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How to Pronounce Italian Numbers: A Beginner’s Guide
Master the art of pronouncing Italian numbers with confidence in this beginner’s guide. Explore the melodious world of Italian numerals
06/03/2023
Category: Italian grammar lessons
With my Italian grammar notes, you’ll find all you need to improve your Italian grammar: straightforward explanations, some relevant context, useful tips, examples, and translation.
Grammar is basically what gives the language structure, so it’s very important to learn some Italian grammar rules.
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Italian words for everyday use
Explore the enchanting world of Italian words for everyday use as we uncover vocabulary that adds beauty to daily life.
06/03/2023
Italian grammar lessons
Exploring the Benefits: How Learning Italian Can Enhance Your Life
Explore how learning Italian can enhance your life as we delve into the benefits of mastering this captivating language. From
06/02/2023
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The Benefits of Learning the Italian Language at a Young Age
Explore the advantages of learning Italian at a young age, from cognitive development to enhanced communication. This article highlights the
06/01/2023
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Mastering Italian Punctuation
Unlock the art of Italian punctuation as we delve into its intricacies. From question marks to ellipses, discover how to
05/29/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to Use Italian Conjunctions
Unleash the power of Italian conjunctions with our comprehensive guide, from coordinating to subordinating conjunctions, and master fluent expression. Enhance
05/25/2023
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Regular verbs in Italian: the 3 families
What are regular Italian verbs? There are many irregular verbs in the Italian language, including the auxiliary verbs essere and
05/11/2023
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The past progressive: Italian grammar lesson
What is the progressive tense? In Italian, how can you say that something is happening at the time you’re speaking?
05/07/2023
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The present progressive: Italian grammar lesson
What is the present progressive? If you need to say something that is happening right now, you’ll need to use
05/07/2023
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Da una parte… dall’altra: Italian grammar lesson 201
What does da una parte… dall’altra means? If you’re here, it means your Italian is getting good, so well done!
04/23/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to say “when”: Italian grammar lesson 40
What is quando in Italian? Quando is one of the Italian Five Ws (chi, cosa, dove, quando, perché) and is a must-know for Italian
04/23/2023
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How to say “at least”: Italian grammar lesson 50
What does almeno mean in Italian? In this lesson, we will look at how to say at least in Italian
04/23/2023
Italian grammar lessons
To go vs. to go out: Italian grammar lesson 67
To go vs. to go out In this post, we’re going to focus on the verbs uscire and andare conjugation
04/23/2023
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How to use “servire a”: Italian grammar lesson 93
What is servire a in Italian? The expression servire a is used in Italian to describe the purpose something serves
04/23/2023
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How to say “not only…but also”: Italian grammar lesson 195
What’s the meaning of non solo…ma anche in Italian? This sentence is pretty easy to remember because, unlike many other
04/21/2023
Italian grammar lessons
Restare and rimanere: Italian grammar lesson 112
What restare and rimanere mean in Italian? In this lesson, we will look at the Italian verbs restare and rimanere. They both
04/23/2023
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Phrasal verbs: Italian grammar lesson 184
What are phrasal verbs? Look at the following phrases and think about what they mean: Bump into Come up with
04/23/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to say “I got hungry”: Italian grammar lesson 101
I got hungry in Italian In Italian, there are two expressions for saying “I got hungry” and “I got thirsty”:
04/23/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to use “magari”: Italian grammar lesson 51
What does magari mean? In this lesson, we will not only look at what magari means but also at how to
04/23/2023
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Opposite adjectives: Italian grammar lesson 68
What are opposite adjectives? Learning a foreign language is great! It can also be fun, rewarding, and exciting. Some other
04/23/2023
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How to say “until”: Italian grammar lesson 103
What is finché in Italian? Finché can be translated into English as long as both in an abstract and time-related sense.
04/20/2023
Italian grammar lessons
Sembra che + subjunctive: Italian grammar lesson 215
How to use sembra che + subjunctive in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/23/2023
Italian grammar lessons
Past gerund: Italian grammar lesson 235
What is the Italian compound gerund? The Italian present gerund is the equivalent of the English -ing, as in eating.
