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Do you want to study Italian in a simple and fun way? Are you tired of the usual boring grammar lessons? I prepare my lessons according to the student's needs. We can practice listening, reading, speaking and grammar.   Whether you are a foreigner who has come to live in Italy or you want your child to learn this language, contact me and you will not be disappointed. If you want to prepare for the CILS, the official exam of Italian for foreigners, I can help you. I have books specifically designed to make this exam better, no matter what level. Vuoi studiare l'italiano in maniera semplice e divertente? Sei stufo delle solite lezioni noiose di grammatica? Io preparo le mie lezioni in base alle esigenze dello studente. Possiamo praticare l’ascolto, la lettura, la conversazione e la grammatica. Che tu sia uno straniero venuto a vivere in Italia o che tu voglia che tuo figlio impari questa lingua, contattami e non rimarrai deluso. Se desideri preparare il CILS, l'esame ufficiale di...

I was preparing a lesson for a student of mine, when I found myself struggling with a translation. The word was “cavare”. «Pull out» I thought. But then… was there a better word? “Cavare”, in Italian, doesn’t only mean “to pull out”, that would be “estrarre”, “tirar fuori”, “rimuovere” or something else. “Cavare” has the word “cavità” (cavity) in it. “Cavare” means “to extract from a cavity”, “to remove and leave a cavity” and I couldn’t find a single word in English that suited the perfect meaning. This happens to me all the time, as I speak three languages daily and I am a “word perfectionist”: I am fascinated by the meaning that every word can have, those little shades of significance that can only be understood by those who profoundly study a language. And that is what I do: I study, all the time, to speak each of my three languages at its best, and I teach, to make my students learn properly the meaning of words and their best combination. My name is Cindy and I am a langua...