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Il Periodo Ipotetico – An Exercise Posted by Serena on Sep 15, 2017
Here’s an exercise based on last week’s article il Periodo Ipotetico (conditional sentences). Fill in the gaps in the Italian sentences below. The answers are hidden at the bottom of the page. Buon Lavoro! 1. Periodo Ipotetico della Realtà N.B. The periodo ipotetico della realtà presents situations which are real or possible. For this reason…
Il Periodo Ipotetico Posted by Serena on Sep 7, 2017
When we hypothesise about the past, present or future and predict what the consequences might be we use a grammatical form called il periodo ipotetico (conditional sentences). A conditional sentence contains both a hypothesis introduced by the preposition se (if), and a statement of consequence. In Italian we have three types of periodo ipotetico. Let’s…