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Grammar

Passato Prossimo with Pronouns. A Simple Guide.

Passato Prossimo with Pronouns. A Simple Guide.

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 comprato Noi abbiamo...

Most Common -IRE Verbs in Italian

Most Common -IRE Verbs in Italian

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 "irregular" and follow the conjugation pattern...

Most Common -ERE Verbs in Italian

Most Common -ERE Verbs in Italian

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 writingLoroscrivonoThey write or...

Sapere and Potere. What’s the difference?

Sapere and Potere. What’s the difference?

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, 'so nuotare' translates to 'I can...

Italian Present Progressive 

Italian Present Progressive 

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 action is happening as you...

How To Use ‘CI’ and ‘NE’ in Italian

How To Use ‘CI’ and ‘NE’ in Italian

Have you been learning Italian for a while? Then, I am sure you have been faced with the quirky usage of the Italian particles ci and ne (also known as particelle pronominali, in Italian).  And you've been wondering dozens of times what...

Italian Indirect Pronouns: An Easy Guide  

Italian Indirect Pronouns: An Easy Guide  

Yes, pronouns are not easy to grasp, but they're worth mastering. Why? It's simple. We use them all the time. We use them to avoid repeating things and be concise, typically in a conversation. It's the same in English and in many other languages. Knowing the Italian...

22 Short Stories in Italian for Beginners and Intermediate Learners

22 Short Stories in Italian for Beginners and Intermediate Learners

What's a short story in Italian? A short story (or "graded reader") is a narrative written with language learners of Italian as a second language in mind. This means that the book uses vocabulary and grammar appropriate for the student's language proficiency level....

Mastering Italian: Comprehensive Guide to Conjunctions

Mastering Italian: Comprehensive Guide to Conjunctions

Italians are quite wordy and love stringing together long sentences.   To put them together they use conjugations (or connectors) A conjunction in Italian is a small word that joins information together within a sentence. I am sure you have already...