Chi and Che are very important, at times confusing, Italian words. Solve the quiz at the bottom of the blog In my last quiz about relative pronouns, I wrote the following sentence: Non so chi sia la persona che ha telefonato oggi. Translating Italian into English makes things more complicated. I repeated the quiz with my intermediate and advanced students … Read more ≫
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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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