Rule reminder
Reading authentic Italian texts requires recognising false friends within flowing prose. A word that looks familiar can disrupt your comprehension if you assign it the wrong meaning. Use context clues — grammar, surrounding vocabulary, and topic — to verify before assuming you know a word.
PASSAGE: "Il romanzo, **attualmente** in fase di traduzione in dodici lingue, racconta la storia di una famiglia siciliana del Novecento." What does **attualmente** tell us about the novel?