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 1, 2021
- 2 min
La preposizione 'di'
Languages are filled with tiny words. In Italian, some of these words are called prepositions and are constantly used to connect various...
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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 16, 2021
- 3 min
Imperfetto vs Passato Prossimo (pt.2)
The Italian language offers a wide variety of tenses, aspects, and 'modi', but sometimes you have to deal with two past tense forms at...
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Nicola
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
Il 'Ci' locativo : what, where, and why
'Ci vado', 'ci sono stato', 'ci sono', 'ci sei?', all these expressions use the particle 'ci', and looking at them, one noticeable aspect...
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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
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
[almost] Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Andare* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
The Italian language is definitely not democratic. You've got mascunilist choices when you use the plural form for groups and some verbs...
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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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