a newspaper article: Natale col caro-Tir (1)
Normalità solo su strada. Gli agricoltori: nei mercati rincari sino al 20%. Prodotti, allarme qualità
Torna la normalità, torna il caro-Natale. Il blocco dei Tir proprio non ci voleva (2): oltre ai problemi che ha creato sulle strade si è rivelato un ottimo pretesto per gli speculatori (3). Il Paese, pian piano, si rimette in moto, [...]
Italian newspaper article: “Cassazione: vietato dare del lacchè”
In this article we can note the case when the passato prossimo with the auxiliary verb avere makes agree with gendre and number (like the auxiliary verb essere) and the use of others Italian words.
According to the Supreme Court, to call someone creep is a real affront and not a easy disapproval
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The role of direct object pronouns with past participle
In Italian, when the present perfect (passato prossimo) is made with the auxiliary verb essere, we have to make the past participle (participio passato) agree with the gender and the number (masc. sing., masc. plur., fem. sing. and fem. plur.). On the contrary, when the auxiliary verb is avere the past participle ends always in [...]
Two ways to express in Italian the comparison of majority and minority
How do you say in Italian: “Paolo è più bello di or che Luca?”. Which word (di or che) do we use to express the comparison of majority or minority?
The answer is simple: it depends on what we compare!
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5 cases in which we use the letter “h” in Italian language
It is always difficult to understand the use of “h” in Italian, also because its pronunciation is always mute. It is for this reason that students of Italian language find often difficulties to understand when they have to use it, and when not.
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The Italian word of the week: ” cavarsela”
Cavarsela is an Italian pronominal verb. Pronominal verbs are verbs with one or two pronouns that change a little the original meaning of the verb. Italians use very often this verbs in the spoken language.
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Which prepositions Italians use when we speak about places
I know that it is not so easy the use of prepositions in Italian language. I would like to explain you which prepositions we use when we speak about places.
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Italian expressions, verbs and words that need the conjunctive
The Use of subjunctive in Italian is an important step towards a good italian knowledge. My opinion is that italians don’t know exactly the use of subjunctive in their own language and therefore is very difficult for a foreign to understand when he has to use this verbal mode.
I have to say that the subjunctive [...]
Two ways to say in Italian where I come from
When I teach Italian and my students introduce themself, I often listen to say: “vengo dalla Germania” (ok) and also: “Sono dalla Germania” or “Sono da Francoforte”.
If we have to indicate the origin: with the verb venire we use the preposition da, but we can also use the verb essere, if we want to express [...]
Essere or Avere? Use of auxiliary verbs in the Italian present perfect
A grammar difficulty that foreign people meet when they are studying Italian is the use and specially the choice of auxiliary verbs in the passato prossimo. When we use the auxiliary verb essere and when avere?
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