Subjunctive? Congiuntivo? What is all about
If you're an Italian learner, you've probably heard of this elusive mood, but may not be entirely sure what it is or how to use it.
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Nicola
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Fumetti (ep.2) - Zerocalcare
Zerocalcare: Popular Italian comic artist and writer. Known for unique art style and use of Roman dialect. Addresses serious topics like pol
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Nicola
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Italian possessives?
When learning Italian is important to become able to express the idea of possession of something....
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Nicola
- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
Il verbo piacere
What's next? Well, to tell the world what you like of course! To do so, you'll use a special verb...
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Nicola
- Apr 28, 2021
- 4 min
'Italiano formale' when and how?
Learning a language is more than just grammar, and it often requires us to adjust ourselves to cultural specific behaviours....
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Nicola
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mangiare e bere (ep. 3) Top 5 weirdest Italian foods
Everyone loves Italian food, pasta, pizza, and good vino. But there's a more obscure side in Italian cuisine not known by tourists and...
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Nicola
- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
How many prepositions?
A preposition is a short word that correlates a noun, or a pronoun, to another element of a sentence in order to express a specific function
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Nicola
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
Fumetti (ep.1) - Un detective a Londra
But how is it possible that an Italian comic is selling in Italy more than Spiderman comics in the whole Noth America? Dylan dog is...
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Nicola
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Mangiare e bere (ep.2) Il caffè italiano
Italians love coffee. They drink as much as 14 billion espresso coffees per year, and all over the globe, you can....
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Nicola
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
Si impersonale
Some rules are generally known, and sometimes there are procedures to follow. Let's pretend you want to learn how to make...
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Nicola
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Bene vs Buono - Which one should you use? why?
'Bene' and 'buono' sound very similar but they are different. The only issue is to understand when to use each of them, if someone asks...
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Nicola
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Masculine or feminine? the Italian dilemma!
If you are a native English speaker, the word 'house' to you will sound as 'neutral' item. A house doesn't have a gender and yet, if you...
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Nicola
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min
Musica (ep. 1) Italians copy it better - The 60s
Pasta, pizza and....Music? You all know about Italian food and monuments but what about its music? Enough with Pavarotti and 'Volare', in...
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Nicola
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Imperativo!
Instructions, commands, orders, or just informal requests? The use of the 'imperativo', in Italian, allows for a wide variety of...
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Nicola
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Questo & Quello
There are many things in the cosmo, even though we don't always know how to call them. To avoid confusion, and manage to survive in an...
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Nicola
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Io sono...Tarzan.
So, now you know what to say when you get into a room ( greetings ) but what about that long moment of general awkward silence right...
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Nicola
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Ciao!
Hello, goodbye! - no, it's not the beatles! - The most common way to greet someone (informally) in Italian is 'Ciao'. 'Ciao' is used when...
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