Today’s free Italian lesson follows on from the work we’ve been doing on participles by taking a look at the various uses of the infinitive. Here are the links: Lesson 39: Uses Of The Infinitive Italian Lessons homepage Poi, I have a new ‘Book Of The Week’ offer for you. An easy-reader e-book that we […]
Free Past Participle Lesson & ‘Roma Città Aperta’ Reminder
To start with a reminder, the launch offer on our new Italian easy reader ‘Roma città aperta’ ends on Sunday evening. The movie (not our simplified e-book version) was shot while WW2 was still going on, though obviously after the liberation of Rome itself, and was restored by Cineteca, in my now home city of […]
Free Italian Lesson On Present And Perfect Participles
I have had SO many arguments with Italians about the ‘gerundio’, and now I realise why! In English a ‘gerund’ is a verb moonlighting as a noun. For example in the sentences ‘I like swimming’ and ‘Swimming is good exercise’. In the first case the verb is ‘like’ and swimming is the object or complement. In […]
Free Online Italian Lesson On Linkers (And A Video To Watch!)
Today’s free online Italian lesson covers ‘linkers’, that is to say conjunctions, adverbs and so on which have the function of linking two phrases. For example: “I love you because you tolerate my snoring.” Needless to say, there are a whole bag of these to get to grips with. But don’t be put off just […]
Out today: No. 34 In Our Series Of Free Italian Lessons!
Out today is no. 34 in our Italian lessons series, and it surely is one for you grammar fiends! Myself, I gave up about a third of the way through – life’s too short. But hey, if this is your thing, enjoy! Here are the links you’ll need to torment yourself with past participles, auxiliary […]
Lesson On Italian Adjectives + New ‘Book Of The Week’ Offer
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, […]
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 […]