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Transitive And Intransitive Verbs – Quiz Solutions Posted by Geoff on Jul 17, 2017
Well done all of you who had a go at our quiz on Transitive And Intransitive Verbs you did really well! We asked you to insert the correct auxiliary verb followed by the past participle of the main verb into the incomplete sentences below. Let’s see how you got on. presente: la mamma fa gli spaghetti…
Transitive And Intransitive Verbs – A Quiz Posted by Serena on Jul 14, 2017
A short while ago we published an article about Transitive And Intransitive Verbs. Here’s a quiz in which you have to choose which auxiliary verb to use, essere or avere, when transposing a sentence from the present tense into the present perfect (passato prossimo). How to complete the quiz: Below, you’ll find a series of…
Italian Transitive And Intransitive Verbs Posted by Geoff on Jun 30, 2017
Why is it so important to understand the difference between verbi transitivi (transitive verbs) and verbi intransitivi (intransitive verbs)? Read on to find out … What are Transitive and Intransitive verbs? Transitive: The word transitive comes from the Latin transire meaning ‘to pass’, ‘to cross’, ‘to go beyond’, therefore it describes actions that move from…
Italian Subjunctive Quiz – The Solutions Posted by Serena on Jun 23, 2017
Allora … com’è andata? Here are the answers to our Italian Subjunctive Quiz. Let’s find out how you got on … 1. Present Tense, Regular Verbs Verb = telefonare: Lucia vuole che le telefoni dopo le cinque = Lucia wants you to phone her after five o’clock Verb = finire: Speriamo che la festa finisca…
Italian Subjunctive Quiz Posted by Serena on Jun 21, 2017
To round off our series on the congiuntivo here’s a quiz. Don’t get disheartened, the Italian subjunctive is very difficult. In fact, many Italians don’t even know how to use it! Each section below corresponds to one of our 5 blogs on the subjunctive. Clicking on the section title will take you to the appropriate…
The Italian Subjunctive – 5. Pluperfect Tense Posted by Geoff on Jun 19, 2017
This is the final article in our series about the subjunctive. Today we’ll be studying il congiuntivo trapassato (the pluperfect subjunctive). Constructing the congiuntivo trapassato The congiuntivo trapassato is used when talking about the past to refer to things that had happened, e.g. ‘I had gone’, ‘you had finished’ etc. In order to construct the…
The Italian Subjunctive – 4. Imperfect Tense Posted by Geoff on Jun 5, 2017
Let’s continue our series of articles on the subjunctive form with an in depth look at il congiuntivo imperfetto (the imperfect subjunctive). Constructing the congiuntivo imperfetto To construct the congiuntivo imperfetto of regular verbs we modify the ending of the infinitive in the following way: verbs ending in –are, e.g. parlare (to speak): io parlassi…