Did you know that in Italy we celebrate San Valentino on February 14th and San Faustino on February 15th?

Check my new READ ALONG video and practice listening in Italian! You can read with me or simply listen to the story of San Faustino.

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In this video lesson I want to talk about a very common Italian adjective that we hear and use quite often here in everyday language… I’m talking about the adjective BELLO which means beautiful!

This widely used and sometimes overused adjective can be a little bit tricky because it makes a little change depending if you have to match it to a feminine a masculine a singular or plural noun.

Hmmm… that’s confusing! Don’t worry let’s look at it together and let's try to understand how to remember these changes. You can also download a little info card with all this information by looking at the link below this video! This can be helpful to quickly review the lesson and remember the concepts!

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 Singular masculine forms:

• che bel maglione 
• che bello zaino
• che bell’ombrello

As you see the ending of the adjective BELLO changes… does that change look familiar to you? look...

NEW PRONUNCIATION CHALLENGE!!!

With this video I want to challenge you to say correctly TEN extra 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. Mozzarella
2. Bolognese
3. Calzone
4. Biscotti
5. Ravioli
6. Risotto
7. Linguine
8. Margherita
9. Gelato
10. Minestrone

There is also another video similar to this one... check it out now!

Commonly Mispronounced Italian Food Words - Part 1

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Food is serious business in Italy... and so are food related verbs!

With this new video you will learn how to use verbs that are related to food and eating out! 

These are the verbs that you will see in this video:

• ANDARE
• FARE
• PRENDERE
• COMPRARE

Learn their conjugation and download a free chart to study them on the go! 

Need to review Irregular Italian verbs?

Check out these videos:

• Learn Irregular Verbs that end with ARE
• Learn Irregular Verbs that end with ERE
• Learn Irregular Verbs that end with IRE

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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...

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...

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 SINGULAR 

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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…...

If you have been following my channel on YouTube you have now gained some knowledge and vocabulary in Italian… but up to now I hadn’t yet created a video on how to create a simple sentence in Italian. So since many of you are asking for it today I we are going to look at the basic word order.

Do not worry it’s easier than you think! At the end of the video there is a quick exercise to test if you understood everything correctly! Obviously if something is not clear please get in touch with me and I will personally get back with you with more information or extra exercises for you to practice!

Let’s begin with the simple sentences… la frase semplice.

So… what is a simple sentence in Italian… well here is some nice info for you… it’s basically the same as in English but there are a couple of things that you need to be careful with .

What Italians call FRASE SEMPLICE is basically a sentence where you only have one verb plus...

In this video you will learn the nice way to express your feeling of anger or frustration... in Italian... I'm sure you all know very well the famous swear words in Italian... but do you know the soft versions?

Here below you can find the all written out...and if you want to know their meaning and usage please check out the video on my YouTube channel!

1. Eh che cavolo! 
2. Porca Vacca or Porca puzzola! 
3. Vai a quel paese! 
4. Caspiterina! 
5. Smettila di fare lo stupidino! 
6. Accidenti a te! 
7. Minzi! 
8. Caspita! 
9. Santa polenta! 
10. Che due bolle! 

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