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What is a conjugation?
In Italian a verb is recognizable from the last three letters that it takes in the infinitive (the infinitive is the form used in dictionary entries):
There are 3 of this conjugations: ARE ERE IRE
Just like the verb piacere in the present tense, piacere in other tenses takes the third-person singular and plural. Piacere is conjugated with essere in the passato prossimo, so the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject. … Continued
Adverbs of TIME: » appena (just/as soon as) » ancora (still/yet) » già (already) Generally, you place most adverbs close to the words they modify: exception to this rule is these adverbs. APPENA as soon as / just is used to indicate … Continued
Italian has two different verbs for English verb “to cook”.
CUCINARE – CUOCERE
These FRA and TRA prepositions are identical in meaning. The only clear reason to prefer one over the other is to avoid unpleasant sound combinations: fra tre ore is preferred to tra tre ore tra fratelli is preferred to … Continued
YES!
In Italian most nouns become plural by changing their endings: when forming the plural of Italian nouns, the vowel endings change to indicate a change in number.
Twenty-one letters are all it takes to produce the language called la bella lingua (the beautiful language).
Using the Roman alphabet and with the addition of acute and grave accents, native Italian speakers are able to talk about everything
VERBI + PREPOSIZIONI ⇒VERBO + A + INFINITO abituarsi a → to get used to affrettarsi a → to harry aiutare a → to help andare a → to go cominciare a → to start/to begin condannare a → to condemn contiunare a … Continued