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, […]
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 […]
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 […]