Learn how to say happy new year in Italian and wish your loved ones a great beginning Italian style! With the festive season approaching rapidly, we have been looking at drinking cheers in Italian and how to wish someone a Merry Christmas in Italian. Today, we add to this series and look at how we can wish someone a happy new year! Celebrations for the near year are a big thing in Italy (if you are not familiar with them, you can read here >> all about New Year’s traditions in Italy, also with etiquette tips if you are invited to a NYE party in Italy) Gathering to celebrate the…

Learn how to say Merry Christmas in Italian and Italian festive words and expressions you will need this holiday season! Christmas is a big celebration in Italy. During the December festivities, Christmas trees glisten, families gather to break bread together and presents get exchanged, usually with an abundance of festive toasts and season greetings. If you are in Italy over Christmas, chances are you will be invited to at least one Christmas gathering and, in that case, knowing how to say Merry Christmas in Italian will be helpful. Even if this is all you can say, the effort won’t go unnoticed! Previously, we have shared Italian Christmas traditions, which you…

Learn the names of the months in Italian with this guide to their names, spelling, pronunciation and a fun Italian rhyme to remember their length! In a previous lesson, we have learnt the names of the seasons in Italian. Today, we add to that by looking at the names of the months. The Italian names of the months are close in spelling and pronunciation to those in English. Both languages use words with Latin roots and, especially in writing, it is easy to see the similarities. The thing that can sometimes be confusing, in Italian, is the use of prepositions and articles with the names of the months. In this…