3. To indicate origin using the verb essere + di + nome di città (name of the city):Elisa è di Napoli. (Elisa is from Napoli.)Maurizio è di Prato. (Maurizio is from Prato.)I Rossi sono di Catania.
The Italian prepositions per, su, con, and fra/tra stand for many different words and are used in a variety of grammatical constructions. The preposition per (“for“ in English) is used to indicate
Destination:Questa lettera è per il direttore. (This letter is for the director.)Another useful preposition to know is su (on). Su is used in Italian to indicate location or a topic of discourse. For
Finally, there is the preposition tra or fra (these words are fraternal twins and interchangeable in all cases), which may be used in the sense of “between“ (whether between two locations, things,
Need to tell your teacher, supervisor, or the Italian prime minister to do something? Use the subjunctive form of the verb to form the formal commands. The table below contains some examples of formal
FORMAL COMMANDS: VERBS WITH STEM CHANGESINFINITIVEPRESENT-INDICATIVE FORM OF IOIMPERATIVE FORM OF LEIIMPERATIVE FORM OF LOROandare (to walk)vadoVada!Vadano!apparire (to appear)appaioAppaia!Appaiano!be
faccioFaccia!Facciano!porre (to place, to put down)pongoPonga!Pongano!rimanere (to stay, to remain)rimangoRimanga!Rimangano!salire (to climb)salgoSalga!Salgano!scegliere (to choose, to pick)scelgoScel
虚拟式虚拟式用以表达说话人的主观愿望，而由动词虚拟式构成的句子则典型的宾语从句。这类从句的特点是附属于一个表达主观、疑问、不确定性、
自反动词自反动词的直接形式表达了一个由主语发出、并由同一个主语承当全部动作结果的动作：Mi lavo （lavo me stesso）动词的自反形式由一个及物动词
。主句谓语动词表达疑问、恐惧、希望、不确定性、可能性、希望、意愿时使用下述动词： sperare， temere， desiderare， preferire， volere， permettere.Credo/Mi s