In this video you will learn to correctly conjugate at the present tense 6 new irregular verbs in Italian! 

There is a nice exercise at the end of the video! Do not miss out!

Here is a list of the verbs that you can immediately use!

• Bere (to drink)
• Rimanere (to stay - to remain)
• Scegliere (to choose)
• Sedere (to sit)
• Tenere (to hold - to keep)
• Togliere (to remove)

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In this video I will talk about the Italian irregular verbs that belong to the "ARE" group. So you will learn the most commonly used Italian irregular verbs that end with -ARE. 

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Take note that this is VIDEO 1 of a three video series where you will learn all the other irregular verbs.

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At the end of the video there are two exercises! Check them out and practice! If you need to review the lesson you can download for FREE a chart with all the verbs mentioned in the lesson. You can do that by clicking on this link here! 

Here are all the verbs!

ANDARE (to go)

• io vado 
• tu vai 
• lui/ lei va
• noi andiamo
• voi andate
• loro vanno

Let’s use this verb in a sentence: 

"Io vado in palestra tre volte a settimana" (I go to the gym three times a week)

Try to create a sentence with this verb! If you ...

With this video I want to challenge you to say correctly some tricky Italian words that are commonly mispronounced by Italian learners.

I will focus on words that deal with food and drinks… so this is the “commonly mispronounced words… FOOD EDITION” you will review with me 10 words that are commonly mispronounced!

Here are the words:

1. Pistacchio
2. Bruschetta
3. Prosciutto
4. Spaghetti
5. Caffè macchiato
6. Salame
7. Gnocchi
8. Caffè schiumato
9. Arancini
10. Espresso

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Today I want to talk about some Italian words that change meaning with the change of one single letter! Sometimes this is due to the doubling up of a consonant or sometimes a change in a vowel creates a whole new different word.

Keep in mind that there are a LOT of these words! I’m going to list a few of them so that you can begin to remember them and use them correctly.

I will start off with the ones that change with the doubling up of a consonant sound… I will list the most common ones… you will see the word on the screen and you will also see the translation. If you wish to you can stop the video each time you hear me say the word so that you can practice saying it with me!

Ok… if you are ready let’s begin with the words:

1. ROSA (pink) - ROSSA (red)
2. POLO (polo t-shirt) - POLLO (chicken)
3. NOTE (music notes) - NOTTE (night)
4. SERA (evening) - SERRA (greenhouse)
5. NONO (ninth number) - NONNO (grandpa)
6. CANE (dog) - CANNE (canes)
7. CASA (house) - CASSA (cash desk)
8. TORI (bulls) -...

Today I want to talk about a verb that for sure you use quite commonly also in your own language! What am I talking about? Well it's the verb that you will use to express preferences…so what you like and dislike.

In this video I want to show you the Italian verb PIACERE.

I think that this is an important verb that you might immediately use if you are learning a language from scratch!

Towards the end of the video you will also find a quick exercise to practice immediately what you learn here… and after the exercise I will reveal a fun fact about this verb! Don't miss out!

The verb PIACERE means to like and it is a conjugated like this:

• a me / piace // Mi piace
• a te piace // ti piace
• a lui / lei piace // gli piace , le piace
• a noi piace // ci piace
• a voi piace // vi piace
• a loro piace // gli piace

So if I want to say that "I like pizza"… I will say "Mi piace la pizza"

If I want to say that "you like to swim"... I will say "Ti piace nuotare"  

Or if I want to say that ...

Ciao! In this lesson you will learn how to use correctly "C’e’ " anche "ci sono".

You will use them when you want to say that something or somebody is physically in a place. So you are stating that something is present so it’s physically there.

Let’s look at some examples to make this more clear:

If I want to talk about the weather I will say

• Oggi ci sono le nuvole — (to say that it’s cloudy)
• Oggi c’è il sole — (to say that it is sunny)

In these two examples you are specifically saying that there are clouds in the sky (ci sono le nuvole) or that there is a sun in the sky (c’è il sole).

As you can see the difference from using one or the other is linked to the subject.

"Oggi ci sono le nuvole"

Let's break it down:

• nuvole means clouds ---> clouds is plural so you will need to use the form CI SONO

On the other hand you have "oggi c'e' il sole"

--> sole means sun --> sun is a singular word so you will need to use the form C’E’

Be careful and remember that C’E’ needs...

This video might seam easy for many of you but for beginners it is important that these verbs are clearly understood from an early stage of their learning adventure.

Why do I say this? Well because you will need to use these verbs if you are creating basic sentences and you will not always use them in the same way as you do with those same verbs in English. 

So what am I talking about? Well I’m talking about the verbs ESSERE (to be) and  AVERE (to have) today we will conjugate them at the present tense.

Let’s see how they are conjugated:

The verb ESSERE

• Io sono
• tu sei 
• lui / lei è
• noi siamo 
• voi siete
• loro sono

Remember that when you are writing it out you absolutely need to remember to insert the accent when you are using the third person singular:

• lui / lei è
• lui è Marco
• lei è Maria

If you do not write the graphic accent you are not using a verb but you are using the conjunction e… which means AND:

• Marco e Maria… this would be MARCO and MARIA…

So be caref...

Watch the video to learn about the Italian possessive adjectives!

You can also find a fun exercise at the end of the video and a nice FREE downloadable flashcard with all the adjectives! Click here for the free download!

Here is a list of the possessive adjectives:

Singular masculine form:

• Il mio
• il tuo
• il suo
• il nostro
• il vostro
• il loro

Plural masculine form:

• i mei
• i tuoi
• i suoi
• i nostri
• i vostri
• i loro

Now… the femminine options are these:

Singular femminine form:

• la mia
• la tua
• la sua
• la nostra
• la vostra
• la loro

and the plural form is

• le mie
• le tue
• le sue
• le nostre
• le vostre
• le loro

You do need to remember a SUPER important rule that deals with possessive adjectives and the article that you see in front of them.

The rule is that when the possessive adjective is indicating a relationship (and by relationship I mean a family noun… like mamma, nonno, zio, sorella etc…) 

in this case you will NOT use an article when it is in the SINGULA...

In this video you will learn how to correctly use 30 Italian adjectives to describe a personality and character. 

The video has a nice fun exercise at the end and you can also download the list of adjectives by clicking on the this link here.

Here are the adjectives (translations are in the video and in the free download)

Una persona è…

• simpatica ≠ antipatica
• felice ≠ triste
• ottimista ≠ pessimista
• pigra ≠ attiva
• estroversa ≠ introversa
• forte ≠ debole
• sicura ≠ insicura
• gentile ≠ sgarbata
• cortese ≠ scortese
• educata ≠ maleducata
• generosa ≠ avara
• altruista ≠ egoista
• buona ≠ cattiva
• sensibile ≠ insensibile
• socievole ≠ timida

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In this new YouTube video lesson you will learn how to describe a person in Italian. You will learn lots of Italian adjectives that are very useful when describing a person's looks.

You can follow the video also with a handy PDF file of the lesson and an extra free flashcard that you can print out if you need to review on the go!

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Descrivere una persona (aspetto fisico) - Describing a person (physical appearance)

The first thing that you need to remember when you are describing a person is that you need to use the verbs ESSERE (to be) and the verb AVERE (to have)

let’s review them quickly:

Essere (to be)

• Io sono
• tu sei
• lui lei è
• noi siamo
• voi siete
• loro sono

Avere (to have)

• Io ho
• tu hai
• lui lei ha
• noi abbiamo
• voi avete
• loro hanno

Remember that for the negative sentences you need to ad NON … look at these sample sentences…

• Io non sono alto… (I'm not tall)...