Adjectives of nationality To find out somebody's nationality and where he or she comes from, ...
Adverbs of place The adverbs of place used most in Italian are...
Adverbs of quantity Indicating intensity
Adverbs of time The main adverbs of time in Italian are...
Alphabet The Italian alphabet is made up of 21 letters, ... with audio now in MP3 format
Articulated prepositions preposition + definite article ...
Auxiliaries In Italian, the verbs to be and to have are auxiliary verbs with the function ...
Causal Propositions The cause is the reason for an action. In Italian we can use the following...
Comparative form There are three kinds of comparatives in Italian
Comparisons in Italian Con la comparazione si mettono a confronto due termini ...
Italian Comparatives Comparatives of majority - Comparatives of minority - Comparatives of equality
Conditional form Present Conditional - Past Conditional
Conditional forms (Periodo ipotetico) There are three kinds of conditionals, formed by two clauses...
Conjunctions List of conjunctions which use Italian subjunctive form
Definite article Masculine... Feminine...
Demostrative adjectives and pronouns
Descriptive adjectives Descriptive adjectives agree in gender and number with the...
Direct and indirect pronouns Either direct pronouns or indirect pronouns are used in place of ...
Expressing consequence We introduce the consequence of an action with the following ...
Expressing purpose
Expressions List of expressions which use Italian subjunctive form
Formal letters in Italian Formal letters are used for matters of work and business. Often we don't ...
Frequency adverbs The Italian adverbs of frequency are...
Future perfect
Future tense The future is used to talk about...
Gerund
Imperative The imperative is used to give orders or commands and corresponds with...
Imperative form Irregular verbs in the imperative form
Imperfect tense
Indefinite article Masculine... Feminine...
Infinitive The infinitive is one of the impersonal forms of the verb and does not ...
Informal letters in Italian Informal letters are sent to family, friends and people who we know ...
Interrogative and exclamatory adjectives and pronouns The interrogative and exclamatory adjectives CHE, QUALE, QUANTO can be used as ...
Interrogative and exclamatory adverbs Interrogative and exclamatory adverbs are used ...
Irregular verbs All forms of some common irregular verbs
Numbers: Italian Cardinal Numbers - Italian Ordinal Numbers with audio now in MP3 format
Nouns Italian nouns
Participle The participle is another impersonal form. There are 2 forms, the present and...
Past anterior tense The past anterior tense, also called the preterite perfect tense, is used to ...
Past definite tense The past definite tense is used to indicate an action which happened a ...
Passive form Transitive verbs (verbs with a direct object) have a passive form as well as an ...
Past perfect tense The past perfect tense is used to talk about an action which had finished ...
Perfect tense The perfect is used in the following situations: •an action which took place a...
Personal subject pronouns Personal subject pronouns are used in place of nouns for ...
Possessive adjectives Possessive adjectives indicate ownership of something by...
Present Perfect Subjunctive Form The present perfect subjunctive is used to express uncertainty, desire, possibility that something happened in the ...
Present Subjunctive Form While we use the present indicative tense to talk about certainty and facts, we use the present subjunctive form after a verb or expression of ...
Present tense The present tense is used to talk about things which happen regularly or are ...
Pronominal particles Ci, Ne, Si:
Pronominal particle Ci
Pronominal particle Ne
Pronominal particle Si
Reflexive verbs
Relative pronouns
Sentential adverbs Sentential adverbs express a judgment
Simple prepositions Prepositions of Place
Subjunctive form The subjunctive form is more emotional and less certain than the indicative form...
Subjunctive Form without che With verbs of opinion, hypothesis, doubt and hope we can ...
Subjunctive used to ask politely Using the Italian subjunctive to be polite
Superlative form Il superlativo può essere di due tipi ...
Time clauses in Italian When we express time before something else we can say...
Time expressions L' altro giorno - The other day, not clear exactly what day: we use...