Heather Broster
The Italian word for rainbow is arcobaleno (plural: arcobaleni). It is composed of two words: arco (arch) and baleno (flash, flare). arcobaleno rainbow As a masculine noun that begins with a vowel, it takes the following definite and indefinite articles: l’arcobalenoun arcobaleno gli arcobalenidegli arcobaleni Ho visto un arcobaleno dopo il temporale. I saw a …
The word faccia (plural: facce) in Italian is the most widely used term for face. faccia face Here are its definite and indefinite articles: la facciauna faccia le faccedelle facce Mi sono lavato la faccia stamattina. I washed my face this morning. Below are the main componants that make up a human face: It is …
If you’ve just met someone new in Italy, one of the first things you’ll want to find out in order to avoid an embarrassing situation in the future is their name! (That is, if you manage to remember it, of course!) The most common way to ask What is your name? in Italian in an …
Italian, like many other romance languages, has formal and informal registers. The purpose of formal speech is to show respect. It may be used when addressing a stranger (especially someone older than you) or superiors such as your boss. It is also the default register for those who provide a service such as shopkeepers or …
An extremely useful word in Italian is tutto which translates as everything in English. tutto everything Hai finito tutto? Allora puoi andare fuori a giocare. Have you finished everything? Well, you can go out and play then. It may be followed by the pronouns ciò or quello if the speaker elaborates on tutto with an …
Question words (or open question words) are an extremely important part of any language because they allow us to expand our knowledge about the things happening around us. Open questions differ from yes-no questions in that the possible ways of responding to them are limitless – or in other words, they must be answered with …