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Verbs
Italian Verbs
Italian Future Tense
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 […]
Trapassato Prossimo
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 […]
Italian Present Tense
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 […]
The Passive Voice
Verbs can be active or passive voice. This means that when the subject of the verb does the action of the verb, we can say the verb is active, alternatively a verb is in the passive voice if the subject has the action of the verb made. The passive […]
Italian Subjunctive Mood
In Italian language subjunctive mood is expanding and it’s active, however in modern English it’s disappearing. The subjunctive mood expresses doubt, (I doubt they’ll come = io dubito che loro vengano), possibility, emotion or an uncertain event (I hope that you’ll come = spero che tu venga). The Italian subjunctive […]
Future Tense Part 3: Future Perfect
The future perfect is a tense that is used to express the idea of “will have.” Some examples of sentences in the future perfect in English are: 1. By the time you arrive we will have already left= Ora che tu arrivi, io sarò già partito 2. I will have already bought the car […]
Conditional Perfect Tense
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 […]
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verbs in Italian Grammar Il verbo può indicare un’azione che passa direttamente su un complemento detto oggetto o diretto come: Mangio il pane; Guardo la campagna, Rompo la noce, in cui l’idea di mangiare, del guardare, del rompere, non si può concepire senza quella dell’oggetto su cui ricadono queste azioni. […]
Modal Verbs
Modal verbs are words used to give additional information about the main verb in a sentence, a verb being a word that expresses existence, action, or occurrence. In Italian the following words are modal verbs: Volere (to want to) – io voglio Potere (to be able to) – io posso Dovere […]