Italian Grammar: Essere or Avere?
If you’ve been taking lessons for me for a while, you should be pretty familiar with the choice of the...
Italian Grammar: Ora, Tempo o Volta?
There is a lot of confusion with the word “time” since in Italian there are three words that it translates...
Italian Grammar: Prendere vs. Portare
The verbs “prendere” and “portare” have two different meanings, to take/get and to bring respectively. However, there is one use...
Italian Grammar: potere vs. riuscire
Let’s learn! Potere vs. Riuscire The verbs potere and riuscire both mean “can” and “to able to”; however, they are almost never interchangeable. Potere is used...
Italian Grammar: Qualche vs. Alcuni
One topic that confuses many students is the word “some” and the difference between “qualche” and “alcuni/e.”While they both mean...
Italian Grammar: Essere Vs. Stare
We get asked the difference between the verbs “essere” and “stare” all the time and, as always, while there are...
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