Let’s practice the passato prossimo. Quick review and quiz This is just a review, so I am assuming you are already familiar with the passato prossimo regolare. The quiz at the bottom of this page is a basic review with some new vocabulary. Look up the words and verbs you don’t know. In a nutshell, the Passato … Read more ≫
Imperfetto means “imperfect”, not finished. It’s an Italian past tense. A complete guide, quiz and audio examples Imperfetto “non perfetto”, is an important Italian past tense. It’s part of the indicativo mood, a group of tenses that describe real facts, objects, events. The imperfetto describes a situation or a frequent action in the past. It always needs … Read more ≫
Learn Italian comparatives and superlatives. Solve the quiz. Premium podcast for members. Italian comparatives and superlatives modify the value of adverbs and adjectives. Today we talk about adjectives. Italian aggettivi can express the quality of a noun in three degrees (gradi). Grado positivo. That’s the regular value of any adjective. Maria è alta. She’s tall, that’s … Read more ≫
We can use the ubiquitous Italian word “si” to build impersonal sentences. Learn the “si impersonale” and solve the quiz. In Italia si mangia bene. This sentence means that in Italy people, one, everyone, eat well. There is no precise subject and there is no object. We can build this type of sentencers using the word “si” … Read more ≫
Learn different ways to express bisogno e desiderio: need and desire in Italian. Solve the quiz Level, A2 / B1 Bisogna – Avere bisogno – C’è bisogno di… – Servire Bisogna This is an “impersonal” verb, meaning that, in general, it is necessary, convenient, useful, to do something. Bisogna, is very common in the spoken language. … Read more ≫
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The Italian conjunctions nonostante, sebbene, anche se, benché…ect. introduce a concessive clause Ciao a tutti. Come va? This is a basic introduction to the Italian concessive clauses, a group of sentences introduced by specific words. When the outcome of a situation is unexpected, “despite” a condition, we can talk about a proposizione concessiva. In other words: … Read more ≫
Learn the most common ways to say some in Italian with a few examples. Solve the quiz at the bottom of this page There are different ways to express the concept of some in Italian. The right choice may depend on the nature of the objects you want to describe. In Italian, just like in English, objects can be … Read more ≫
Learn conversational Italian using the verb “volere”. A famous Italian dramatist and poet of the 18th century, Vittorio Alfieri, after the success of his first drama, Cleopatra, became so determined to study, learn and write more, that he asked his servants to tie him tight to his chair with rope while he was working on … Read more ≫
Learn how to express availability, existence and occurrence in Italian with a quiz and audio examples When we want to say that somethings is there, exists in Italian, we use CI and ESSERE combined together. For example: Io ci sono. Tu ci sei? “Venite al concerto domani?”- “Sì, ci saremo”. Ieri al mercato c’erano un … Read more ≫