The tenses of the Italian Indicativo Mood “Indicate”, a Real Situation. Let’s describe and understand them with some examples. We can simplify and say that the indicativo is the mood of reality; the congiuntivo is the mood of possibility, uncertainty, and opinion; the condizionale is the mood of possibility under a certain condition; the imperativo … Read more ≫
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Studi spesso l’italiano? Learn the most common Italian adverbs of frequency Italian adverbs of frequency are part of a bigger family: avverbi di tempo. We can simplify and use the most common ones, as described in this chart. Mai and Sempre, never and always, are the extremes of the range. Some examples (without translation…). mai = never -> … Read more ≫
Italians are passionate and emotional, and so is our language. INTERIEZIONI An interiezione (or esclamazione) is an inviariable part of a sentence (no masculine / feminine, singular / plural) expressing a sudden emotion. It comes from the Latin interiecere, “to throw in the middle”, because it comes suddenly, in the middle of a conversation, usually followed by … Read more ≫
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Some Italian verbs followed by the preposition “di” can support a second verb (infinitive) and describe decisions, thoughts, opinions, hope and much more. Learn with some examples. Penso di andare al cinema… I think I’ll go to the movies. Learn more verbs with some examples and try to translate them n your language. English translations are close, not exact. … Read more ≫
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Le congiunzioni, Italian coordinating conjunctions, connect sentences, parts of the same sentence or other groups of words. Italian conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns, are all connectors, or connettivi in Italian. Congiunzioni connect different elements of a sentence. I already mentioned the role of the simple prepositions, or preposizioni semplici, and the difference between prepositions and conjunctions. Please have a look if … Read more ≫
Some Italian verbs followed by the preposition “a” can support a second verb and give more structure to a sentence. They describe actions such as beginning, continuing or succeeding … and much more. Some verbs followed by the preposition A can support and introduce another verb (infinitive). Some interesting examples. Translations in English are close, not … Read more ≫
Italian prepositions are challenging. Hopefully, some simple examples will help you Prepositions VS Conjunctions Italian simple prepositions are eight, usually taught in the following order : DI – A- DA- IN- CON -SU -PER -TRA/FRA The role of prepositions in a sentence is to introduce some information attached to a verb or a noun, and explain their function, … Read more ≫