How to say where something is in Italian: a, in, da, su, sopra, sotto, davanti a, dietro, vicino a, accanto a, lontano da, with examples, dialogues and exercises.
Italian Prepositions of Place: a, in, da, sopra, sotto, davanti a, dietro, vicino a Read More »
How Italian adjectives agree with nouns: forms in -o, -e and -a, plurals in -chi and -ghi, invariable colours, position before or after the noun, and exercises.
Italian Adjectives: Agreement, Position and Colours Read More »
The most useful irregular verbs in the Italian present tense: venire, uscire, dire, sapere, bere, rimanere, scegliere. Tables, patterns to remember, sapere vs conoscere, and exercises.
How to ask questions and make negative sentences in Italian: question words (chi, che cosa, dove, quando, come, perché, quanto, quale), non, mai, niente, nessuno, and exercises.
Italian Questions and Negation: Question Words, non, mai, niente, nessuno Read More »
Italian -ire verbs in the present tense: when to say “dormo” and when “finisco” (-isc-), with tables, irregular verbs, common mistakes, exercises and answers.
Italian -ire Verbs in the Present Tense: dormo or finisco? Read More »
Italian subject pronouns (io, tu, lui, lei, noi, voi, loro): when to drop them, when to use them, and how to choose between informal tu and polite Lei, with examples and exercises.
Italian Subject Pronouns: io, tu, lui, lei and the Polite Form «Lei» Read More »
How to conjugate Italian -ere verbs in the present tense: endings, the sounds of c and g, stress, the most useful verbs and exercises with answers.
Italian Present Tense of -ere Verbs: Rules and Exercises Read More »
What the fide test in Switzerland is, how it works, what it costs, which levels you need for the C permit and naturalisation, and how it differs from CILS, CELI and PLIDA.
The fide Test: A Complete Guide for Residents of Switzerland Read More »
Raphael’s Baglioni Altarpiece (Galleria Borghese, 1507): the Perugia feud, Michelangelo, the 1608 theft and a C1 Italian workshop on narrative past tenses.
Raphael’s Baglioni Altarpiece: from the tragedy of Perugia to the Entombment of Christ Read More »
A clear guide to the official Italian language certifications CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CERT.IT: who issues them, levels, what they are for and how to choose.
Italian Language Certifications: A Guide to CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CERT.IT Read More »