Heather Broster
A sasso (stone) that has been made smooth and round by the action of water is a ciottolo (pebble) in Italian. It is the diminutive form of ciotto, an archaic word for pebble. Ciottolo is a masculine noun whose plural form is ciottoli. The definite and indefinite articles it takes are as follows: Prese un …
If you’re interested in learning how to express your love for someone in Italian, you’ve stumbled onto the right post. In this article, we will explore four ways to express the sentiment “I love you” in Italian. Whether you’re in a romantic relationship, a friendship, or simply wish to express your affection for someone special …
An Italian word that many of our readers and followers on Facebook have been requesting is allora, so let’s dive straight in! Allora is an extremely flexible word in that it can function as an adverb, conjunction or adjective depending on how it is used in a sentence. We’ve decided this article into three sections …
If there is one thing Italy is known for, besides its amazing food and rich cultural heritage of course, it is the language. Melodic and tuneful, this Latin-based tongue is currently the fourth most studied in the world and continues to rise in popularity. While many Italian words are similar to their English equivalents in …
Upon seeing the -ERE verb pretendere in Italian, you would be forgiven for assuming that it means “to pretend”. In actual fact, pretendere is a classic example of a false friend, or a word that looks or sounds similar to a word in another language but has a different meaning. In Italian, pretendere tends to …
One of the hardest words to pronounce in Italian for English speakers is the feminine noun aiuola, which means flowerbed. Why is it so difficult, you might ask? Well, it has a lot to do with the presence of four adjacent vowel sounds, a phenomenon that doesn’t really occur in English. In fact, the plural …