Italian Lessons

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Possessive adjectives indicate ownership of something, for example: Quella è la mia pizza! - That’s my pizza! In English, they correspond to my, your…
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You may have heard the word salute in Italian. It can be translated in the following ways: - Health / wellbeing Bere troppo alcol fa male alla salute…
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We can use exclamations to express a range of emotions including happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, excitement, enthusiasm and disgust. Learning some Italian…
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If you’d like to say ‘Florence is more beautiful than Venice’ or ‘Neapolitan pizza is nicer than Roman pizza’ or ‘The sea is bluer in Sardinia than in Puglia…
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Ci and ne are called particelle (particles) and are widely used in Italian. You may have heard them or seen them written down but were not sure how…
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Prepositions are short words that show the relation of a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence. Here is a lesson on prepositions to help you use then…
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Piacere means ‘to like’ in English but a more literal translation would be ‘to be pleasing’. In English we say ‘I like Italian’ but in Italian we would say ‘…
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Quali sono i tuoi passatempi? When meeting a new person in Italy you may be asked this question - what are your hobbies? The word hobby is also used in Italian…
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Adverbs - avverbi in Italian - are used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.There are different types of adverbs.    Adverbs of…
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Here are some useful words to help you ask questions in Italian: Dove- Where It can be followed by a single verb, for example: Dove abita Anna?- Where does…