Italian Language

Language
by Alesha Allen | Fri, 02/01/2019 - 02:51
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…
Language
by Alesha Allen | Fri, 01/25/2019 - 04:30
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…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/21/2019 - 11:13
Language
by Alesha Allen | Thu, 01/17/2019 - 11:59
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…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/14/2019 - 05:54
Language
by Alesha Allen | Fri, 01/11/2019 - 02:38
I am sure you have heard the word ‘bellissimo’ (very beautiful) or ‘buonissimo’ (very good) in Italian. These -issimo endings are called absolute superlatives…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/07/2019 - 05:19
Language
by Alesha Allen | Fri, 01/04/2019 - 04:04
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…
Language
by Alesha Allen | Wed, 12/26/2018 - 13:19
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…