Sometimes interrogatives replace nouns altogether, and act as interrogative pronouns that introduce a question. They are:ITALIAN INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNSITALIANENGLISHEXAMPLEChi?(Who? Whom?)Chi sei?Che/
In addition to interrogative adjectives, interrogative pronouns, and interrogative prepositions, one other group of words is also used in the formation of questions—the interrogative adverbs come? (
When the prepositions a, da, di, in, and su are followed by a definite article, they are combined to form one word. The prepositional articles (le preposizioni articolate) take the forms listed below.
The Italian preposition a can mean “to,“ “at,“ or “in,“ depending on how you use it in context. You will need preposition a in the following cases:1. To express the idea of going somewhere
Usually the Italian preposition in means “in“ in English, but it can also mean “to“ or “by“! The preposition in is used in the following cases.1. To express the idea of going somewhere or
The Italian preposition da means “from“ in English. This preposition is used in time expressions, in which case you may translate it as “since“ or “for.“ Italian uses the construction of p
The Italian preposition di means “of“ in English. It is used in the following cases:1. To indicate possession:il libro di Maria (Maria’s book)la padella del cuoco (the cook’s pan)la casa dello
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
The imperative verb forms are used to give orders or advice, to urge strongly, and to exhort. It is a simple tense—in the sense that it isn’t compound—and has only one form, the present. Further
Transitive verbs take direct objects—which can be direct object pronouns (i pronomi diretti). These pronouns are the person or thing affected by the action of the transitive verb and answer the ques