Heather Broster
“Modal verb.” Sounds like a scary grammatical term, doesn’t it? Well, it actually isn’t as fear-inducing as you might think! Modal verbs – known as a verbi servili in Italian – always serve the verb that follows them. Their job is to express likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order, obligation, or advice, or in …
If you were born and raised in another country but have Italian roots, you may still consider yourself Italian, even if your parents and grandparents were also raised outside of Italy. To say “I am Italian” in the Italian language, you can use the phrase Sono italiano (for a man) or Sono italiana (for a …
Contrary to popular belief, the best way to learn Italian for travel isn’t to memorise an entire travel phrase book from start to finish, but rather, to pick out a few key phrases that will come in handy over the course of your stay in Italy … and that you will actually remember! After all, …
The English expression “as you wish” has a number of possible translations in Italian, but we’ve decided to share the easiest for learners to remember which is Come vuole. Come vuole. As you wish. The literal translation of come vuole is “as you want“. Come means like/as whereas vuole is the second-person formal conjugation of …
If you want to say that you agree with someone’s opinion, there is a simple phrase you can use in Italian: Sono d’accordo. I agree. The literal translation of this phrase is actually “I am in agreement“. “Sono” means “I am” in Italian. It can also be written as “io sono” with “io” meaning “I” …
We all know that the Italian language is abundant in rich, complicated and, at times, convoluted words. Among them are also some very long words, the most difficult to memorise, although they are helped by a pleasant and fun melody. What is the longest Italian word you know? It might be a word such as: …