Che and cui are two Italian relative pronouns that are used to join phrases with a common element, and che or cui replace it.
We use che (invariable relative pronoun) to replace a subject or a direct object ( i.e. without a preposition), example:

Il libro che ho letto è molto interessante
la ragazza che beve il caffè [...]

I know that it is not so easy the use of prepositions in Italian language.  I would like to explain you which prepositions we use when we speak about places.
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When I teach Italian and my students introduce themself, I often listen to say: “vengo dalla Germania” (ok) and also: “Sono dalla Germania” or “Sono da Francoforte”.
If we have to indicate the origin: with the verb venire we use the preposition da, but we can also use the verb essere, if we want to express [...]

The verb scegliere (to choose) has a particular irregularity in its conjugation in present tense: I cannot say “io sceglio“, but I have to say “io scelgo”.It means that for the first singular person (io) and the third plural person (loro) there is a reversal of consonats. This is the correct conjugation in the [...]

When I teach Italian, I say that we always use article before possessive adjectives but  I know that it’s false! After one or two lessons I rectify my statement and I say that normally we never use article before possessive adjectives which refer to singular nouns (except with “loro“) regarding family members like padre, madre, [...]

The Italian word problema means problem, question, case.
I would like to call your attention on this word that ends in “-a” but it’s a masculine word. We say il problema and not la problema, and in plural “-a” changes in “-i“, it means
il problema - i problemi
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When I teach Italian, I always ask: “when I buy 1Kg arance (oranges), do I buy them with -i (that means: arancie) or without -i (that means: arance)?”
One of particular cases of plural forms is, in my opinion, the case of feminine words ending in “-cia” or “-gia“.
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It’s not very easy to do the plural form of nouns in Italian. Normally, when nouns end in -o (in general it’s masculine) the plural is -i; and when nouns end in -a  the plural form is  -e,
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When we speak, we use often  “verbi pronominali”. It means verbs that are conjugated with one or two pronouns that change a bit the original meaning.
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Italian language uses many foreign words that come from French, English, German and other languages. Normally foreign nouns which end in a consonant are masculine and are invariable in the plural form,
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