#140: Five Common Mistakes with Italian Prepositions

Regular Italian verbs follow a consistent pattern where the verb ending changes but the verb root stays the same. Irregular verbs, on the other hand, change their root when conjugated and do not follo...

16 Okt 20257min

In Italian, words ending in "-o" are usually masculine, and words ending in "-a" are usually feminine. However, some words end in "-e", and since there’s no specific rule to determine whether they are...

9 Okt 20256min

La cultura italiana è ricca di superstizioni, nate da tradizioni antiche, folklore e religione, che ancora oggi tutti conoscono. Anche se non tutti ci credono, restano parte della vita quotidiana e de...

2 Okt 20255min

These three little Italian expressions "finché", "finché non", and "fino a" look and sound similar, and even translate in similar ways, but each has its own distinct use. Learning their differences he...

25 Sep 20256min

In Italian, reflexive verbs express actions that a person performs on themselves. To conjugate reflexive verbs in the future tense, drop the “-si” of the infinitive, add the future tense ending, and p...

18 Sep 20256min

Some Italian nouns, coming from Greek, ending in "-ma" look feminine but are actually masculine. Recognizing this special group helps you avoid common mistakes like "la problema" instead of the correc...

11 Sep 20255min

In Italia, la spesa si può fare sia al mercato che al supermercato. Nei mercati si trovano prodotti freschi, tipici e locali, ed è anche un momento di incontro sociale, soprattutto nelle piazze cittad...

4 Sep 20256min

The Italian words "qualsiasi" and "chiunque" are both indefinite, but they’re used in different ways. "Qualsiasi" is an adjective, usually used before a noun. "Chiunque" is a pronoun and it's used wit...

28 Aug 20256min