by Serena | Dec 19, 2023 | Italian grammar, advanced
If you want your Italian to sound fluent and natural, you need to connect your ideas. Italians use small but powerful words to build long, flowing sentences: conjunctions (congiunzioni) and connectors (connettivi). In this guide you’ll find the most common ones,...
by Serena | Dec 19, 2023 | Italian grammar, advanced
In short: essere or avere? With a direct object (transitive use), use avere: Ho finito il libro. With no object (intransitive use), use essere: Il film è finito. Common verbs: cambiare, finire, iniziare, cominciare, aumentare, diminuire, migliorare, peggiorare,...
by Serena | Dec 18, 2023 | Italian grammar, beginners
1. Come The most frequent translation of ‘how’ in Italian, is come. ‘Come’ is used as an interrogative word in many common Italian questions, such as: Come stai?how are you?Come ti chiami?what is your name?Come ti senti?how do you...
by Serena | Dec 17, 2023 | Italian grammar, advanced
This article will explain the meaning and use of two common Italian expressions using the verb fare. Fare bene vs. fare male These two often appear in colloquial Italian with different meanings. The most common ones are to show approval or...
by Serena | Dec 17, 2023 | Italian grammar, beginners
In Italian, asking how long someone has been doing something works very differently from English. English uses: How long have you been…? I’ve been doing… Italian does not use have been in these cases or the past tense. Instead, Italian uses the present...
by Serena | Dec 17, 2023 | Italian grammar, intermediate
The future tense: Italian vs. English The most important thing to remember when learning the future in Italian is that it is used less in Italian than in English. In fact, Italian has a tendency (which comes from Latin) to use the present simple to talk about the near...
