Italian Lessons

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At this time of year we are all thinking of the future so let us explore the use of the future tense in Italian:The good news is that the formation of the…
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by Pat Eggleton |
Words by Pat Eggleton  // We are going back to basic grammar today, with a look at a group of verbs which often worry learners, the so-called reflexive…
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Words by Pat EggletonPrefixes and suffixes, as we have seen, are often a clue to meaning.Today we are looking at the prefixes sopra- and sovra- which denote a…
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Words by Pat EggletonThe suffix – accio denotes something bad, eg:Una parola – a wordUna parolaccia – a swear wordLa carta – paperLa cartaccia – waste…
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Words by Pat Eggleton//Last week we began our look at how to form verbs in the [past] perfect tense. We saw that you need to use the present tense of an…
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Words by Pat Eggleton When you learn a language at school, it is normally three years before you can say anything about the past. This is rather restricting…
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Words by Pat Eggleton - In this photo: a blue dress by Roberto Cavalli//Now it’s time to look at adjectives. Most Adjectives in Italian are placed after the…
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The suffix –ino [masculine] or – ina [feminine] means “little”:sorella – sister;sorellina – little sistercaro – dear;carino – dear in the sense of “cute”The…
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Words by Pat Eggleton//Masculine nouns ending in –o form their plural in – i:il libro – i libriun arco - gli archiMasculine nouns ending in unstressed – a [-a…
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function MM_popupMsg(msg) { alert(msg);} Last week we looked at avere [to have]. This week we are going to look at essere [to be]: You may remember that…