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Italian consonants are more or less the same as English consonants but the differences are distinct and consistent. Here we have included the consonant letters that have two different pronunciations depending on the vowel that follows, as well as the consonants that are pronounced differently altogether. You will then find 3 example words with audio […]
The pattern of syllable stress in Italian is not too dissimilar to English. Typically, the stress falls on the penultimate (second last) syllable or the antepenultimate (third last) syllable depending on the type of word. INFORMAZIONE → information ANDIAMO! → Let’s go! MANGIO → I eat DIVERTENTE → fun BIOLOGICO→ biological MATEMATICA → math Anytime […]
Don’t let all this technical language overwhelm you! You already use and differentiate between these concepts in English without even realizing it. When we talk about Articles, we are referring to the words that mean: ◉ ‘the’◉ ‘a’ or ‘an’ As an English speaker, you instinctively know when to use either. But did you know […]
Being able to describe people, things and places is part of what makes human interaction so colorful and expressive. We all have impressions of things being ‘beautiful’, ‘funny’, or ‘disgusting’, and when speaking Italian, we need to know how to express the same ideas, don’t we? Adjectives in Italian differ from English in a three […]
The Italian personal pronouns are how we refer to people without using names. They work more or less in the same way as English with just a couple of important points to mention. Here are the Italian Personal Pronouns: IO → ITU → youLUI → heLEI → sheLEI → you (formal and polite)NOI → weVOI […]
Using verbs correctly in Italian is one of the main challenges for English speakers when they first start learning Italian. This is due to the fact that Italian has quite an extensive system of verb conjugation. This frightens a lot of English speakers as it all seems so complicated and hard to remember, but it […]
As it would turn out, the most common and essential verbs in Italian also happen to be the most irregular verbs. Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t follow the consistent pattern of conjugation that we have already outlined in our previous post. Many of the Present Tense Suffixes have similarities to their regular counterparts, such […]
Instantly Boost Your Italian with these Commonly-used Words Nationalities ◉ Italiano ➙ Italian◉ Americano ➙ American◉ Inglese ➙ English◉ Australiano ➙ Australian◉ Canadese ➙ Canadian◉ Neozelandese ➙ New Zealander◉ Irlandese ➙ Irish◉ Scozzese ➙ Scottish◉ Tedesco ➙ German◉ Brasiliano ➙ Brazilian As nationalities are a characteristic of a person, anytime you refer to a person’s […]
Learning to Count in Italian is Much Easier Than You Think Learning how to say numbers is one of the first things that we do when learning a language because we use them all the time! We count objects, we count days, weeks, months and years, we use dates, percentages, prices, and we say our […]
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, […]
