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
动词不定式表达一个以不确定的方式发生的行为或事件，没有人称和数量的变化。动词不定式有两种时态：现在时和过去时。现在时过去时Lavorarescriverep
近过去时用以描述发生在过去但与现在有联系或者对现在有影响的行为。Ho lavorato molto (造成的结果可能是 现在我很累)近过去时由助动词essere 或 avere +
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
Perché non li inviti? (Why don’t you invite them?)It is possible (but not necessary) to omit singular direct-object pronouns in front of verbs that begin with a vowel or forms of avere that begin w
ITALIAN DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNSPERSONSINGULARPLURALImi (me)ci (us)IIti (you, informal)vi (you, informal)IIIlo, la (him, her, it)li, le (them, masculine/feminine)La (you, formal)Li, Le (you, formal, mas
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
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