Whether you're a beginner learning Italian or a more experienced speaker, this video is a great way to improve your grammar skills. We'll cover the use of the preposition 'di' with articles in this video, so be sure to watch it!

You will be using this form to talk about a part of something. So if you need to ask for "some" bread... you will need to say "Vorrei del pane."

There is an exercise at the end of the video and you can always do extra exercises at page 105 of this book that I strongly suggest: 

Alma Edizioni - Grammatica Pratica della Lingua Italiana

In this video, we're going to learn how to use reflexive verbs in Italian.

These verbs describe actions that are performed on oneself, like the following examples:

• svegliarsi
• lavarsi
• truccarsi
• alzarsi
• chiamarsi

can you tell me more Italian reflexive verbs? Write them in the comments under the video!

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This video will teach you to use Essere and Avere with passato prossimo. Essere and avere are essential verbs for any Italian learner, so make sure to watch this video to learn how to use them correctly!

If you need to review ESSERE and AVERE I suggest that you also check out the video in the below link!

Essere and Avere - The basic info that beginners need to know!

If you are self-studying Italian I suggest that you match this video lesson with a grammar book. Here below please find the perfect one that I always use!

ITALIAN SELF-STUDY BOOK SUGGESTION

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If you're interested in learning more about Italian grammar, then you'll want to watch this video! In this video, we'll cover the Italian preposition of time, including examples and explanations. By the end of this video, you'll have a better understanding of this important aspect of the Italian language!

Learn to use the preposition of time DA, PER, TRA & FRA and DA...A

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Finally a short and clear video on Italian prepositions of place! Learn how to correctly use the following Italian prepositions of place. 

• A
• IN
• DA
• PER 

Match this lesson with the suggested book and do the exercises at page 95!

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Preposition A can be used:

• with a city - Vivo a Milano
• with a small island - Vivo a Capri

Preposition IN can be used:

• with a nation - Vivo in Italia
• with a region - Vivo in Lombardia
• with a big island - Vivo in Sardegna
• with a continent - Vivo in Europa

Preposition DA can be used:

• with the name of a person - Vieni da Paolo stasera?
• with a subject pronoun - Vieni da me a pranzo?

Preposition PER can be used:

• with the verb PASSARE PER - Se vado a Torino passo per Genova
• with the verb PARTIRE PER - Quando parti per le vacanze?

Preposition A can be used:

• with a city - Vivo a Milano
• with a small island - Vivo a Capri

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Italian comparatives: learn to use più / meno …. di and più / meno … che and COME.

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In this lesson you will learn how to say MORE THAN, LESS THAN, THE SAME AS, so you will learn to use comparatives.

In Italian we have what is called COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA when you will use 

 P IU’

• Paolo è più alto di Mario - Paolo is taller than Mario

You are saying that one this is more than another

If you use MENO instead of PIU’ you will be using a COMPARATIVO DI MINORANZA.

• For example…. Mario è meno alto di Paolo. 

Or you can also say that two thing are the same and in this case you are using what we call COMPARATIVO DI UGUAGLIANZA.

• Paolo è alto come Mario.

The tricky thing in Italian is that we have two ways of saying “more than” and less than: 

You can have 

• più … di, or
• più … che 

to say more than and you can have 

• meno … di, or
• meno … che

to say less than. 

The big question is… when do I use CHE ...

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Italian sometimes has words that sound super similar to English and that create confusion and mistakes. Check out this new video and learn 15 Italian words that can easily be misused if you are an English speaker learning Italian.

Words like:

• noioso and noisy
• caldo and cold
• parente and relative

Find out their meaning and learn how to use them correctly in Italian!

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Having difficulties understanding the different sounds and accents? Where do you “stress” the syllable and how to you decipher this accent signs like "é" and "è"? 

Well here is a quick lesson on Italian accents how to read those funny little marks… and how to stress correctly Italian syllables. If you understand this it will be a game changer in your pronunciation journey to sounding more and more like an Italian!

In order to understand Italian accents you will need to first understand Italian vowels.

I do have a full video on that and it’s actually a video that is for free on YouTube but can also be found inside my pronunciation course with LOTS of exercises! Check both out the links below!

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 Do you hate prepositions as much as I do? :) Do not worry! In this video you will learn the difference between preposition A and IN and you will begin to like them.. maybe a tiny little bit!

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When will you need to use preposition A:

Before the names of cities.

• Vado a Milano
• Vivo a Roma
• Sono nata a Palermo
• Studio a Napoli

BE CAREFUL!!! A becomes AD before the names of cities that starts with a vowel. 

• Studio ad Amburgo
• Vivo ad Alessandria 

A is also used in front of names of small states, or small cities such as:

• Vado a San Marino
• Abito a Sorrento

A is used in front of the names of small islands, for examples:

• Vado a Malta
• Vado a Ibiza
• Vado a Capri

A is used with cardinals points:

• A Sud, a Nord, a Est, a Ovest

A is also used with some verbs when they are followed by another action (and the infinitive v...

How can you level up your Italian while staying on the couch? Well… by watching TV series!

We all know that if you get hooked on a tv series you start to binge watch it like crazy right?

Well if you do it with an Italian show in Italian it can actually become a learning experience! In this way you can improve your listening skills, expand your vocabulary and if you watch an Italian made original TV show you are also understating real life Italian culture, dialects, food, landscapes. How can this be done?

Well you can’t just simply become a couch potato and hope for the words to magically flow in your brain… sorry… this doesn’t work!

Watching TV needs to become a pleasant homework assignment… which means that you don’t only stop the video to pick-up new words but you try to analyze them in the context. As I always suggest take note of the new word and try to put it in a sentence or take note of the entire sentence and analyze its meaning. In this way it will be a lot easier t...