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Italian Word of the Day for 11-21-2009
Italian word:sbagliare
English translation:to be wrong
Part of speech:verb

Example sentence
Italian:Lei sbaglia: la Divina Commedia è stata scritta da Dante, non da Petrarca.
English:You are wrong: the Divine Comedy was written by Dante, not by Petrarch.
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As many students of the Italian language have discovered, there is a big difference between the Italian learnt in a language class and everyday colloquial Italian. In fact many students suffer a serious blow to their confidence when, having diligently studied in their language class, they first set foot in Italia and come face to face with the natives…

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