Archive for September, 2009
Pronomi Personali Indiretti part 2: Forme Atone Posted by Serena on Sep 7, 2009
In part 1 of this article I introduced the forme toniche (stressed forms) of the indirect personal pronouns; in this second part we’re going to have a look at the forme atone or ‘unstressed forms’, which are less emphatic than the forme toniche. In more technical terms, the forme atone have the grammatical function of the complemento di termine or dative. Here…
Pronomi Personali Indiretti Part 1: Forme Toniche Posted by Serena on Sep 4, 2009
The topic of pronomi personali indiretti (indirect personal pronouns) is a fairly large one, so I am splitting it into two separate blogs, each dealing with one of the two forms which you will encounter. At the end of part two I will explain how to work out when to use each form. Il pronome personale indiretto is used…
Parla come Mangi Posted by Serena on Sep 1, 2009
Browsing through a magazine a few days ago I came across an article about a recent survey which set out to discover the best known Italian words throughout the 27 countries of the Unione Europea. Although the article itself was rather trivial it did remind me of something quite important: the existence of La Società Dante Alighieri…