Italian demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives are used to indicate the position in space or time of people or objects with respect to the speaker and the listener. The Italian demonstrative adjectives are: questo which corresponds to the English adjective this and quello which corresponds to the English adjective that.

How to introduce ourselves

In this post we will learn how to introduce ourselves.

Italian exercise: Il presente dei verbi regolari

Completa le frasi con il tempo presente e lascia le tue risposte nei commenti.

Italian ordinal numbers

Italian ordinal numbers correspond to the English number first, second, third, fourth... While cardinal numbers never change, ordinal numbers behave like adjectives and agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to.

How to tell the time in Italian

If we want to ask the time in Italian, we can make the question: “Che ora è?” or “Che ore sono?” that translates the English question “What time is it?”. If we want to be more polite, we can use the formal questions:

Italian imperative tense

The imperative (imperativo) is a simple tense and has only one form: the present. It is used to give orders, indications, instructions or advice.