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 4, 2021
- 3 min
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....
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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
- Apr 4, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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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 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 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 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 24, 2021
- 2 min
C'è / Ci sono / lepri & zuppa
In Italian, the particle 'Ci' is often characterised by an aura of mystery and confusion due to its multiple uses. Today we are going to...
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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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