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La Famiglia Italiana Posted by on Jun 1, 2015

“Don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family…Ever” (Al Pacino – The Godfather). La famiglia is an absolutely fundamental element of Italian culture, and if you spend any amount of time here you’ll soon find yourself being ‘interrogated’ about ‘la tua famiglia’. But how do you describe the family hierarchy, and what if you want to…

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La Famiglia–Part 2 Posted by on Sep 5, 2011

Let’s continue with our discussion about how we name the members of our family. In part 1 we talked about the immediate family. This blog will widen out to include the extended family. mia nonna = my grandmother: la mamma di mio papà, cioè  la mia nonna paterna, si chiamava Rosetta – my father’s mother…

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La Famiglia – Part 1 Posted by on Aug 31, 2011

La Famiglia è tutto – family is everything, as we say in Italy. Let’s have a look at how we name the immediate members of our family, beginning with our parents. Here we have a classic example of un falso amico – a false friend, i.e. a word that sounds the same in both Italian…

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