#195: The Four Meanings of the Word "Si"

In Italian, there are quite a few insults that use animal-related words. In this episode, we cover common (light) Italian insults. Listen to this episode and practice your Italian pronunciation.Start ...

23 Juni 20227min

The impersonal si construction is used when the subject is unspecified. In English, the translation can be made with the subject “people” and “everybody”.Start learning Italian today!1. Download this ...

16 Juni 20228min

Even though most verbs will use either “essere” or “avere” in compound tenses, there are certain verbs that can use both depending on whether the verb has a transitive or intransitive function.Start l...

9 Juni 20229min

Reflexive verbs are verbs that use reflexive pronouns because the action “reflects” on the subject. These verbs are conjugated the same way as traditional verbs, they simply need the pronoun before th...

2 Juni 20229min

There are a lot of adjectives that we can use to describe character in Italian. In this lesson, we cover beginner-level adjectives that can be used to describe a person, from the standpoint of charact...

26 Maj 20228min

In this lesson, we cover the ten most common uses of the Italian preposition “da”. Usually, prepositions have one main function. But they are also quite versatile and can have different meanings depen...

19 Maj 202210min

In this second lesson about Italian adverbs, we cover: adverbs of affirmation, adverbs of negation, interrogative adverbs, adverbs of doubt, and presentative adverbs.Start learning Italian today!1. Do...

12 Maj 20228min

In this first lesson about adverbs in Italian, we learn about adverbs of time, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of quantity, adverbs of manner, and adverbs of place.Start learning Italian today!1. Downlo...

5 Maj 20227min