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Italian modal verbs – Presente and passato prossimo – Audio
Do you know the difference between dovere, potere, volere, and sapere? What happens to those verbs with the passato prossimo? A guide to Italian …
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Il presepe in Italia – Nativity scenes in Italy – Christmas words
The Italian presepe is a traditional representation of the nativity, but also a chance to stay together during Christmas Il presepe, or presepio, is …
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I verbi irregolari – Irregular verbs in Italian – Part 3/8 QUIZ
Learn the main irregular verbs in Italian and solve the quiz. This is the third of eight parts – Conjugation ERE letters “C and …
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Learn Italian online – Are we ready?
Many people around the world are open to learn Italian online. What kind of students are ready to embrace new learning methods? Are Italian …
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Exercise – Livello Bravo – “Le parti del corpo” – Body parts in Italian
Le parti del corpo: body parts in Italian. Please have a look at this audio lesson about body parts in Italian for learning more. …
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Giving personal information in Italian – Audio lesson
LearntoaskandgivepersonalinformationinItalian.Talkaboutwork,relationships,nationality.Understandwhenitisappropriatetuusetheformal”lei”insteadofthefriendly”tu”.Audiolesson. LearningtoaskandgivepersonalinformationinItalianisquiteeasy.Youneedtolearnsomebasicsentencesandvocabulary.Allbasicinformation,asithappensinmanylanguages,isprovidedusingtheimportantverbsessere (tobe)andavere (tohave).Incaseyoudon’tknowthem,hereyoucanseetheir presenteindicativo conjugation.Havealookbeforeproceedingfurther. TuorLei? YoucanaddresssomeoneinItalianusingtheinformal”Tu”ortheformal”Lei”.WealreadysaidthatthechoiceofdaredelLei,addressingsomeoneinformally,dependsoncommonsense.Whenyoudon’tknowthepersonyouarearegoingtotalkwith,orwhenthispersonisseniorbyageorstatus,youshoulduseLei. Forexample,”What’syourname”is: Cometichiami?(Tu)/Comesichiama(Lei?) Michiamo… Mind,”Lei”inthiscaseisnotsynonymof”she”,butjustaformalwaytoreplace”tu”,you.Whenyouwillknowpeoplewellorwon’tbethecasetousetheformalLei,youwillbeinvitedtoswitchfrom”Lei”to”Tu”. “Diamocideltu”or”Possiamodarcideltu” Normally,youngpeoplewillskipthe”lei”andusedirectlytheinformal”tu”. ChièMario? Whenwetalkaboutourrelationshipwithsomeone,weoftenuseItalianpossessiveadjectives.So,ifItalktoyouabout”Mario”,youmayask:”ChièMario?” Marioèunmio…(Mariaèunamia…) amico/amica(friend) collega(colleague) conoscente(acquaintance) parente(relative) SeMario(Maria)èunparente,ifMarioisarelative,wecandescribeourdegreeofkinship.Inthiscasewehavetoomitthearticle.Wedon’tsay”Marioèil/unmiofratello”.Wesay”Marioèmiofratello”Marioismybrother.Havealookandlistentotheaudiolesson”Lamiafamiglia”,myItalianfamily foracompleteoverview.SomenounsaboutthefamilyinItalian: Marioèmio…(Mariaèmia…) Ifyouwanttosay”Ihaveabrother,sisteretc”,inItalianwesay”Ioho/Lui-Leiha- un/una…fratello/sorella/marito/moglieetc.withtheverbAVERE. Didovesei(tu)?Didov’e(lui/lei)? InordertoprovidecompletepersonalinformationinItalian,youmustknowyournationality.Peopleusuallywantto knowwhereyoucomefromandwhereyoulive. …
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I verbi irregolari – Italian irregular verbs – Part 2/8 QUIZ
Learn the main Italian irregular verbs and solve the quiz.This is the second of eight parts – Conjugation ERE – A&B It is very …
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Preposizioni articolate – Italian compound prepositions -QUIZ
Learn the Italian “preposizioni articolate”, compound prepositions, with examples and a fun quiz. Italians love to connect simple prepositions and articles for creating compound prepositions. The reason …
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