Holidays and Celebrations

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is an American holiday, but there’s no reason you can’t talk about it in Italian – once you learn the relevant vocabulary with this lesson.

Sports

Soccer

World Cup, European Championship, Saturday morning at the park … whenever and wherever you watch or play soccer / football, this Italian vocab can help you out.

Expressions

C’è | Ci sono

There are few expressions more useful than c’è and ci sono, the Italian equivalents of “there is” and “there are.”

  A1 - Beginning Italian 

Conjunctions

And + Or

The words "and" and "or" are coordinating conjunctions. In Italian, there are two different forms for each of these two words depending on the word that follows them.

  A1 - Beginning Italian 

Verbs

Sapere – to know

The Italian verb sapere usually means "to know." It has irregular conjugations in just about every tense and mood, and a somewhat different meaning in the past.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian 

Holidays and Celebrations

Halloween

Halloween is not an Italian holiday, but learning the Italian translations for Halloween vocabulary can be fun, especially for younger students. Happy Halloween!

Pronunciation Guides

GH

The letter combination GH is pronounced like the hard English g in “granite.”

Verbs

-arre Verbs

Italian has a dozen verbs with an irregular infinitive that ends in -arre, a contraction of the original infinitive ending -aggere. Many conjugations for these verbs are based on that original infinitive.

  conjugation lessons 

Adverbs

Interrogative Adverbs

When, where, why, how? Use interrogative adverbs to ask these informational questions.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate Italian • questions 

Verbs

Present Tense as Near Future

In Italian, the present tense is often used to talk about the near future, especially when the time or date is stated.

  A1 - Beginning Italian