#italian

My wife would like to quit Duolingo (Italian) for something better now that they're effectively limiting lessons per day in the free version with the new "energy"-logic.

So what non-AI-first alternatives can you recommend?

#italian #duolingo #languagelearning #alternatives #enshittification

A question to those who have studied the #history of the #Italian language more than I have:

At what point in time did a "Standard Italian" develop that was used in most Italian-language books and publications?

I am asking because while I want to delve into Italian-language public domain works at some point, I am still very much a beginner and don't want to deal with regional dialects until I am much firmer in the language.

Dear Fedi friends,

You asked for it and here it is: an #Italian version of my Fedi promo video:

https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverso-video/

Or as I like to think about it: a video about the #Fediverse that even my non-techie mom would understand.

I hope you'll find this useful in spreading the word about the Fediverse with your Italian friends and family.

Alas these are all the languages I speak (Italian, French, English) but there are other foreign versions by volunteers coming soon.

#EleFediVideos

#ScribesAndMakers 18/2: Do you have multiple creative outlets? Are they distractions, or do they work synergistically?

I wouldn't call them _distractions_ as each is important to me. But they _do_ compete for my limited amount of free time.

Beyond translating German folk tales, I also play and run #ttrpg . This hobby is clearly synergistic - both are oral storytelling traditions with a lot of overlap, and people who are interested in fantasy role-playing games also tend to be interested in folklore.

I am also trying to learn #Italian . Here the synergy is more of a long-term thing, but I do hope it pays off when I write that book on Ultraterrestrial #Venetians from German #folklore .

I enjoyed reading and watching the German translations of the "Don Camillo" books and movies, so the #Italian originals are another obvious choice for my efforts to learn the language.

Though I suspect I will catch a lot more of the political context of these books than when I was a kid.

I've became interested in the world of Brancalonia as a quirky, folklore-themed #ttrpg setting when it was first released. And now that I've actually started to learn #Italian , my attention has increased - my plan is to read the Italian-language originals of these books once I'm a bit firmer in the language.

Still, I'm not quite happy with the rules for this setting. I mean, I do understand why they picked the 5E version of #DnD , but limiting character growth to 5th level doesn't really make for a great fit. I'd rather use an entirely different rule system that's a better fit for lower-powered protagonists, such as #WFRP , instead of trying to turn the D&D rules into something they are not.

Since I am now trying to learn #Italian, my compulsive habit of picking up any travel books I find on public bookshelves might actually pay off - since a fair amount of these are about #Italy .

Still not sure where in Italy I should go for future vacations - apart from #Venice, of course, which I want to research for a future book I plan to write. I'll probably start with the northern parts of the country, since I'll need to travel by train from northern Germany...

You are driving a #germany 🇩🇪 car to an #Italian 🇮🇹 coffeeshop to drink Brazilian 🇧🇷 #coffee and then going home buying #Chinese 🇨🇳 takeaway to sit on a #Swedish 🇸🇪 sofa in front of a #Korean 🇰🇷 TV to watch #us 🇺🇸 shows and all the while being complain your neighbor is an #immigrant

Pull yourself together.

#mastodon #mastoart #europe