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10/25/2017 10:15
Oggi parliamo del passato dei verbi.
In Italian language there are many different past tenses: mainly we use two of them.
The first one is called PASSATO PROSSIMO. It is used to speak about an action or an event happened in the past. It is formed by the present of the auxiliary verbs to be...
10/18/2017 10:14
Oggi parliamo del futuro dei verbi.
The future tense is useful to speak about actions and events that will happen in the future. Sometimes it is used to speak about hypothesis, probabilities or predictions.
Here are the forms of the verbs lavorare (=to work), mettere (= to put) and dormire (=to...
10/11/2017 10:13
Oggi parliamo del modo imperativo.
L'imperativo si usa per esprimere ordini e richieste in modo deciso.
Es. Apri la finestra! = Open the window! Non correre! = Do not run!
Ecco la coniugazione dei verbi...
10/04/2017 10:02
The most important part of a sentence is the verb: in Italian verbs are divided into 3 endings which are -ARE -ERE -IRE. The present tense works as follows.
Examples: PARLARE (=to speak) PRENDERE (=to take) DORMIRE (=to sleeps)
IO ...
09/27/2017 20:17
Today we are speaking about articles.
In Italian language (as in English), there are two kinds of articles: indefinite and definite.
Indefinite (we call them INDETERMINATIVI) are UN, UNO, UNA. They can be translated into "a".
UN and UNO are used for masculine names:
for instance,...
09/20/2017 11:16
Today we are speaking about numbers.
The first 10 numbers are UNO=one DUE=two TRE=three QUATTRO=four CINQUE=five SEI=six SETTE=seven OTTO=eight NOVE=nine DIECI=ten.
Then we have UNDICI=eleven DODICI=twelve TREDICI=thirteen QUATTORDICI=fourteen QUINDICI=fifteen SEDICI=sixteen...
09/13/2017 16:06
To ask about the nationality of a person, it is necessary to say
- informal way: Di dove sei? = where are you from? / Da dove vieni? = where do you come from?
- Courtesy form: Di dov'è? = where are you from? / Da dove viene? = where do you come from?
To reply, you can use an...
09/06/2017 10:39
In Italian language, adjectives, like names, have two genres: masculine and feminine. They also have different forms for singular and plural.
The majority of adjectives belong to two main groups:
- the first group has four forms:
O for masculine singular
A for feminine singular
I...
08/30/2017 10:38
BUONGIORNO!! Today we are going to learn how to speak about jobs.
To ask about another person's job, you can say:
- Che lavoro fai? = what is your job - informal way
- Che lavoro fa? = what is your job - courtesy form
To answer:
- Faccio il maestro/la maestra. = I am a...
08/23/2017 10:37
Buongiorno!! Today we are learning some grammar rules about names.
In Italian language names are divided into two genres: masculine and feminine. The majority of masculine names end with -o and the biggest part of feminine names end with -a.
All names referred to females are...
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