by Serena | Jun 20, 2025 | Italian grammar
The little word sia has two completely different lives in Italian. It can be a connector meaning “both… and” (sia Marco che Luca), or it can be the subjunctive of essere (penso che sia vero). Let’s see how to recognize and use both. In short sia… che...
by Serena | Jun 16, 2025 | Italian grammar
If you’ve ever been confused by sento, mi sento and the mysterious me la sento, you’re not alone! They come from the same verb, they pop up constantly in everyday Italian, and they rarely translate word for word into English. Let’s break them down....
by Serena | Jun 13, 2025 | Italian grammar
Penso che abbia capito. Spero che tu sia arrivato bene. The congiuntivo passato (past subjunctive) is the subjunctive you need for things that already happened. It’s one of the easiest subjunctive tenses to form, and once you get the logic, it becomes natural....
by Serena | Jun 11, 2025 | Italian grammar
Perché = Why / Because In Italian, perché is used for both questions and answers: Perché hai chiamato il taxi?Why did you call a cab? Perché ero in ritardo.Because I was late. It explains why something happened — the cause. Ho chiamato il taxi, perché ero in ritardo.I...
by Serena | Jun 8, 2025 | Italian grammar
What Are the Modal Verbs in Italian? The main modal verbs in Italian are: Volere – to want Potere – to be able to / can Dovere – to have to / must Conjugating modal verbs (volere, potere, dovere) with...
by Serena | Jun 2, 2025 | Italian grammar
Quale means “which” and, very often, “what.” Use it when you’re asking someone to choose between options, or when you ask for a specific piece of information. It’s a small word, but English speakers often mix it up with che and...
