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I’m sure that you have seen it and probably used it yourself many times but quite a few of my students are confused on when to use it correctly so here is a new video  on this topic!

This word is indeed used in many different contexts the most common one is as a reply when somebody is thanking you.

For example look at this dialogue:

• "Grazie mille per il regalo! Mi piace molto!" (Thank you so much for the gift! I really like it!)
  • Grazie means thank you 
• Answer: prego!
  
  • Prego means you are welcome

So if somebody says GRAZIE (thank you) you will reply with PREGO!

In an easy dialogue like this one you will use PREGO as an answer to thank you:

• Maria… mi fai un caffè per favore? (Maria... can you make e a coffee please?)
• Certo! (Sure!)
• Grazie! (Thank you!)
• Prego! (You are welcome!)

 Prego can also be used if you have to say that you are sorry in this case you are almost begging for forgiveness…. yeah.. you know that we...

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 want to say that ...

In this video you will learn the rules to correctly conjugate the Present Tense in Italian. We will focus on the rules for the regular verbs.

You can also download here the full lesson with the exercises!

When do you use this verb tense? You use it to talk about actions that:

• are happening now: "Oggi piove" (it's raining today --- today = now)
• a fact: "Io lavoro in banca." (I work in a bank --- fact)
• a habit: "Io gioco a calcio." (I play soccer --- habit) 

You can distinguish verbs by dividing them into 3 groups based on how the infinitive of the verb ends.

To conjugate the verbs you need to remove the last three letters of the infinitive and add the correct ending:

GROUP 1 - Verbs that end with -ARE

ARE: like the verbs lavorare (to work) / studiare (to study) / giocare (to play)

Lavorare (to work)

• io lavoro
• tu lavori
• lui / lei lavora
• noi lavoriamo
• voi lavorate
• loro lavorano

There is a little exception with the verbs that end with -CARE and -GARE

These verbs...