GIORNO and GIORNATA: how to use them
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GIORNO” AND “GIORNATA“ Today I thought about writing about of the most frequent questions I got from students of Italian. “Is there any difference between GIORNO and GIORNATA?” Yes, there is. And it is not a tiny one. Let’s explore the Italian language… GIORNATA Giornata is used when referring to the approximate duration […]
Espressioni con ESSERE & AVERE
In Italian, the verbs essere and avere are certainly amongst the most popular ones. This is why they are vastly used in many common Italian idiomatic expressions like the one’s followings. Bear in mind that a certain amount of recurring expressions use the verb avere (to have) while English would use the verb essere (to be) and vice-versa. For instance, being […]
La preposizione semplice ”DA”
HOW TO USE THE PREPOSITIONS “DA” The Italian preposition DA means most of the times from, but it is also used with a different meaning, such as: since/for, to, at etc…DA is typically used to express:Timetogether with an indicative tense and a period of time:- example: verb + DA + period of timeDa quanto tempo studi […]
The Italian impersonal form with ‘SI’
The Italian impersonal form with ‘SI’ The impersonal form is used when the subject is not specified. It corresponds to the English one drinks delicious coffee in Italy or you drink delicious coffee in Italy or they drink delicious coffee in Italy, when they are an unspecified number of people We can say that the impersonal form in Italian is […]
The Italian conditional tense
The Italian conditional tense In Italian the conditional is used both in the present and the past tense. The present conditional is far more used than the past (or compound) conditional. When and how to use the conditional tense in Italian? ITALIAN PRESENT CONDITIONAL to express a possibility, fo example, in hypothetical sentences Cucinerei sano se […]
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 → […]
