by Serena | Dec 6, 2023 | Italian grammar, beginners
My English teacher at university was an Irish woman who had lived in Italy for over a decade. One day, she admitted to us that numbers were still a pain for her. Having learned several languages myself, I know firsthand how difficult it is to master numbers in a...
by Serena | Dec 6, 2023 | beginners, intermediate, Italian grammar
Question words are those used at the beginning of a sentence to form a question. In English, these include words such as ‘Who?’, ‘What?’, and ‘When?’. In Italian, equivalent words are ‘Chi?’, ‘Cosa?’, and...
by Serena | Sep 23, 2023 | Italian grammar, Beginner Italian, beginners
If you’ve ever taken an Italian class, I’m sure your teacher made you spend a lot of time on conjugation drills: parlo, parli, parla… ho parlato, hai parlato… parlerò, parlerai… I know it can feel frustrating. But once you understand why Italian verbs...
by Serena | Sep 20, 2023 | Italian grammar, beginners
Sono andata or ho andato? Choosing between essere and avere in the passato prossimo is one of the first real challenges for anyone learning Italian. Textbooks give you a rule that sounds simple but is hard to apply in real time. In this post I’ll show you the...
by Serena | Jan 19, 2023 | intermediate, beginners, Italian grammar
What Are Possessive Adjectives in Italian? The possessive adjectives are those words that translate from the English: “my, your, her, his, our, their”. They denote ownership between two objects. For example, La mia cassa → my house Il suo cane → his dog Il...
