To complete the fourth of subjunctive-tense verb forms, there’s the congiuntivo trapassato (referred to as the past perfect subjunctive in English), which is a compound tense. Form this tense with t
I am eating, you are drinking, the soprano is singing. In Italian, the gerund (il gerundio) is equivalent to the “-ing“ verb form in English. To form the simple gerund in Italian, add -ando to the
We grow up hearing negative commands: Don’t bother your brother! Don’t scream! Don’t forget to do your homework! The negative tu command forms of all verbs are formed by the infinitive of the ve
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
将来时用以描述发生在说话者所处时间之后将要发生的行为：Carla arriverà domaniL’anno prossimo parlerò italiano当我们确定一件事肯定会发生或者我们计划要
Interrogative adjectives indicate a quality or indefinite quantity and come with specific nouns. The most common forms are che (what? what kind of?), quale (which?), and quanto (how much? how many?).
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
Era così stanco che si è addormentato subito!关系代词che也有建立主句与从句之间关系的功能：è una donna che adora la musica (作主语)La musica che Marta adora (作宾语)Dopo (
Finché引导一个时间从句意思为“直到....时候”，在finché 之后经常使用不表达否定意义的non，用以强调从句的语气。Vai dritto finché (non) arrivi a un semaforoM