Hope everyone had a good weekend! It was warm and sunny here in Bologna but the forecast is for cooler, wetter weather over the next ten days. So perfect for studying Italian. And here, right on cue, is the next lesson in our series of free Italian lessons. Today we’re taking a look at adjectives, their […]
What’s the difference between ‘chi’ and ‘che’?
Today’s free Italian lesson looks at relative pronouns, and in particular the difference between ‘chi’ and ‘che’, which does cause a lot of problems for English-speakers learning Italian (and vice versa…) Don’t know what ‘relative pronouns’ are when they’re at home? No problem. I’m bolding them throughout this article. And as it’s a nice short […]
Today’s Free Italian Lesson: Uses Of The Subjunctive
Eccomi with Wednesday’s free Italian lesson! This is no. 31 in our series and covers the various uses of the subjunctive in more detail than the previous lessons, which mostly focused on conjugating its four tenses. If you don’t have the slightest idea of what I’m talking about, visit our Italian Lessons Homepage and look at […]
New Easy Reader Out Today! (+ Free Lesson On Remote Past)
Buongiorno a tutti. Just a quick one, as I’ve already been sat at my kitchen table far too long and my feet are getting cold… Today we’re publishing a brand-new and original Italian easy reader! It’s called ‘Missione Segreta‘, which I presume I don’t need to translate for you… Here’s the blurb from the shop, […]
Final Free B1 Intermediate Italian Lesson!
As you might have picked up from my occasional asides, I’m not a fan of studying grammar. So I’m delighted to be able to tell you that today we have the final B1 lesson in our free Italian lessons series. This also marks the mid-point, as we’ll have done A1, A2 and B1, while still having […]
Free Italian Lesson On Unreal Present/Future Conditionals
Se fossi ricco, mi iscriverei a un corso di italiano a Bologna. [If I were rich, I’d sign up for an Italian course in Bologna.] That’s an example of an unreal conditional referring to the present/future time period – the topic of today’s free Italian lesson. (It’s also an obvious bit of product placement for our […]
New Italian Lesson + Discount On E-Books All This Week!
Today’s free Italian lesson covers the final subjunctive tense, the subjunctive past perfect. It’s not a hard one, and there’s an audio and one simple exercise to help you get a feel for it. Thereafter, proceed with care: the remaining exercises cover a variety of subjunctive tenses, not just today’s new one. Don’t say I […]
Free Italian Lesson On Subjunctive Imperfect
Monday is a public holiday in Italy. April 25th is the anniversary of the liberation of Italy (from fascism) on the same day in 1945. Here’s a photo to get you in the mood. It’s taken from the Italian Wikipedia page and shows the partisan’s victory parade in my home city of Bologna. Yet another reason […]
Italian lesson On Subjunctive Past & Haunted House Offer
It’s not often that I get to write something like ‘Haunted House’ in the subject line of an e-mail going to over five thousand people, but hey, I couldn’t resist! First though, today’s free Italian lesson, which is on the subjunctive past, a scary topic in itself. This is lesson 25 in our series of free […]
New Free Italian Lesson On Past Perfect, New Book Of The Week!
Today’s free Italian lesson is on the past perfect tense. And lo and behold, it’s an easy one! Easy in the sense that, unusually for Italian, the tense is used in pretty much the same way as in English. And easy because, if you know the past participle and imperfect forms, conjugating this one should […]