NOTES
(by DuoItalian)

The Italian informazione (information) is never used together with pezzo, as the noun is fully countable (unlike the English equivalent) and can also be pluralized if needed.

  • Quale informazione è più importante? (Which piece of information is most important?)
  • Ci sono alcune informazioni utili. (There are some useful pieces of information.)

The same rule applies to the Italian notizie (news) as shown below:

  • Questa è una notizia interessante. (This is an interesting piece of news.)
  • Abbiamo buone notizie. (We have good news.)

The English “television” has two different meanings in the Italian language. Il televisore is the actual appliance, while la televisione is the service or content that you watch on it.

In other words, you have a televisore in your family room, but you watch televisione on it.

TIP: The Italian word stampa has multiple meanings. While stampare (also learned in this lesson) is the Italian verb meaning “to print”, it stands to reason that stampa translates to the nouns “print” and “printing”.

However, it also translates to “press” as it relates to the newspaper business.

  • Mio figlio ha scritto il suo nome in stampa. (My son wrote his name in print.)
  • Il libro è già alla sua terza stampa. (The book is already in its third printing.)
  • Sono una giornalista e lavoro per la stampa. (I am a journalist and I work for the press.)
VOCABULARY
(from Duolingo)
indirizzo address
articoloarticle
chiamatacalling
canalechannel
codicecode
commentocomment
conversazioneconversation
discussionediscussion
informazioneinformation
intervistainterview
affaredeal
giornalistajournalist
letteraletter
rivistamagazine
postamail
messaggiomessage
notizienews
notenotes
opinioneopinion
radioradio
soggettosubject
la televisionetelevision (service)
il televisoretelevision (appliance)
argomentotopic
traduzionetranslation
comunicazionecommunication
dialoghidialogues
lettorereader
stampaprint
discorsospeech
cartolinapostcard
invitareto invite
inviareto send
telefonareto phone
stampareto print

 

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