Customs and Festivals in Italian-Speaking Communities
Talk about Italian customs and festivals: learn the words for Christmas, Easter, Carnival and the Befana, and how to say what people eat, give and do to celebrate.
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Customs and festivals 🎉
Italy has many customs and festivals through the year. You need the vocabulary for the main ones, like il Natale (Christmas) and la Pasqua (Easter), and the words for what people do, like festeggiare (to celebrate) and regalare (to give a gift). Learn each noun WITH its article, il or la, so you know its gender.
Words for festivals 📖
Learn each noun WITH its article: il or la tells you its gender.
il or la ⚖️
Every Italian festival word is masculine or feminine, and the article shows which. Learn each one with its article.
Saying it well 🔑
To say at a festival, use a: a Natale means at Christmas and a Pasqua means at Easter. To wish someone well, say Buon Natale for Merry Christmas and Buona Pasqua for Happy Easter.
Match the festival to the English 🔗
- il Natale
- la Pasqua
- il Carnevale
- la Befana
- Christmas
- Easter
- Carnival
- Epiphany, the sixth of January
Match the word to the English 🔀
- il presepe
- il panettone
- il Capodanno
- regalare
- the nativity scene
- a Christmas cake
- New Year
- to give a gift
What does it mean? ❓
What does the word il Natale mean?
- Christmas.
- Easter.
- New Year.
Which are festivals? ✅
Select the TWO words that are festivals.
- il Carnevale.
- la Pasqua.
- il regalo.
- il presepe.
Order the year 🪜
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Complete the Italian 🧩
In Italy people celebrate many festivals. At Christmas, called _____, families eat a cake called _____ and give a _____. At Easter, called _____, they eat chocolate eggs. On the sixth of January, _____ brings gifts to children.
Spot the two festivals 🖍️
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Which festival? 🧭
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Write in Italian ✍️
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