Here’s todays new Italian grammar exercise.
The level is A2, and the topic is the Italian ‘sort-of equivalent’ of the English ‘I am doing’ form, constructed with the verb ‘stare’ and the ‘gerundio’.
Take a look at the exercise. It’s easier to understand than it sounds.
N.B. English speakers tend to overuse this grammar form when speaking Italian. It’s much less important than you’d imagine.
Italians use the ‘stare + gerundio’ form a lot less than the ‘I am doing’ form is used in English.
In Italian the present form (‘I do’) is much more flexible than in English and is fine to use for things that are happening now, that are happening in this period, or that are happening tomorrow.
So you’ll hear Italians say things like:
‘I do it now. No wait. I do it tomorrow!’
You get the idea.
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