How to use the Italian verbs Sapere and Conoscere
The Italian verbs ‘Sapere’ and ‘Conoscere’: differences and use In English the verb to know is used to express knowledge in all its forms: you can either say…
Il plurale in inglese
Il plurale in inglese: regole ed eccezioni Molto spesso quando ci si riferisce alla regola grammaticale per formare il plurale dei sostantivi in inglese, si cade nell’errore di dire che…
Italian Prepositions
Preposizioni semplici ed articolate What is a preposition? A preposition is a part of speech that works as connector between two elements of the sentence (generally two nouns or pronouns), in order…
I verbi essere (to be) ed avere (to have) in inglese
Coniugazioni ed usi dei due verbi, pilastri della grammatica inglese. Il verbo essere (to be) ed il verbo avere (to have) sono senza dubbio due pilastri della grammatica inglese e…
Passato prossimo vs imperfetto
The crucial difference and use of the passato prossimo and the imperfetto In Italian there are three different tenses that can be used to describe past events: passato remoto, passato prossimo…
How Italians talk with their hands
Top 20 essential Italian hand gestures for Italian language learners Among many other sayings and idiomatic expressions that are commonly used in everyday speech, there is one that Italian native…
How Italian women flirt
Italians and body language As already pointed out in my previous article, Italians are extremely expressive in everything they do. Think of the way they express themselves in the arts,…
29 Cool Italian Idioms and Proverbs
It is well known that Italians tend to be to very expressive in everything they do. There is always so much emphasis, pathos and passion going on! Think of the…
5 Italian iconic dishes you must try
A culinary journey from north to south to discover the most iconic Italian food “Italy is an incredibly beautiful country, you must visit!” - That’s no news; I bet you’ve…
The best Italian series on Netflix to learn Italian
Netflix and Chill (But Make It Italian!) Breaking News! No time to feel ashamed anymore: autumn has officially started and with it the official Netflix and Chill season! You can…
Cognates and false friends
So similar …but so different! As we all know, learning a foreign language is always difficult but things can get even more complicated when encountering some similarities in the vocabulary.…
Indefinite article in Italian
Indefinite article in Italian (articolo indeterminativo) and how it works In our latest blog post we learned about the Italian definite article. This week we are going to focus…