Category: Italian grammar lessons

What is the present progressive? If you need to say something that is happening right now, you’ll need to use the present progressive in Italian

To go vs. to go out Think of the difference between the verb to go vs. to go out. These two verbs look similar but

Servire a in Italian The Italian verb servire can be used in many different contexts and it can also have different meanings. In this lesson, we will look

Restare and rimanere in Italian In this lesson we will look at the Italian verbs restare and rimanere.  These two verbs have a very similar meaning, and

I got hungry in Italian You may be familiar with the expressions ho fame and ho sete in Italian, which respectively means “I am hungry” and “I am thirsty”.

Opposite adjectives Learning a foreign language is great! It can also be fun, rewarding, and exciting. Some other times you might think it’s exhausting, challenging,

Finché in Italian In this lesson, we are going to look at a very useful Italian word: finché. This word can express a few different

Intanto Time words are very useful in all languages. They let us express when something happened, happens, or is going to happen. In this lesson,

Dipende “Dipende. Da che dipende? Da che punto guardi il mondo. Tutto dipende.” Have you ever heard that song by the Spanish group Jarabe de Palo? If not,

Tanto per We have an interesting combination of words in Italian to say “just to…”, “in order to…” or just “to…”. You wouldn’t guess, if

How to use uguale In today’s short post, we’re going to learn how to use uguale. Uguale means: Identical The same Equal We use it

Venire bene / male in Italian If you’ve been studying Italian for a while, or even if you’ve just listened to your Italian friends talking,

PER in Italian The Italian preposition per can be translated into English in many different ways and can be used in a variety of grammatical constructions. Let’s

“Si vede che…” in Italian The Italian impersonal expression “si vede che…” can be used with a couple of different meanings. In this lesson, we

Senza In this post, you’re going to learn how to use senza. Senza basically means “without” and is the opposite of con (“with”). Interestingly, senza

Stesso In this short post, we’re going to see how to use stesso. Stesso basically means “same” and behaves like an adjective which means it

In effetti In effetti is a very common expression in Italian. We mainly use it when we agree with someone or with something we just

Invece Invece is a very common word in Italian. You’ll hear it all the time if you go to Italy or if you hang out

E penso a te Before we start, try listening to the song below to get in the mood for today’s lesson. It’s called “E penso

In today’s short post, we’re going to learn how to say how. You’ve probably heard it many times. Here are some of the most common

In today’s short post, you’re going to learn how to say “straight away” in Italian. In Italian, we have just one short word: subito. We use

Mi sa che: informal language In today’s lesson, you’re going to learn an informal way of saying “I think”. It’s very easy to remember and

Ogni volta che As we mentioned in a previous lesson, ogni is a very common and versatile word in Italian. It might mean “each”, “every”,

Mezzo and metà in Italian If you’ve been studying Italian for a while, you probably heard there are two ways of translating the English word

Future + anche Did you know in Italian we use the future tense even if we’re not talking about the future? More precisely, in some

Sembra di + verb In today’s post, we’re going to see how we can combine the verb sembrare (“to seem” or “to look”) with another

What does cioè mean? In today’s lesson, you’re going to learn how to express yourself better, that is to say, more clearly. We’re going to

Volere, potere and dovere There are some verbs that are special in Italian. This is because they can be followed by other verbs. This is