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
- 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
- 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 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 15, 2021
- 2 min
Imperfetto vs Passato Prossimo (pt.1)
The Italian language offers a wide variety of tenses, aspects, and 'modi', but sometimes you have deal with two past tense forms at the same
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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 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 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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