L’altro giorno stavo parlando con mio marito del fatto che dovremmo comprare delle nuove coppette. In quel momento ho realizzato che coppa è una di quelle parole italiane che hanno diversi significati.Vediamoli. The other day I was talking about buying new coppette with my husband. It was then that I realized that coppa is one …
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Do you know how to use essere and avere?
Essere and avere, respectively to be and to have, are two Italian auxiliary verbs. These verbs are incredibly useful and are the first verbs that learners usually learn in Italian.Do you know when and how to use them?Let’s see the present tense of these two irregular verbs first: Essere Io sono Tu sei Lui/Lei è …
Appena or non appena? – What does appena means?
Appena is an Italian word that can have different meanings. Students are usually confused on how to use it, where to place it in a sentence and whether to use “non” or not? In this article I’ll try to answer these three questions. Appena Appena can be used to indicate that something almost doesn’t happen …
Let’s learn some informal Italian words
Italians use many informal words and sentences during the day. I already wrote some of these words and sentence in previous articles such as: Six words that change meaning in informal Italian Five Italian slang words How to express opinions in informal Italian Eight Italian slang expressions Today, I’d like to add some other informal …
Occhio! And other Italian idioms with the word eye
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article about some Italian idiomatic expressions with the word eye – occhio. Today I’m going to add other six Italian idioms with the word occhio. Let’s start by saying that even the Italian word occhio, taken in its own, can have a special meaning when used in informal Italian. …
