If you’ve been taking lessons for me for a while, you should be pretty familiar with the choice of the auxiliary verb in the passato prossimo tense. However, there are a few verbs that are tricky and use both auxiliaries, depending on the...
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There is a lot of confusion with the word “time” since in Italian there are three words that it translates into: ora, tempo and volta. Ora means “hour” and “now,” although in English it also translates as “time.” It is used to refer to a: –...
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One topic that confuses many students is the word “some” and the difference between “qualche” and “alcuni/e.” While they both mean “some” to indicate a small quantity, there are some important...
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We get asked the difference between the verbs “essere” and “stare” all the time and, as always, while there are rules, there are also many times in which the two are interchangeable and things can get confusing. Main uses...
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