Here’s the sixth in our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ series of Italian grammar listenings. See recent topics, and what’s coming on our A1 Italian Exercises page. Or go directly (that’s the sort of adverb we’re covering today) to today’s text on avverbi in ‘mente’. Buono studio, e buona settimana! P.S. Ever wished you could write better […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ 5/14 – articoli indeterminativi
Buondì, here’s Friday’s ‘improve your Italian for free’ e-mail, and today our ‘grammar listening’ features ‘articoli indeterminativi’, or indefinite articles to you and me. Find a minute or two some time today to click the link and listen/read examples of: articoli indeterminativi Then, fired up with enthusiasm, go here to browse the: free Italian exercises […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ 4/14 – articoli determinativi
Benvenuti, new OnlineItalianClub.com members (and ‘Ciao’ to all our old friends.) It’s good to see so many people interested in learning Italian, and from countries all around the world, too. The cockles of my heart are warmed each time my smart phone pings to let me know someone new has joined our club! So welcome, or […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ 3/14 – Aggettivi dimostrativi
Today’s Italian grammar listening focuses on ‘aggettivi dimostrativi’, which, despite the intimidating grammatical name, are really easy! Go get today’s dose here. See all in the current series here. Or find material that’s right for your level here. P.S. A lot of OnlineItalianClub.com members keep coming back to our site because of the mass of free […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ 2/14 – Aggettivi qualificativi
Here’s today’s ‘Italian grammar listening’. Our topic is ‘aggettivi qualificativi‘, or just ‘adjectives’ if you’d rather keep it simple… The girl is ‘bella’, the girls are ‘belle’, and so on. It’s the second in the ‘Other Grammar Areas‘ section of our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ series, which should take us more or less up to Christmas. […]
New series of ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ – Other Grammar Areas 1/14
Buon giorno a tutti! Get today’s ‘grammar listening’, the first in a new series of 14 random grammatical bits and pieces, here. Check out what’s coming in this series – three new texts a week over the next thirty days – on our A1 page. The links on the A1 page will go live as […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ B1/10- ‘I pronomi riflessivi’
This is the end. Beautiful friend. This is the end. My only friend, the end. But not of our elaborate plans, don’t worry. It’s just the last in the ‘pronouns’ section of our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ series. It’s also a bit of a flash-back, if you know what I mean, as I think we did […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ B1/9- ‘I pronomi indefiniti’
We’re coming to the end of the ‘pronomi’ section of our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ (Grammar, Listened To) series of Italian grammar listenings. The last one will be on Monday, after which we’ll begin something new. Check out todays ‘grammar listening’ on pronomi indefiniti (‘What are they?’) here. The rest of the pronouns can be listened […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ B1/8- ‘I pronomi relativi’
Good morning and here’s another pronoun fix for all you Italian grammar addicts out there! Today, ‘i pronomi relativi‘. What are they? Easy. Your uncle = ‘he’, your cousins = ‘they’, your grandmother = ‘she’, and so on. Nah… Only joking. Those, of course, are ‘subject pronouns’. Relative pronouns (in English) are words like ‘who’, […]
‘La grammatica ascoltata’ B1/7- ‘I pronomi combinati’
Italian is not, basically a hard language. No, it’s not – really! But there are certain things about it that might trip you up on your road to mastering it… One such danger-zone is ‘pronomi combinati’, those impossible-looking combinations of phonemes (like ‘glieli’) which you might notice glued to the end of otherwise normal verbs… […]