意大利语

Transitive verbs take direct objects—which can be direct object pronouns (i pronomi diretti). These pronouns are the person or thing affected by the action of the transitive verb and answer the ques...

The Italian preposition di means “of“ in English. It is used in the following cases: 1. To indicate possession: il libro di Maria (Maria’s book)la padella del cuoco (the cook’s pan)la casa del...

The Italian prepositions per, su, con, and fra/tra stand for many different words and are used in a variety of grammatical constructions. The preposition per (“for“ in English) is used to indicate...

The imperative verb forms are used to give orders or advice, to urge strongly, and to exhort. It is a simple tense—in the sense that it isn’t compound—and has only one form, the present. Further...

Usually the Italian preposition in means “in“ in English, but it can also mean “to“ or “by“! The preposition in is used in the following cases. 1. To express the idea of going somewhere or...

The Italian preposition da means “from“ in English. This preposition is used in time expressions, in which case you may translate it as “since“ or “for.“ Italian uses the construction of p...

A sentence is usually made negative in Italian by placing the word non in front of the verb: Francesca voule dormire. (Francesca wants to sleep.) Francesca non voule dormire. (Francesca doesnt want to...

As a rule, the Italian possessive adjectives are preceded by definite articles: la mia camicia (my shirt) il nostro amico (our friend) i vostro vicini (your neighbor) i suoi libri (his/her books) One ...

Not in a very agreeable mood today? There are a number of negative expressions to counteract all those smiley, happy people. Some very common negative expressions include the following: non cambiare u...

The imperative tense is used in other ways as well. For instance, in order to express the idea of “lets...,“ the imperative of noi is used (that would make sense, if you consider that “lets“ i...