Tag Archives: Italian adjectives
A Box Of Adjectives – An Italian Quiz Posted by Serena on Jul 22, 2016
Masculine, feminine, singular, plural, sometimes it’s hard to correctly pair up those adjectives with the nouns that they describe and their respective articles. This quiz, based on summer vocabulary, will focus on very short sentences which require exactly that: the coordination between article, noun and adjective. How to complete the quiz: Below you’ll find a…
In Che Condizioni È? Posted by Geoff on Jul 7, 2015
If you’re going to engage your Italian friends and acquaintances in conversation, the ability to liven up or clarify what you want to say is going to require a repertoire of useful descriptive adjectives. Let’s begin with a question: “in che condizioni è?” (“what condition is it/he/she in?” N.B. in Italian we use the plural…
Di Dove Sei? Posted by Geoff on Aug 8, 2014
Di dove sei? (where are you from? informal) or di dov’è? (where are you from? formal, or where is he/she from?) is a question that you’ll often be asked, or want to ask when you visit Italy. For Italians provenienza (provenance/origin) is very important, and is certainly much higher up the list of things that…
Is It Better Or Is It The Best? Posted by Serena on Aug 5, 2014
Scrivere un blog con Jenny la gatta acciambellata sul mio braccio sinistro e con la sua coda che spazzola in continuazione la tastiera del portatile non è il modo migliore per lavorare. Sarebbe meglio scriverlo quando non ci sono gatti in giro. La cosa peggiore di tutte è cercare di fare le maiuscole con solo…
Proprio Posted by Serena on Jul 11, 2014
Here’s another question which I eagerly started replying to in my recent post ‘July’s Grammar Clinic’ thinking ‘this should be simple to answer, just a couple of lines should do the trick’. Ultime parole famose, 230 words later I realised that I was only half way through, so it’s all grown up and now it’s…
Farfallina Bella Bianca Posted by Serena on Jul 14, 2011
Learning a foreign language is hard work when you’re an adult! It’s always a humbling experience when, having diligently studied Italian for many years, you travel to Italy only to hear a group of four year olds playing together and speaking much better Italian than you! Non è giusto! Well obviously those children have had…