04/23/2023
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Passive voice with “potere”, “volere”, and “dovere”: Italian grammar lesson 232
What is the passive voice? Let’s look at an example of the Passive voice in Italian: A: Il cane ha
04/22/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to say “so as to”: Italian grammar lesson 224
What does in modo da means Italian? Before we start, read the following sentences: He sat at the front so
04/20/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to use “intanto”: Italian grammar lesson 110
What does intanto mean in Italian? In this lesson, we’re going to learn about a very common time word: intanto,
04/22/2023
Italian grammar lessons
The Italian present gerund: Italian grammar lesson 234
The Italian present gerund The gerund is a verbal mood. You’ll spot it very easily because it ends in -ando
04/28/2023
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How to say “other than”: Italian grammar lesson 45
What does oltre a means in Italian? Today we’re going to learn how to say other than in Italian. Before
04/28/2023
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In caso + subjunctive: Italian grammar lesson 213
How to use in the case that + subjunctive in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/28/2023
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“How long” and “since when”: Italian grammar lesson 16
How to use how long/since when in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/28/2023
Italian grammar lessons
The Past Infinitive II: Italian grammar lesson 237
What is the Italian infinitive? To understand what an infinitive is, you need to know what a verb is. A
04/28/2023
Italian grammar lessons
“Even though” and “even if”: Italian grammar lesson 43
How to say even though in Italian? We all know how useful the expression even though is. And this is exactly
04/28/2023
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Passive voice with the verb “venire”: Italian grammar lesson 233
What is the passive voice? We use the passive voice when we want to emphasize the person or thing receiving
04/28/2023
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Passive voice with the verb “andare”: Italian grammar lesson 216
What is the passive voice? In this post, we’re going to focus on how to form the passive voice with
04/28/2023
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How to say “in order for” and “so that”: Italian grammar lesson 225
When to use affinché, in modo che, or così che? Affinché, in modo che, and così che are not very
04/28/2023
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How to use “dipende”: Italian grammar lesson 88
What does dipende mean in Italian? “Dipende. Da che dipende? Da che punto guardi il mondo. Tutto dipende.” Have you ever heard that
04/28/2023
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How to use before doing: Italian grammar lesson 129
Italian adverbs of time We, humans, like to think of everything in terms of space and time. We like to
04/28/2023
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The more the better: Italian grammar lesson 139
How to use the more… the more… in Italian? This is certainly a good expression to add to your Italian
04/27/2023
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How to use “tra”: Italian grammar lesson 177
What does “tra” mean in Italian? In today’s grammar note, we’re going to focus on how to use tra, which
04/27/2023
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How to use “apposta”: Italian grammar lesson 53
What does apposta mean in Italian? If you want to learn what the Italian word apposta means and how to
04/27/2023
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How to say each other: Italian grammar lesson 155
How to say each other in Italian? In a previous lesson, we’ve seen one way of saying each other: with
04/26/2023
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More and more, less and less: Italian grammar lesson 138
How to say more and more in Italian? In English, these expressions are called double comparatives. To convey the meaning
04/25/2023
Italian grammar lessons
What does “pure” mean?: Italian Grammar Lesson 125
What pure means in Italian? Pure is a very common word among Italian speakers. It’s also a very interesting one
04/25/2023
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How to use “tanto per”: Italian grammar lesson 90
What does tanto per mean in Italian? We have an interesting combination of words in Italian to say just to,
04/25/2023
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How to use “quello che”: Italian grammar lesson 183
How to say what in Italian? In all languages, there are certain words that can be translated in very different
04/25/2023
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Credere di: Italian grammar lesson 190
What is the meaning of credere di in Italian? In today’s post, we’re going to focus on when we say
04/23/2023
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How to say “according to”: Italian grammar lesson 202
What do secondo and in base a mean in Italian? In today’s post, you’re going to learn how to reference
05/03/2023
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How to say “so much that”: Italian grammar lesson 147
What does così tanto che mean in Italian? If you’re wondering how to say so much that in Italian, you
05/03/2023
Italian grammar lessons
Non sapevo che + subjunctive: Italian grammar lesson 211
Non sapevo che + subjunctive Here we are again with the subjunctive. You can check the previous lessons if you
05/03/2023
Italian grammar lessons
