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Where I can download a lot of novels/texts in Italian?

For a linguistic project I need a lot of text in Italian in TXT format (not PDF or anything else). Preferably novels, not technical or scientific. To avoid any copyright issues it would be better if they are written at least 100 years ago. Could…
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Monolingual Italian learner's dictionaries with small defining vocabulary

Most modern English learner's dictionary use controlled defining vocabulary for defining lemmas. Which Italian learner's dictionaries incorporate controlled defining vocabulary?
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What are the most recognized Italian language certifications available for foreign language speakers?

I have a firm plan to attempt official Italian language exams. After searching on the internet I have come across about a few of them like CELI, CILS, and PLIDA. Can anyone suggest me which ones are most recognized and ideal and what should be the…
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Libri per imparare l'italiano

Sono uno studente di italiano e vorrei alcuni libri per migliorare il mio italiano, il mio livello è A1. Grazie!
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Bidirectional Italian-English dictionary with more than 400,000 translations

I am looking for a large Italian-English bidirectional dictionary. Currently, the Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary (third edition) with 450,000 translations is out of print, and the Collins Italian Dictionary (third edition) only has 230,000…
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What is the best way to start learning Italian language?

What is the best way to start learning Italian language? I googled up and ended on couple of free online resources that help you learn Italian or any other language. But all those exercises seems like more of memorizing the phrases which are…
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Easy Italian literature

When I was learning French, I used my several months of knowledge to read L’Étranger by Albert Camus. What easy literature is there to read in Italian? Some examples in French are Le Petit Prince, Le Petit Nicholas, and L’Étranger. I’m not looking…
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Is Duolingo's approach effective?

I'm already level 6 in Italian on Duolingo. I can speak some Italian. If I complete the lessons and internalize all of it, can I be sure that I would be understood in Italy? Will I not sound like a "book"?
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Why Italian monolingual dictionaries usually take complex/archaic examples from books instead of creating simple examples?

Why Italian monolingual dictionaries usually take complex and/or archaic examples from books instead of creating simpler examples, like the monolingual dictionaries of other languages do (eg Cambridge English dict, RAE Spanish dict, Larousse French…
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Movies and books in Italian

I'm learning Italian, and I am concerned that the best way to learn a language is to use it in real life. Unfortunately, there are no opportunities to communicate with native Italian speakers. So the best option is to watch movies and read books in…
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Come insegnare italiano

Ciao a tutti, un'amica australiana mi ha chiesto di darle qualche lezione di italiano una volta alla settimana. Lei ha già seguito dei corsi di Italiano e penso sia di livello intermedio. Non avendo molta esperienza in materia di insegnamento,…
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Italian magazine for teenage girls?

My daughter, aged 14, is learning Italian. I'm thinking about subscribing to some Italian magazine for teenage girls. Which one would you recommend?
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What's the hardest thing in Italian: again, but data-based

This question asks "what's the hardest thing to learn in Italian for foreigners", but it is phrased as a request for opinions, and so it has (correctly, in my view) been closed. However, that question can be answered more scientifically: foreign…
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Is there an equivalent of "little Willie" poems in Italian?

Are there any extremely popular short funny verses, which had become "memes" long before this word was invented? Example (warning: black humour, possible triggers): Little Willie hung his sister She was dead before we missed her. Willies always up…
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Italian word lists

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a list of 5000-20000 common Italian words with translations ? I learn to read languages very efficiently by cramming vocabulary but I can't find such resources (beyond dictionaries).
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