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Adverbs

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:00:22 +0000

An adverb is an invariable word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs can provide additional information about manner, quantity, frequency, time, or place - they explain when, how, where, how often, or to what degree something is done.

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Ognissanti

Laura K Lawless — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:39 +0000

Ognissanti, All Saints' Day, is a day of remembrance of those who have died. Learn about this special celebration while practicing your Italian listening comprehension.

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Halloween

Laura K Lawless — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:22 +0000

Halloween is not an Italian holiday, but learning the Italian translations for Halloween vocabulary can be fun, especially for younger students. Happy Halloween!

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Silent Letters

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:00:39 +0000

Figuring out how to pronounce a new Italian word is very easy, because there are consistent rules about how to pronounce each letter, and only two letters that could be considered silent.

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Music

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:00:25 +0000

Music is a language unto itself, and yet we need our own language to talk about it. The Italian names for musical genres are often the same as in English, but there's still plenty of Italian vocabulary to be learned.

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Stare per – Very Near Future

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:20 +0000

You can explain what will happen in the very near future with the construction stare per + infinitive; for example, L'aereo sta per atterrare - "The plane is about to land."

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Tu vs Lei

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:27 +0000

The distinction between tu and Lei is one of the most confounding aspects of Italian, and one of the most basic. The influence it has on verb conjugations and pronouns is considerable, but more than that, the choice of tu or Lei is a matter of etiquette.

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Vellutate per l’autunno

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:29 +0000

Learn how to make three lovely soups for fall while putting your Italian listening skills to work.

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Possessive Pronouns

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:00:49 +0000

Italian possessive pronouns (il mio, la tua, i suoi ...) are used in place of nouns to indicate to whom or to what those nouns belong.

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C’è | Ci sono

Laura K Lawless — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:43 +0000

There are few expressions more useful than c'è and ci sono, the Italian equivalents of "there is" and "there are."

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