How to use “uguale”: Italian grammar lesson 120
What’s the meaning of uguale in Italian? Uguale meansidentical, the same, and equal. We use it when we want to
04/30/2023
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How to use “mettersi a”: Italian grammar lesson 157
What does mettersi mean in Italian? Mettersi is the reflexive form of mettere (to put), and it can be used
04/30/2023
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“Venire bene” and “venire male”: Italian grammar lesson 111
What is venire bene and venire male in Italian? Venire bene and venire maleare Italian expressions you can find in everyday
04/30/2023
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How to use “per”: Italian grammar lesson 76
What is per in Italian? The Italian preposition per can be translated into English in many different ways and can be
04/30/2023
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How to use “si vede che”: Italian grammar lesson 118
What is si vede che in Italian? The Italian impersonal expression si vede che can be used with many different
04/30/2023
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How to use “senza”: Italian grammar lesson 87
What is senza in Italian? Senza comes from the Latin word absentia, which means absence. So, if you think about
05/16/2023
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How to use “stesso”: Italian grammar lesson 119
What is stesso in Italian? Stesso refers to something or someone that’s exactly like something or someone else. This means
04/30/2023
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How to use “in effetti”: Italian grammar lesson 82
How to use in effetti? We use it to emphasize a statement or confirm something that has just been suggested
04/30/2023
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How to use “invece”: Italian grammar lesson 109
What does invece mean? Invece is a very common word in Italian. You’ll hear it all the time if you
04/29/2023
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How to use “pensare a”: Italian grammar lesson 108
E penso a te Before we start, try listening to the song below to get in the mood for today’s
04/29/2023
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Other meaning of “tanto”: Italian grammar lesson 126
What does tanto mean in Italian? If you’ve been learning Italian for a while, you are probably already familiar with
04/29/2023
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How to say “how”: Italian grammar lesson 116
What does come mean in Italian? Come can be translated into English as how. You’ve probably heard this word many
04/29/2023
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How to use “infatti”: Italian grammar lesson 55
What is infatti in Italian? Because of the way it sounds, you might think that the Italian wordinfatti will translate to
04/28/2023
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How to say “straight away”: Italian grammar lesson 65
How to say straight away in Italian? In Italian, we have just one short but very useful word: subito. (Just
04/28/2023
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How to use “ormai”: Italian grammar lesson 54
What is ormai in Italian? Ormai is an adverb of time, and it can generally be translated into English by
04/28/2023
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How to use “mi sa che”: Italian grammar lesson 99
What is mi sa che in Italian? Like other informal expressions, mi sa che doesn’t have exact equivalents in other
04/28/2023
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How to use “ogni volta che”: Italian grammar lesson 89
What does ogni volta che mean in Italian? Ogni is a very common and versatile word in Italian. It might
04/28/2023
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How to use “può darsi che”: Italian grammar lesson 218
What does può darsi che mean in Italian? In this post, we’re going to focus on one of those expressions
04/21/2023
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How to use “appena”: Italian grammar lesson 36
How to use “appena” in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/21/2023
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How to say “half”: Italian grammar lesson 66
What does mezzo and metà mean? In Italian, there are two ways of translating the English word half: mezzo and
04/21/2023
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How to use “rendere”: Italian grammar lesson 217
What does rendere mean? If you go through all the definitions of the word rendere and then check the meanings
04/21/2023
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To start, to continue, to finish: Italian grammar lesson 144
What do iniziare and cominciare mean in Italian? To say to start or to begin in Italian, we can use
03/30/2023
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How to say “but”: Italian grammar lesson 42
What is ma in Italian? We’re going to learn how to say but in Italian. It’s just a two-letter word:
04/11/2023
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How to use “non so se”: Italian grammar lesson
How to use non so se in Italian? If you’re wondering what non so se means in Italian and how
05/16/2023
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How to use “hai voglia di?”: Italian grammar lesson 98
What does hai voglia di mean in Italian? In Italian, there are different ways to ask someone if they feel
05/16/2023
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How to say “then”: Italian grammar lesson 59
How to say then in Italian? Explaining what we did in a chronological way is always useful in any language.
