Grammar
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
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...
Master Italian Particles: How to Use ‘CI’ and ‘NE’ Correctly (with Examples)
What are CI and NE in Italian? CI and NE are essential Italian particles (particelle pronominali) that native speakers use frequently to make their speech more concise and natural. CI generally means: "there/here" (indicating location) "about it/on...
Gli, Le, Ti, Vi: Decoding Italian Indirect Object Pronouns (Pronomi Indiretti)
What is an indirect pronoun in Italian? An indirect pronoun is a specific type of pronoun that replaces the indirect object in a sentence - typically representing the person who indirectly receives the action of the verb (often preceded by "to" or "for" in English)....
22 Short Stories in Easy Italian
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
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...
Teacher’s Guide: Italian Verbs with Double Auxiliaries
Italian Verbs with Double Auxiliaries Examples: Ho cambiato casa - I moved to a different home. Il clima è cambiato - The climate has changed Did you notice? In the first example, the verb "cambiare" uses the auxiliary "avere." In the second example, it uses the...
How to Say ‘How’ in Italian
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 feel?Come va?how are you?Come si...
Mastering Italian: Fa Bene/Fa male
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...