In Italian, a direct object pronoun is placed immediately before a conjugated verb: Se vediamo i ragazzi, li invitiamo. (If we see the boys, we’ll invite them.)Compra la frutta e la mangia. (He buys
A sentence is usually made negative in Italian by placing the word non in front of the verb: Francesca voule dormire. (Francesca wants to sleep.)Francesca non voule dormire. (Francesca doesn’t want
Your grade school English teacher told you repeatedly that you couldn’t use more than one negative word in the same sentence. In Italian, though, the double negative is the acceptable format, and ev
Romeo and Juliet meet, hug, kiss, and fall in love. They comfort each other, admire each other, and get married—but not without some help from reciprocal reflexive verbs! These verbs express a recip
In Italian, to express an action that began in the past and is still going on in the present, use the verb in the present tense + da + length of time. This construction does not exist in English, wher
In a reflexive sentence the action of the verb reverts to the subject, as in the following examples: I wash myself. They enjoy themselves. In reflexive sentences, Italian verbs, like English verbs, ar
mi myselfci ourselvesti yourselfvi yourselvessi himself, herself, itself, yourself (formal)si themselves, yourselves (formal)
Just like direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns are placed before a conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. If the infinitive is preceded by a form of dovere, potere, or volere, the ref
Italian uses present tense + da + time expressions to indicate an action that began in the past and is still going on in the present. English, by contrast, uses the present perfect tense (I have sp
1. 不定冠词uno在元音和一般辅音开始的阳性单数名词前断为un: un albero,un contadino, un ospite, un tavolo. Alucuno, buono, nessuno 与uno的情况相似，例如：alcun libro ,al