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Italian Dormire Dormo: Doubled Infinitive Pattern (B2)
Italian doubled infinitive at B2: Dormire, dormo poco. The spoken-language trick that fronts a verb in the infinitive and then echoes it conjugated to flag a topic and set up a concession. With a pane carasau festival dialogue in Iglesias.
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Italian Essay Fronting: Quanto Alla Questione (C1)
Italian essay fronting at C1: quanto a, per quanto riguarda, per quel che riguarda, circa, riguardo a, in merito a, relativamente a, per quanto concerne. The formal-register opener with no echo pronoun, comma vs colon, contrast with spoken fronting, and a thesis dialogue in Volterra.
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Italian Dei Più Splendidi: ‘A Most Splendid’ Pattern (B2)
Italian dei più splendidi: B2 guide to un edificio dei più splendidi, un’idea delle più interessanti, una serata delle più riuscite. The high-register superlative shortcut, agreement trap, fra i più variant, and Pompeii dialogue.
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Italian Could and Might: 3 Ways to Translate (B2)
Italian could might at B2: untangle potrebbe (present-future maybe), poteva (past ability), and avrebbe potuto (unfulfilled past). Diagnostic, regret pattern, reported-speech trap, and a Vercelli risaie dialogue.
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Italian Non in Comparatives: Prima Che (Non) Sia Tardi (B2)
Italian non comparatives B2 guide: the expletive non after prima che, a meno che, piu di quanto, piuttosto che. Optional but tricky. Ragusa Ibla dialogue with cioccolato di Modica.
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Italian Compiere, Soddisfare, Rifare: Mixed Conjugation (B2)
Italian compiere soddisfare and the -fare compounds (rifare, disfare, contraffare) carry forms from two patterns at once: compio but compiamo, soddisfo next to soddisfaccio, rifaccio but rifà with the obligatory accent. B2 guide to mixed conjugation with a Lodi caseificio dialogue.
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Italian Imperfect Make-Believe: Io Ero La Principessa (B2)
Italian imperfect make believe: B2 guide to facciamo che + imperfetto, the formula Italian children and adults use for pretend-play roles. Spello infiorata dialogue with Cosimo and Caterina.
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Italian Un Caffè Lo Prenderei: Fronting for Emphasis (B1)
Italian fronted word order at B1: Un caffè lo prenderei, La pasta la cucino io, A Roma ci vado spesso. The spoken language’s main emphasis tool, with the a-me-mi trap and a Catania fish market dialogue.
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