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    Italian learners english mistakes

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    The document outlines common errors made by Italians when speaking and writing in English, including pronunciation issues, grammatical mistakes, and confusion with false friends. It highlights specific pronunciation challenges such as adding vowels and mispronouncing 'th', as well as grammatical confusions like the misuse of articles and verb forms. Additionally, it lists Italian-English false friends that can lead to misunderstandings due to differing meanings.

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    The document outlines common errors made by Italians when speaking and writing in English, including pronunciation issues, grammatical mistakes, and confusion with false friends. It highlights specific pronunciation challenges such as adding vowels and mispronouncing 'th', as well as grammatical confusions like the misuse of articles and verb forms. Additionally, it lists Italian-English false friends that can lead to misunderstandings due to differing meanings.

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    The document outlines common errors made by Italians when speaking and writing in English, including pronunciation issues, grammatical mistakes, and confusion with false friends. It highlights specific pronunciation challenges such as adding vowels and mispronouncing 'th', as well as grammatical confusions like the misuse of articles and verb forms. Additionally, it lists Italian-English false friends that can lead to misunderstandings due to differing meanings.

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    Common errors of Italians using the English language

    *many are common mistakes for all English learners

    Pronunciation/speaking

    - Putting an extra vowel on the ends of words


    - The words “hungry” and “angry”
    - Not saying the letter “h” clearly
    - Adding an “h” to words beginning with a vowel for example eat=heat
    - Saying the “th” sound of thank you...etc
    - Saying “I am agree” instead of “I agree”
    - Over pronouncing the ...ed at the end of past tense regular verbs
    - Gender confusion over he/she/him/her

    Grammar

    - Confusing the words advice (single abstract noun) with advise(s) (verb)
    - Confusing the words dress and clothes
    - Problems choosing past simple or present perfect
    - The difference between fun and funny
    - Overusing the definite article “the”
    - Misusing the article “to” especially with the phrase “go to home”
    - Mixing up easily confused words like speak/tell, look/see, good/well

    Italian-English false friends

    WRONG Italian translation of


    ITALIAN
    Translation MEANING the wrong meaning
    Attualmente currently actually in realtà
    Camera room camera macchina fotografica
    Cocomero watermelon cucumber cetriolo
    Comprensivo understanding comprehensive completo
    Confetti sugared confetti coriandoli

    iSLCollective.com
    almond
    Confrontare to compare to confront affrontare
    Crema custard cream panna
    Crudo raw crude volgare
    Educato polite educated istruito
    Educazione good manners education istruzione
    Eventuale any eventual finale
    Fabbrica factory fabric tessuto
    Fastidioso annoying fastidious pignolo
    Fattoria farm factory fabbrica
    Firma signature firm azienda
    Gentile nice gentle delicato
    Libreria bookstore library biblioteca
    Magazzino warehouse magazine rivista
    Morbido soft morbid morboso
    Noioso boring noisy rumoroso
    Parente relative parent genitore
    Patente license patent brevetto
    Petrolio oil, petroleum petrol benzina
    Polizia police policy piano, politica
    Portafoglio wallet portfolio portadocumenti
    Pretendere to expect to pretend fare finta
    Sometimes it
    means ”to
    process” but to process elaborare
    Processare
    usually “to put
    on trial”
    Rotto broken rotten marcio
    Rumore sound, noise rumor voce
    Sensibile sensitive sensible ragionevole
    Simpatico nice sympathetic comprensivo
    Spillo pin spill versare
    Stormo flock storm temporale
    Straniero foreigner stranger sconosciuto
    Tappo cork tap rubinetto
    Ultimo last ultimate fondamentale
    Vacanza holiday vacancy posto vacante
    From http://www.easylearnitalian.com/2013/03/italian-english-false-friends.html

    iSLCollective.com

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