Discuss the Article : False Friends In Italian
Many English words sound very similar to Italian words but often have completely different meanings. This article will show you some tricky words to watch out for in Italian.
What a fantastic list of false friends, Lorena. I think I'll share it with my Italian students because I'm sure it will be valuable to them :)
The cognate words are so vicious that you can not even say if cognate is a cognate and vicious a false friend, or the opposite.
It's a conspicous fact that this words are punishing and demanding: divine retribution should erase them all. Friend are genial, but false friends just make you feel invidious.
Ciao,
ti va di aiutarmi a migliorare il mio livello di inglese :P
secondo me non c'è cosa migliore che confrontarsi con altri per migliorare.
What a thoughtful, useful list. You call out several words that native English speakers mis-use or conflagte with others. I've printed the list and will drill until I can nail all of them. Grazie mille.
