Quiz & Audio – Conversational words and phrases in Italian

Learn and practice some important sentences that Italians use every day Today we’ll focus on “to happen, take place, to exist”, some indefinite pronouns (anyone, everyone, someone, something etc), expressing needs and desire and finally a few “verbi pronominali” (Italian phrasal verbs) such as fregarsene, piantarla etcetera. If you are a member, log in and … Read more ≫

Pronomi diretti e indiretti – Quiz

Today we are going to review direct and indirect Italian pronouns with a quiz Questions about the Italian pronomi diretti e indiretti, direct and indirect object pronouns? Book a trial class on Zoom. Italian painting of today: Guercino – Tamar e Amnon – 1650

Preposizioni articolate – Italian compound prepositions – PODCAST

Learn the Italian “preposizioni articolate”, compound prepositions, with examples and a free podcast. Ciao a tutti. Italians love to connect simple prepositions and articles for creating compound prepositions. The reason why compound prepositions exist is quite simple. They help different elements of a sentence to connect smoothly and keep a musical cadence when you speak or read. In … Read more ≫

Preposizioni di luogo, Italian prepositions of place. Audio examples

Second blog about the function of Italian prepositions. Today we’ll talk about prepositions of place. Audio examples Italian simple prepositions (preposizioni semplici) do not follow a precise set of rules. In the first blog of this series, we went though the prepositions of time, le preposizioni di tempo. Today we’ll have a good look at the … Read more ≫

Italian infinitive or gerund? Quiz & Audio examples

Let’s review the Italian infinitive – infinito – and the difference with the gerund – gerundio Ciao a tutti. The infinito is the basic form of Italian verbs, ending in -are (mangiare – to eat) -ere (leggere – to read) -ire (dormire – to sleep). In some rare cases, we have the form -rre (produrre, … Read more ≫

Futuro semplice e anteriore – Guide, Quiz & Audio examples

Two tenses: futuro semplice and futuro anteriore Both the futuro semplice and futuro anteriore belong to the indicativo, a group of tenses that we use for describing facts. In this case, we are obviously talking about facts set in the future. Look at the sentences: Domani parto per le vacanze. Domani partirò per le vacanze. They describe … Read more ≫

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