Did you know that in Italian there are MANY IRREGULAR NOUNS? I know it's crazy and they drive students crazy all the time! 

With this new video you can finally have a full overview of all the Italian words that do not follow the general rules when it comes to gender and number.

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In this article you will learn the names of some fruits and some simple sentences. In the video above, you can also listen to the pronunciation. 

The twenty most common fruits and berries to know in Italian 

Le albicocche - apricots

Le albicocche sono arancioni 

• The apricots are orange

Le mele - apples 

Una mela al giorno toglie il medico di torno

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Il melone - melon 

Prosciutto e melone 

• Ham and melon 

La banana - banana 

Le banane sono curve e gialle

• Bananas are yellow and curved

L’anguria - watermelon

L'anguria la mangio quando fa caldo

• I eat watermelon when it’s hot

Le pesce - peaches 

Le pesche hanno molte vitamine

• The peaches have a lot of vitamins

Le prugne - plums 

Le prugne sono viola

• The plums are purple

Le ciliegie - cherries 

Le ciliegie spesso sono in coppia

• Cherries often come by twos

Le arance - oranges

Adoro bere la spremuta fatta con le arance

In the video above and in this article you will see a basic explanation of the rules that you need to learn on the change from singular to plural in Italian!

If you want to you can also download the full pdf version of the lesson here!. 

These are the changes that you need to keep in mind when it comes to singular versus plural words in Italian 

For masculine words

Masculine nouns that end with an O (in the singular form) will change the ending to an I (in the plural form)

Il libro - I libri

• the book - the books

Il ragazzo - I ragazzi 

• the boy - the boys

Il gatto - I gatti

• the cat - the cats

There are also some masculine nouns that end with an A. 

These are for example:

Il problema - I problemi

• the problem - the problems

Il poeta - I poeti

• The poet - the poets

Il programma - i programmi

• The program - the programs

For feminine words

Feminine nouns that end with an A (in the singular form) will change to an E (in the plural form...

Learning a language can be a difficult and stressful task. This quick guide has been created to help you find a healthy language journey style that will allow for you to build a habit that works for you and that will help you to level up your Italian.

Here are the key points to keep in mind... you can download this guide and the weekly planner by clicking on this link! 

1. Learning a language takes time and commitment. 

Learning Italian does not happen overnight. Do not be fooled by the "easy-full immersion courses" that tell you that you will reach fluency in a couple of months. Consider that as a child it probably took you at least 2 years to start saying your first words in your mother tongue language! Do not stress yourself thinking that learning Italian can be quick or easy.

2. Immerse yourself in the language.

The more you listen or read Italian the more you are going to pick-up the language in a soft stress-free way.

       Some suggestions on how to immerse yourself...

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 new verbs that you can immediately use!

• Dire (to say)
• Morire (to die)
• Riuscire (to be able to)
• Salire (to go up - to climb)
• Uscire (to go out - to exit)
• Venire (to come)

Download here the review chart with the conjugation of the verbs! 

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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)

Download here the review chart with the conjugation of the verbs! 

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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 ...

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...

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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Today I want to talk about a simple concept that sometimes can be very hard for Italian language learners because it might be something that does not exist in your language… i’m talking about formal and informa speech.

What do I mean by that? Obviously also in English and in many other languages that do not grammatically distinguish between these two ways of speaking there are options that allow for you to be more or less formal, you might be able to use different words or maybe address people by their last name or calling them with Mr or Mrs. In Italian like in many other European languages like French and Spanish we use a specific verb conjugation form to express formality or informality.

Let me explain what I mean…

ok so you know that the subject pronouns in Italian are

• Io (I)
• Tu (You)
• Lui / lei (He / she)
• Noi (We)
• Voi (You)
• Loro (They)

In order to create the formal and informal versions of speech you need to focus on

• TU and on LEI

TU is the second person singul...