Italian Grammar Made Easy

In Italian, "apocope" is a phenomenon in which a word loses its final vowel or final unstressed syllable. In most cases, this shortening is marked by an apostrophe.

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This lesson covers twenty everyday Italian verbs of movement, from basics like “andare” and “venire” to more specific ones like “attraversare”, “passeggiare” and “spostarsi”.

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In Italian, "che", "cosa", and "che cosa" can all be translated as what when asking a question. However, they are not always interchangeable, and each one has its own specific use.

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Elision occurs when a word drops its final vowel before another word beginning with a vowel, and the omitted vowel is replaced by an apostrophe. In Italian, elision is required with certain words and optional with others.

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Il limoncello è un liquore simbolo del Sud Italia. Preparato con scorze di limone, alcol e sciroppo, si gusta freddo come digestivo.

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The Italian words "nemmeno", "neanche", and "neppure" are negative adverbs used to express ideas like "not even", "not either", and "not at all".

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Italian reflexive and reciprocal verbs may have the same structure, but they express different relationships between the people involved and are translated differently.

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In this lesson, learn fifteen fall-related Italian words along with their gender so that you can use them correctly in Italian conversations.

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L’edicola è stata a lungo un punto di riferimento della vita quotidiana italiana. Oggi è cambiata, ma resta un simbolo della tradizione urbana.

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Italian uses the simple present much more often than English, while the present progressive is generally reserved for actions that are happening right now, at the moment of speaking.

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Learning kitchen vocabulary in Italian is essential because the kitchen is such an important part of everyday life in Italy. Knowing these words helps you feel more confident using Italian in daily life.

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Collective nouns in Italian are singular words that refer to a group of people, animals, or things. Even though they describe multiple individuals, they are treated grammatically as singular.

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Il Ferragosto, celebrato ogni anno il 15 agosto, ha origini romane ed è oggi uno dei momenti più importanti delle vacanze estive italiane.

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The past gerund with reflexive verbs is used to describe something that happened before another action in the past. The past gerund of reflexive verbs requires the helping verb "essere", and not "avere".

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Italian has many ways to express enjoyment, and two useful verbs are "divertirsi" and "godersi". Both can be translated as “to enjoy”, but they are not always used in the same way, so understanding the difference will help you sound more natural in Italian.

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In compound tenses like the "passato prossimo", Italian modal verbs use "avere" or "essere" depending on the main verb that follows them.

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The verb "dovere" is a very common Italian modal verb and it is usually followed by another verb in the infinitive. In its most common use, the present tense, it expresses obligation or necessity.

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Gli italiani hanno molte superstizioni legate alla fortuna e alla sfortuna. Il malocchio, il corno portafortuna, il gesto delle corna e il venerdì 17 sono esempi molto conosciuti.

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In this lesson, we cover Italian words related to the bathroom. Each word includes the definite article, which helps you learn the gender of the noun from the beginning, so that you can use the correct adjectives and form simple phrases accurately.

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Some Italian nouns are masculine in the singular, and become feminine in the plural. This pattern is not very common, but it appears in everyday words like body parts.

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