Italian Lessons

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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 12/06/2018 - 03:26
Possessive adjectives indicate ownership of something, for example: Quella è la mia pizza! - That’s my pizza! In English, they correspond to my, your, his, her…
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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 11/29/2018 - 17:26
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 Drinking…
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by Alesha Allen | Fri, 11/23/2018 - 04:27
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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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 11/15/2018 - 09:51
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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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:18
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 to use them…
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by Alesha Allen | Fri, 11/02/2018 - 04:04
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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by Alesha Allen | Fri, 10/19/2018 - 04:08
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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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 10/11/2018 - 11:29
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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by Alesha Allen | Thu, 10/04/2018 - 12:43
Adverbs - avverbi in Italian - are used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.There are different types of adverbs.    Adverbs of time describe when…
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by Alesha Allen | Fri, 09/28/2018 - 02:54
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…