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Forming negative statements is surprisingly simple in Italian. By negative statements, we mean any sentence such as: ◉ I don’t want to go to school ◉ Andrea doesn’t eat meat ◉ They can’t come to the party ◉ It isn’t very interesting Basically, a negative statement is when the verb is negated to mean to […]
Instantly Boost Your Italian with these Commonly-used Words Nature ???? ◉ La spiaggia ➙ Beach◉ Il mare ➙ Sea◉ La montagna ➙ Mountain◉ L’albero ➙ Tree◉ Il fiume ➙ River◉ Il sole ➙ Sun◉ La luna ➙ moon◉ Il lago ➙ Lake◉ Il fiore ➙ Flower Siamo arrivati in cima alla montagna dopo quattro oreWe […]
Modal verbs in Italian are the verbs that express a kind of “modality” to the action being talked about, meaning that they express concepts such as desire, possibility, probability, and obligation. English and Italian both use modal verbs in a very similar way, so the concept is relatively easy to grasp. Just like in English, […]
Prepositions are the small words that go before Noun Phrases that tell us the position or direction of something in relation to another thing. They include words like ‘of’, ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘to’ and they are essential to forming grammatical sentences in any language. Italian prepositions can be confusing when you are first learning them […]
Plurals in English are typically formed by adding an –s or –es to the end of a noun. Italian, on the other hand, forms the plural by changing the last vowel sound. The sound it changes to will depend on the final vowel sound it has in the singular, and, again, this pattern is mostly […]
Asking YES/NO Questions in Italian Now that you know how to make statements in Italian, how about asking questions? Luckily, some types of questions in Italian have a much simpler structure than English. For any questions that do not involve a question word, which in English are those WH-words – ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, etc. […]
The Italian alphabet is pretty easy to get a handle on as it is more or less the exact same alphabet as English. Italian has:○ 5 vowels, exactly the same as English (with 7 vowel sounds in total)○ 16 consonants for “native” Italian words○ 5 consonants used for foreign words only Hear Italian Alphabet. Try […]
Learning accurate Italian pronunciation is essential from the very beginning. It’s important to mention that when we talk about having good Italian pronunciation we don’t mean that you have to fool Italians into thinking that you’re a native speaker with your perfect Italian accent. That would, of course, be incredible, but it’s neither important nor […]
Now you are off to a great start with all things verbs in Italian, it’s time to start learning some words that you can start using from today! Learning new vocabulary can be really fun, but it’s important to go about it the right way. Needless to say, without vocabulary, you would not speak a […]
Let’s be honest, learning any language is no easy feat! It takes genuine commitment and dedication just as learning any other skill would, like learning a musical instrument, learning how to surf, or learning how to build a house! But as far as languages go, the good news is that Italian is up there with […]
Conjugating regular verbs in Italian is easier than you thought as they all follow the exact same pattern. Once you learn the six verb endings to refer to each person, you will be able to take any new regular verb and swap the -ARE, -ERE, -IRE infinitive endings for the appropriate ending depending on the […]
Commit to your Italian success First things first: learning a new language is fun, challenging and oh so rewarding. Yet, as you should already know – it doesn’t happen overnight. So, if you really want to learn Italian, you need to commit! That doesn’t mean that you have to make serious sacrifices in your personal […]
