Life in Italy, Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy
Here’re some useful words and sentences to get you talking in any restaurant in Italy An Italian holiday would be all about good food and enjoying a delicious meal with family and friends. If you visit, then, you’ll likely spend quite a bit of time in restaurants or eating, so […]
The silence was killing me. I was mute, and it wasn’t for lack of want. I found myself walking the streets of Milan not being able to greet anybody, or make sense of even a signpost, and it was beyond entertainingly humorous. My previous experience with the Italian language was […]
The Italian language has two future tenses – il Futuro Semplice and il Futuro Composto while English has only one future tense. IL FUTURO SEMPLICE The simple future tense (il Futuro Semplice) in Italian is used to talk about future actions. Stasera telefonero’ alla mia amica. Tonight I’ll […]
When going to Italy during the summer, some ‘seasonal’ terms can turn out to be quite useful for those who want to plunge into Italian culture, as well as into the deep blue Italian sea. By doing so, you’ll be able to get familiar with local culture through language, and […]
The trapassato prossimo is a tense that is used to express what you had done. example: By the time you arrived we had already finished = Ora che tu arrivavi noi avevamo già finito. Here’s how you do it: For most verbs you will need to use the imperfect […]
Tempo Passato : Italian Past Tense Italian uses two past tenses to describe actions that happened in the past, L’imperfetto (the imperfect tense) and Passato Prossimo (the perfect tense). L’IMPERFETTO This tense is used to describe actions that continued in the past over a period of time or occurred multiple […]
Io no speak English is the title of an Italian movie reflecting the conditions of a lot of Italians who can’t speak English very well. It is simply a film, but what is the real situation about Italians speaking English? Nowadays English is regarded, in Italy, and worldwide, as the most […]
Are you planning a trip to Italy? While there, you’ll probably meet many people and possibly make new friends, as Italians are a sociable bunch who like talking. Well known for their passionate views and vivacious communicative style, Italians are all about connecting and conversation. If you’d like to participate […]
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS TEMPO PRESENTE – PRESENT TENSE Italian has one present tense – il Tempo Presente that is equivalent to two present tenses in English, present indicative (she lives) and present progressive (I’m writing). The present tense in Italian is formed by adding endings to the verbs. There […]
Anywhere you are in the world you want to be able to express yourself. If you are happy or sad, satisfied or scared, you want to be able to let others know. Sometimes in your mother tongue it’s difficult to find the words to say what you really mean and it’s […]