by Serena | Feb 23, 2024 | vocabulary pills, beginners, Italian grammar
Conjugation of Potere (Present Tense) ItalianEnglishExamplesPossoI can / Can I?Posso aiutarti? (Can I help you?)PuoiYou can / Can you?Perché non puoi venire alla riunione? (Why can’t you join the meeting?)PuòHe/She can / Can he, she?Lui può andare in palestra oggi....
by Serena | Feb 15, 2024 | Italian grammar, beginners
Why it’s Important To Practice Your Italian Pronunciation From Day 1 In over ten years of teaching Italian as a foreign language, I’ve noticed a number of patterns that are next to impossible to get rid of (or that take a great deal of time and work to...
by Serena | Feb 14, 2024 | Italian grammar, beginners
The basic rule is that when using the passato prossimo tense with the auxiliary verb ‘avere’, the past participle—the second part of the verb—usually does not change. It remains the same regardless of the subject’s gender and number. Lei ha...
by Serena | Feb 13, 2024 | beginners, Italian grammar
There are two types of “-ire” verbs in Italian. Some, like “dormire” (to sleep), are considered regular and follow the conjugation pattern seen in the first chart. Others, such as “capire” (to understand), are considered...
by Serena | Feb 7, 2024 | Italian grammar, beginners
Present Tense of ‘scrivere’ (regular verb) IoscrivoI write or I’m writing TuscriviYou write you’re writingLui/LeiscriveHe/she writes or he/she is writingNoiscriviamoWe write or we are writingVoiscriveteYou all write or you’re all...
by Serena | Feb 5, 2024 | Italian grammar, beginners
In Italian, ‘potere’ is more commonly used to express possibility or permission, but NOT skill or ability. To express the skill or ability to do something, the verb ‘sapere’ is used, which means ‘to know how to.’ For example,...
by Serena | Jan 16, 2024 | vocabulary pills
What’s the Italian present progressive? The present progressive tense in Italian is used to describe actions occurring at the moment of speaking. For instance, “sto andando a lavoro” translates to “I am going to work” and indicates the...
by Serena | Jan 11, 2024 | vocabulary pills
Tutto,Tutti = all, whole, every “Tutto” has a number of different uses depending on how it’s used in sentences. It means “all,” “whole,” or “every” when it’s used as an adjective to modify a noun. In this...
by Serena | Jan 8, 2024 | vocabulary pills
Italian quotes are an easy and interesting way to learn and retain Italian vocabulary. Why? Quotes are like songs, they pass on meaningful messages to us, that our minds can quickly absorb and make ours. Your mind works in a way that better retain what can provoke an...