Let’s go to the circus, it’s been years since I’ve been! The last time was in Newquay, Cornwall. My dad paid for us to take the kids. It was raining, as I remember, but we had a great time anyway… But this is an Italian circus, so sure to be superior (if a little mysterious…) […]
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 Pronominal Verbs: Farcela & Andarsene
It’s Friday, but there’s no let up in the pace at OnlineItalianClub.com! Today we have the twentieth in our series of free Italian grammar lessons, each with an explanation and practice exercises. We’re taking a first look at the pronominal verbs ‘farcela’ and ‘andarsene’. If you don’t know what they are, click the link below […]
Lesson On Subjunctive Present & Easy Reader Offer Reminder
Today’s free Italian lesson covers the subjunctive present form and includes an explanation, an audio, and exercises. Click here to go right to it – 19: Subjunctive Present or find it on our Italian lessons homepage, along with the eighteen previous lessons in the series. Today’s free Italian lesson Italian lessons homepage But wait! Let’s […]
Italian Conditional Present Tense & New Easy Reader!
Buona giornata a tutti! Today we have the launch of our latest Italian easy reader, and of course another free Italian lesson in our series. But first things first: Un’indagine molto privata tells the story of Gianna, who is about to turn 40 and has lately become dissatisfied with her life as a translator of crime fiction. […]
New Free Italian Lesson & ‘Flash Offer’ 20% Off Everything!
Today’s free Italian lesson is on the Italian imperative form. There are explanations of the direct (informal) and indirect (formal) imperative forms, there’s a (very short) listening, and there are three interactive exercises to do. Having worked through all of it yesterday, I now know why I find imperatives so confusing…. Click here for today’s […]
Just another Friday, and another free Italian lesson!
It’s Good Friday and a public holiday in the UK, where I originate from. Except in Italy, where I live now, it isn’t. Easter here is on Sunday (a big meal with relatives, of course). And Monday’s a national holiday. So, I’ve a badly-needed long weekend to look forward to. But today, unfortunately, is just […]
A nice easy tense, but not as useful as it looks…
OK, today we start the next level in our free Italian lessons series, and man, is there some heavy grammar on the horizon… I’ve therefore decided to start with something easy, partly because I’m in a holiday mood, and also so as not to put you off! Today we’ll be looking at the Italian present […]
Italian grammar lesson on ‘Si’, plus Book Of The Week offer
Ciao a tutti. It’s the first day of ‘primavera’ – finally the winter is over, and not a moment too soon! Better still, there’s a period of holiday coming, so I’ll have more time to work on free materials for learning Italian. Tomorrow, I’ll be preparing a new series of free Italian lessons at A2 […]
Did you know that Italians say ‘suicide yourself’?
A depressed Italian might threaten to ‘suicide herself’ (suicidarsi), which sounds rather absurd in English… Today’s free Italian lesson is on reflexive verbs – the ones ending in ‘si’ – which are much more commonly used in Italian than in English. The example above, with ‘suicide yourself’, is from the lesson. Click here to see the […]