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When learning a new language, beginners often apply the rules of their mother tongue to the foreign one they’re exploring, and that’s where most mistakes…
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If the last couple of years are any indication, most of us take good health for granted until true emergencies arise. And not knowing how to explain a health…
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In previous articles, we’ve introduced you to the concept of il congiuntivo presente, an essential part of Italian grammar if you want to speak like a true…
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Many of you have certainly experienced more than once that it is rather difficult to be entirely fluent in a foreign language. And even after years and years…
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The arrival of a new year is the best time to leave behind something that’s been dragging you down and start anew. Making New Year’s resolutions on the 1st of…
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In one of our previous articles, we got to know Il Passato Prossimo, the past tense which expresses events and states related to the near past. The Perfect…
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As you probably caught with our previous articles, most verbs in Italian follow precise conjugation rules, but, as in any other language, there are some verbs…
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We use past tenses to express actions, events or states related to the past. In the Italian language there are four main past tenses: Il passato prossimo (The…
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Every language of the world reflects the character of the people speaking it, and Italian is no exception. A lot of learners fall in love with the sound of the…
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As we have already seen, direct object pronouns in Italian substitute direct objects (the “sufferer” of the action) in the sentence while indirect object…