a pleasure meeting you Pietro. You have a very good comprehension of English. I look forward to our next lesson!
Alberto
Spanish
Jan 17, 2017
Nice meeting you Pietro! Great job today!
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  • Answered
    I understand that this is confusing because, expecially in tourist areas, many bars started to serve food. There is no neat difference. We have Bars (the places that serve mostly coffee), Pubs (the places that serve mostly beer), Tavola Calda (quick, inexpensive food, restricted choice of food), Restaurant (slower, generally expensive food, larger choice of food). Sometimes the place that early is the morning serves coffee and at lunch time serves food is called Bar/Ristorante. The world "Tavola Calda" is less used nowdays. Generally most bars can serve at least a sandwich in tourist areas. In conclusion, there is no strict rule. We simply ask to places that look like a bar if they serve food as well and what type of food (sandwich, home made etc).
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    October 28, 2018
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  • Commented

    In English you could replace "ne" with "about it".

    "Ne sai qualcosa?" > "Do you know anything about it?"

    The difference is that in Italian it is placed before the verb, in English after.

    Hope this helps.

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    October 28, 2018
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  • Commented

    My suggestions:

    - Shutter Island

    - Alien

    - The Witch

    - Psycho

    - Rosemary's Baby


    They are in random order. Some of them are horror movies.

    ciao
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    October 28, 2018
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  • Commented

    It really depends on your level. Native speakers don't realize how difficult is understanding movies for non-native speakers. Movies are made for native speakers, so they might use idioms, phrasal verbs, slang and they chunk words together.

    My advice is to focus on your weak points and spend at least one hour per day to balance among vocabulary, grammar, speaking and listening. You cannot be fluent if you have a good vocabulary. If you problem is speaking, try to read several times an article or script, so that you get used to the way sentences are built. Listen to Ted Talks: you can listen and read the transcript at the same time.

    Learning a language is like going to the gym: you need to practice every day or, at least, three times a week. 

    My 2 cents.

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    October 28, 2018
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  • Answered
    As a rule of the thumb, 90% of the times you can use "passato prossimo". Unlike English, we use "avere" and "essere" very often. The good news is that you just need to learn "io ho, tu hai, lui ha..." for "avere" and "essere" to speak correctly 90% of the times. Again, it's just a rule of the thumb. Hope it helps.
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    January 26, 2017
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