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Compagni di liceo

The Italian school system usually includes thirteen grades. The last part is sometimes called liceo and it's pretty similar to what's known as high school.​

Siamo compagni di liceo.​
We are high school classmates.​

​After liceo, people can go onto università and get a university degree, which is called laurea in Italy.​

Quanti studenti ci sono nella tua università?​​
How many students are there in your university?​

Ho una laurea.
I have a university degree.

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I miei voti sono buoni ​

The word voto is twice as handy! It means both grade and vote!

I nostri voti sono sulla scrivania dell'insegnante.​​
Our grades are on the teacher's desk.​​

Quanto sono importanti i voti?
How important are the votes?​

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Tu studi qualche lingua straniera?

Lingua can mean language but also tongue! That’s easy to remember because you use your tongue to speak a language!​

Quale lingua si parla nel tuo paese?​​​
Which language is spoken in your country?

Tu parli la mia lingua.​
You speak my language.​