05/16/2023
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How to say “this” and “that”: Italian grammar lesson 46
How to say this and that in Italian? In English, there is a difference between saying this book and that
05/16/2023
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Future of “potere”, “volere”, “dovere”: Italian grammar lesson 58
What is the conjugation of potere, volere, and dovere? As we saw in a previous lesson about the irregular future
05/16/2023
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The present participle: Italian grammar lesson 241
What is the present participle? You might be familiar with this term or you might have never heard of it
05/16/2023
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How to say “to pretend”: Italian grammar lesson 168
What does pretendere mean in Italian? First of all, the Italian verb pretendere is a false friend, which means it
05/16/2023
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How to use “non è che”: Italian grammar lesson 170
What is non essere che in Italian? In today’s post, we’re going to focus on the expression: non essere che.
05/16/2023
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How to say “except for”: Italian grammar lesson 44
What does tranne mean in Italian? When we make exceptions, we are excluding something or someone. In Italian, there’s a
05/13/2023
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“Allora” and “quindi”: Italian grammar lesson 48
What do allora and quindi mean in Italian? If you’ve been around Italian people or have watched Italian movies, I
05/12/2023
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Future tense + “anche”: Italian grammar lesson 80
What is future tense + anche in Italian? Did you know in Italian we use the future tense even if
05/12/2023
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“Vederci” and “sentirci”: Italian grammar lesson 167
What is the meaning of ci in Italian? In all languages, there are certain words that are tricky to fully
05/12/2023
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Nonostante + subjunctive: Italian grammar lesson 221
The Italian subjunctive We use the Italian verb form congiuntivo, the subjunctive, to talk about hopes, hypotheses, desires, fears, possibilities,
05/12/2023
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Qualunque, chiunque, ovunque + subjunctive: Italian grammar lesson 223
The Italian subjunctive If you’re here, it means you probably already heard about congiuntivo (the subjunctive). If you haven’t, here’s
05/07/2023
Italian grammar lessons
If clause – type 3: Italian grammar lesson 220
What are if clauses? If clauses are those sentences that mention a condition introduced by the word if. This clause
04/19/2023
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If clause – type 2: Italian grammar lesson 219
What are if clauses? If you don’t know what if clauses are, here are some examples in English for you
04/17/2023
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Placing Pronouns at the end of the verb: Italian grammar lesson 166
What is a pronoun? To get started with today’s lesson, have a look at the following sentences: Ho perso la
04/21/2023
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How to use “o”: Italian grammar lesson 12
How to say “or” in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/01/2023
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Sembra di + verb: Italian grammar lesson 96
How to use sembra di + verb? In today’s post, we’re going to see how we can combine the verb
04/21/2023
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The Past Infinitive I: Italian grammar lesson 192
How to form the infinitive past in Italian? Learn the grammar with simple rules and examples and practice with audio lessons.
04/20/2023
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How to use “ora che”: Italian grammar lesson 179
What does ora “che” mean in Italian? Before we start with today’s post, we recommend listening to this song to
04/20/2023
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When does “che” mean “perché”?: Italian grammar lesson 176
Why can “che” mean “perché” in Italian? Learning colloquial expressions in a foreign language is important because it’s the most
04/20/2023
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How to use “chi”: Italian grammar lesson 146
What is the meaning of chi in Italian? Have you ever heard of the following idiomatic expression? Chi vivrà, vedrà.
04/20/2023
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How to use “come se”: Italian grammar lesson 230
What does come se mean in Italian? Today we’re going to focus on one of those expressions that trigger the
04/17/2023
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How to use “il fatto che”: Italian grammar lesson 229
What does il fatto che mean in Italian? Have a look at the sentence below: Il fatto che lui menta
04/17/2023
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How to use “senza che”: Italian grammar lesson 228
What does senza che mean in Italian? To understand today’s lesson, have a look at the sentence: She walked past
04/17/2023
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The past participle: Italian grammar lesson 242
What is the past participle? The Italian past participle is the equivalent of played, cleaned, done, gone, seen, etc. Below
04/17/2023
