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The imperfect tense is probably one of the easiest tenses to form in Italian since it has very few irregular verbs. We use the imperfect tense to describe past tense events that are ongoing or have no definite end. This tense many times corresponds to the English expressions “was” […]
A conversation to your landlord Talking to your landlord Do you need to rent an apartment in Italy? Hai intenzione di venire in Italia e vuoi affittare un appartamento? Sarebbe opportuno conoscere i rapporti che si stabiliscono tra il proprietario e l’inquilino = Are you going to come to Italy […]
Conjunctions are words that link one word to another and without them the first part of a sentence would appear disconnected from the end. Conjunctions are invariable parts of speech, so called because they join and connect words or clauses. There are two kinds of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions (and, so, […]
Italian Language Schools and Italian learning opportunities Italian school It has been said that the best way to learn a foreign language is through immersion. Therefore, what better way to learn Italian than to be in Italy at one of its excellent language schools. Italy has numerous language schools and […]
Possessive adjectives refer to the following: My = il mio/la mia/i miei /le mie Your (talking to one person) = il tuo/la tua/i tuoi/le tue His = il suo/la sua/i suoi/le sue Her = il suo/la sua/i suoi/le sue Our = il nosotro/la nostra/i nostri/le nostre Your (talking to more […]
Read on to find out all about the use of indefinite pronouns and adjectives in Italian. First things first, what is a pronoun? It is a variable word that can take the place of a noun (person, place or thing). And what is an adjective? It is also a variable word, […]
The conditional perfect is a tense that is used to express the idea of “would have.” Some examples of sentences in the conditional perfect in English are: 1. I would have bought a house, but I didn’t have the money. 2. She woud have come but she was ill. Here is how […]
A relative pronoun links two clauses, a dependent proposition to a previous proposition, taking the place of a name or a thing and establishing a relationship between the two. The relative pronoun, in referring to a person, place or thing, is used to avoid repetition. In English, relative pronouns are […]
A Guide to Italian Pronunciation Italian spelling is highly phonetic. This means that letters and combinations of letters almost always represent the same sounds. In English, on the contrary, a single letter or combination of letters may well represent three, four or more sounds. For those studying Italian, this means […]
To conjugate a reflexive verb in the past tense (passato prossimo) we need: 1. a subject The subjects in Italian are: io = I tu = you (informal) lui = he lei = she Lei = you (formal) noi = we voi = you (plural) loro = they Loro = […]