Italian Lessons

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by Alesha Allen |
Today we are going to look at some common irregular present tense verbs. A verb is a doing or action word and we need to use them to speak Italian well. Verbs…
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by Alesha Allen |
Italian is often described as ‘the language of love’ and with Valentine’s Day soon to be upon us, now is a great time to look at how we talk about love in…
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If you’d like to speak generally about something in English you may use ‘one’, ‘you, ‘they’, ‘we’ or ‘people’. For example, ‘you need to study to learn a…
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by Alesha Allen |
At Italy Magazine we have looked at nouns before, both regular and irregular ones. Nouns are naming words and represent things, people and places. They are…
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by Alesha Allen |
The new year can be a great time to take up a new hobby or improve your general fitness. In Italian lessons with my students I like to talk about new year’s…
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by Alesha Allen |
I am sure you have heard the word ‘bellissimo’ (very beautiful) or ‘buonissimo’ (very good) in Italian. These -issimo endings are called absolute superlatives…
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by Alesha Allen |
The verb ‘stare’ is a very common Italian verb. It’s also an irregular verb, so it’s useful to understand how it works and which contexts to use it in. It can…
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by Alesha Allen |
If you’re in Italy and you’ve had enough of someone, you don’t care about what they have to say any more and you want to tell them in no uncertain terms that…
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There are some common pronunciation mistakes native English speakers make when they are speaking Italian, so it can be helpful to be aware of them and try to…
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by Alesha Allen |
When you’re talking in any language, it’s good to be able to say ‘I don’t want that’, or ‘I didn’t do that’. In Italian, you might already know the word for ‘…