The Italian progressive form

Present continuos (presente progressivo) is used to describe an action that is happening in the moment you speak or an action that is unfolding while you speak.

Italian modal verbs

The Italian verbs dovere (to have to, must), potere (can, to be able to) and volere (to want) are called modal verbs (verbi modali).

Italian indirect object pronouns

Italian indirect object pronouns (pronomi indiretti) are used to replace indirect object nouns and answer the question “a chi? (to whom?, for whom?)

Italian verbs similar to "piacere"

In Italian there are other verbs that are used like the verb “piacereat the 3rd person and are preceded by indirect pronouns. The most important are:

The Italian verb "piacere" (to like)

In Italian to talk about things we like we use the verb “piacere” that translates the English verb to like. This verb however is not used in the same way as the English verb. You can better understand the difference with an example. In English we say: “We like music” but in Italian we say “Ci piace la musica” that literally can be translated with the sentence “Music pleases to us”.

The present tense of Italian irregular verbs

In Italian to form the present tense of regular verbs you can replace the final part of the verb (desinenza) with some special endings that are different for each subject. But there are many Italian verbs that are irregular and are conjugated in a different way.

Italian possessive adjectives and family members

Italian possessive adjectives are preceded by articles. There is, however, an exception to this rule with family members in the singular form. In this case, in fact, you don’t have to use the article. But remember to put it before possessive adjectives when the family members are plural or when the name is preceded by another adjective or suffix that modify the noun.