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The imperative is used quite normally in everyday language. It is way less rude than the imperative in English. So not fear using it in Italian. Your tone of voice and intonation make it rude or not. In the video lesson I will give you an example of the intonation and how you can use it to change your "speech" expression.

When will you use the imperative form?

The imperative form will need to be used:

• For suggestions
• to give a command or order 
• for exhortations
• to give advise
• to invite or ask someone to do something

It is quite simple to learn and it has just a couple of irregularities. 

When you are studying it you will need to use the present tense and the second person singular (for both informal TU and formal LEI) first person plural (we = noi), and the second person plural (you all = voi).

Here are some examples:

• Mangialo! – Eat it! 
• Non fumare! – Don’t smoke!
• Non andarci!...

Fare is a very useful and common Italian verb used in many ways. It is irregular so you will have learn how to correctly conjugate it in the different verb tenses, but for review sake here is the present tense:

•    io faccio
• tu fai
• lui /lei fa
• noi facciamo
• voi fate
• loro fanno

This verb can usually be translated to make and do but not always! 

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Here are some common expressions with the verb FARE:

• Che tempo fa? Fare is used to ask information about the weather. You can ask "CHE TEMPO FA?" and answer "Fa caldo / fa freddo."
• Fare i compiti: to do the homework
• Fare le pulizie: to do the chores (cleaning around the house)
• Fare un biglietto: to buy a ticket
• Fare una passeggiata: to go for a walk
• Fare un giro: to go around
• Fare una fotografia: to take a picture
• Fare colazione: to eat breakfast
• Fare la spesa: to buy groceries
• Fare gli acquisti: to go shopping
• Fare la valigia: to pack a suitcase
• Fare pace: to make peace
• Fare il...

 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 verb is...

In this video I will show you how to remember and learn the irregular past participles. These irregular verbs can be difficult to remember but if you watch my video and you download the FREE chart you will master them in no time!

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• Alma Edizioni - Grammatica Pratica della Lingua Italiana 
• Ediligua - Via della Grammatica (Italian version)
• Ediligua - Via della Grammatica (English version)

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Both the imperfetto and passato prossimo are used to describe past situations. The main difference if you only want to remember ONE is that with passato prossimo the action is finished and it starts and ends and it happens once.

The imperfetto, on the other hand, describes an action that lasted for an indefinite time in the past or an action that was repeatedly happening. we do not know when the action started or ended.

Let’s look at the rules in depth... if you want to you can download the full lesson in PDF format HERE!

When do we need to use Passato Prossimo?

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Passato prossimo is used to describe actions with a time reference. The action you are describing is not a repeated action, it happened at a specific time, and you know when it begins and when it ends

Examples:

• Ieri ho guardato un film in televisione. 
• L’anno scorso sono andata a Firenze

 Let’s analyze these sentences:

"Ieri ho guardato un film...

Imperfetto is a very commonly used past tense. Download here the PDF of the lesson!

Need a grammar book?

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Specific book on imperfetto and passato prossimo (with lots of exercises and a clear explanation) : Alma Edizioni - Imperfetto and Passato Prossimo

Full Grammar books:

• Ediligua - Via della Grammatica (Italian version) 
• Ediligua - Via della Grammatica (English version)
• Alma Edizioni - Grammatica pratica della lingua Italiana

In general you will use it to talk about past actions that happened as a habit or that are repeated in the past, you will use it to describe the context of past actions or events, to talk about how you felt in the past about something.  

Let’s see how to conjugate the imperfetto: 

I have really good news for you! Imperfetto is the most regular Italian verb meaning it has very little irregularities! You simply need to take the verbs and add the correct suffixes

Lavorare - to work

take the stem… so take...

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...

These two little verbs can cause a lot of confusion to Italian learners because the can mean the same thing in English but in Italian they are not always interchangeable.

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When do we use ESSERE?

You will need to use essere to talk about:

• yourself and your nationality: sono Giulia e sono italiana
• your job: sono un’insegnante di italiano e una traduttrice
• origins: sono di Milano
• your physical appearance and personality: sono bassa e sono simpatica

Essere also indicates the state of being and is used to:

• describe locations: Milano è una grande città.
• describe objects: la mia macchina è blue e vecchia
• stating where objects are located: dove sono le chiavi di casa? Sono sul tavolo!

Very often you will see the verb Essere with CI to say that somebody or something exists… the English equivalent of there is / there are.

• C’è...

Some Italian verbs in order to make sense need to have a specific preposition after them… and we are talking about preposition DI or A. Take note that usually verbs are not followed by a preposition so this is a little exception that need to be studied. There isn’t a specific rule to help you understand this but you simply need to learn these verb conjunctions because some very common verbs will use a preposition A or DI and an infinitive verb.

For example verbs like:

• Iniziare a fare qualcosa (to start doing something )
• Finire di fare qualcosa  (to finish doing something)

My suggestion here is to try to study them as you meet them. Since these prepositions are usually not present in the English version of the verbs many of my students get confused when we study them together. As I always say try to make these sentences yours and learn them little by little. Now to help you do this let me go through a list of verbs that are followed by A + infinite...

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