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Italian possessives?

When learning Italian is important to become able to express the idea of possession of something....

I verbi riflessivi

In Italian, English, and a big block of the languages out there, positive sentences are generally organised in a structure based on....

La preposizione 'da'

This article will focus on the preposition 'da', often used in questions such as : 'Da dove vieni?' and ...

The 3 Italian conjugations -are -ere -ire

Italian is one of the major Romance languages (or Neo-Latin) and inherited various traits from its predecessor. The verbs system that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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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