What does QUELLO and BELLO have in common?
Everybody knows that quello means that and bello means nice , however you might have noticed that, somtimes, BELLO and QUELLO, are used in a different shape, like when BELLO becomes bel or begli and QUELLO becomes quel or quegli. If you ended up here. it is because you are not sure when using bel instead of bello, or, quel instead of quello. The […]
Conoscere vs Sapere : how to use them
If you came across this page, it’s because you have been confused by the usage of the Italian verbs sapere and conoscere. Fair enough! English (and other languages) use only one verb, the verb to know, to cover the meaning of knowledge in all possible forms. Italian uses two different verbs: sapere and conoscere. Sapere […]
Cosa? Che cosa? Quale? – How to say WHAT in Italian
How to say WHAT in Italian? What generally translates into… Che…? Cosa…? Che cosa…? Quale…? – Quali…? The main difference in the usage relates to Che? (or Cosa?, or, Che cosa?) and Quale?. CHE? COSA? CHE COSA? Let’s start from staying that the Italian interrogative Che?, Cosa? or, Che cosa? are used with verbs (actions). […]
Trovare and trovarsi: find the differences
Whether you have just started your Italian learning journey or you are already a fluent Italian speaker. The moment you land in Italy, you will surely hear the Italian verb “trovare” in a set of different meanings and expressions. Let’s un unravel the mystery about this singular verb. Make sure you learn all of […]
How to master the Italian pronouns CI and NE
Have you learned Italian for a while? Then, I am sure you have been faced with my two favourite Italian pronouns CI and NE (particelle pronominali ci e ne, in Italian). And you have been wondered how to use ci and how to use ne. Maybe you have also started to hate them. On my side, I love them. […]
9 things about Italian pronominal verbs
1. Pronominal verbs mean “related to a pronoun” in fact, the Italian pronominal verbs are a combination of a basic verb and one or two pronouns, for instance, the verb andarsene is a combination of andare+se+ne. 2. The pronouns are joined onto the infinitive of the verb and slightly or entirely change the original meaning […]
Indirect Object Pronouns
A few days ago I asked on my Facebook Page a simple question: what the biggest struggle when learning Italian was, and I was not surprised to read that many answered “the Italian pronouns” What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word like you, her, him, them, that we use to see who is affected […]
How to master Italian reflexive verbs
What are the reflexive verbs (i verbi riflessivi)? There two types of Italian reflexive verbs: Proper reflexive verbs Reflexive verbs where the subject and the object are the same or where the action is carried out by the same person that receives it. Divertirsi → to have fun Svegliarsi → to get up Rilassarsi → […]
