Archive for 'Grammar'
Italian Cognates and False Friends Posted by Bridgette on Apr 4, 2020
Ciao a tutti! Spero che tutto sia bene! As you may know, Italian is a language derived from Latin, and English has a big portion of it’s vocabulary that is also derived from Latin (about 40%) so Italian and English share many cognates, as well as ‘false friends.’ Let’s discover some more about them below. Italian…
Irregular Italian nouns: continued Posted by Bridgette on Dec 20, 2019
Ciao a tutti! Last week we saw some nouns that seemingly change genders from singular to plural. Today, we are going to see some more irregular Italian nouns; specifically, nouns with two plurals and different meanings. But before that, vorrei augurare un buon natale a tutti! Arriva Babbo Natale tra 5 giorni! E adesso…
Irregular Italian nouns Posted by Bridgette on Dec 13, 2019
Ciao a tutti! I’m sure many of you know the basics of Italian grammar when it comes to nouns. Masculine singular usually is represented by an ‘o’ at the end of the noun, masculine plural with an ‘i’, feminine singular with an ‘a’ and feminine plural with an ‘e’. Simple, right? Now if only it…
La differenza fra il nord e il sud: il linguaggio Posted by Bridgette on Nov 29, 2019
La differenza fra il nord e il sud: il linguaggio. The difference between the north and the south: language. Ci sono piccole differenze fra il nord e il sud, come il linguaggio. Quando una persona parla, si può capire se uno è del sud o del nord non solo dall’accento, ma anche dalle parole che…
Gli errori che anche gli italiani fanno! Posted by Bridgette on Oct 24, 2019
Gli errori che anche gli italiani fanno. Errors that Italians also make. Come in inglese, ci sono degli errori comuni che gli italiani fanno spesso. Il congiuntivo, “a me mi piace”, e pronomi, sono alcuni di essi. Vediamoli in dettaglio. As in English, there are some common errors that Italians often make. The subjunctive, “It…
Causative Verbs Posted by Bridgette on Aug 28, 2019
Maria mi ha scritto di nuovo per fare un blog sui verbi causativi! Grazie ancora a te Maria, ed eccolo! Causative Verbs As the name suggests, a causative verb is a verb that causes or demand actions be done by others. The two causative verbs in Italian are fare and lasciare, and today we’ll look…
Qual è and un filo di Posted by Bridgette on Aug 14, 2019
Reading over my last blog post “Una ricetta semplicissima,” I thought I would point out one particular expression and grammatical point. The grammatical point I want to focus on and discuss is qual è. This one is something that even Italians will often write incorrectly- as qual’è, but do not be fooled, even if it is…