Learn Italian simple past, listening to Mina singing “La canzone di Marinella” (Marinella’s song), written by the singer song-writer Fabrizio De Andrè: La canzone di Marinella (Marinella’s Song) Questa di Marinella è la storia vera This is the true story of Marinella, che scivolò; nel fiume…
Listening to Italian love songs you can learn now some common negative expressions in Italian. Here’s Laura Pausini singing “Non c’è”. Sing along to learn what’s probably the most used negative phrase in Italy: Tu non rispondi più al telefono You don’t…
Learn top Italian verbs easily with a short video lesson. In your home country, there are some expressions that are very common, and people uses them every day.
Learn how to use the Italian verb “to win”. Here you will find some example of the verb win in Italian like “vincere in scioltezza”, “vincere a mani basse”…
With “Dimmi Che Non Hai Paura” (“Tell me you’re not afraid”) you can learn the Italian verb avere in the present tense.
The Italian verb Vorrei is very common in spoken Italian and corresponds to the English verb “I would like”. It’s the first person of the present conditional of “volere” that means “to want”. The alternative way to express a desire in…
The Italian preterite tense is sometimes a difficult subject for English speakers when they learn the Italian language. They often confuse the preterite with the imperfect and vice versa.
This Italian Grammar lesson covers the Italian Reflexive Verbs and the Italian Reflexive Pronouns. In the Italian language, a verb is considered reflexive if the subject (the performer of the action) and the object (the receiver of the action) are the same.
In this comprehensive Italian lesson, we will learn the most used Italian past participles and their different uses.
Here are some videos that clearly explain the differences between these 2 very common Italian verbs. Their meaning is (in general): Essere = to be – Stare = to stay/to be