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Below is the Table of Contents for this site. The posts (formerly called “Lessons”) are indexed by a three digit number (001, 002, etc.). Please note that there is no particular order to the information in this blog and is not intended to be an Italian language or learning course but a reference guide to various aspects of Italian grammar. There are gaps in the ordering below. Gaps represent posts that have been flagged for re-write or may have been combined with other posts. If you are looking for help with a particular topic, please leave a comment or email us! We are happy to respond to any and all questions when possible as these questions help to make for great content.
- #211: Passato prossimo, passato remoto, & imperfetto
- #210: Expressing “can” in Italian and accompanying exercises, Practice Makes Perfect: “Can” in Italian
- #209: Direct and Indirect Speech | Discorso diretto e indiretto
- #208: When to use the imperative | Quando usare l’imperativo
- #207: Verbi fraseologici | Phraseological verbs
- #206: Omitting the definite article in Italian
- #205: Functions of the pronoun, che
- #204: Il si impersonale, il si passivante
- #203: The noun, la notizia, in Italian | Il sostantivo, la notizia, in italiano
- #202: Expressing “whose” in Italian | Il, la, i, le cui o del/della/dei/delle quale/i
- #201: Use of il quale
- #200: Phone Italian
- #199: Grazie and Saying Thanks in Italian
- #198: Present subjunctive / Congiuntivo presente
- #197: Understanding verbs — andare v. venire
- #196: Understanding il gerundio in Italian
- #195: Two “sides” of the conjunction, perché
- #194: Understanding verbs — visitare v. andare/venire a trovare + qualcuno
- #193: Using the possessive, altrui
- #192: The possessive adjective, proprio
- #191: Understanding verbs: pensare a and pensare di
- #190: Understanding the trapassato prossimo
- #189: Understanding verbs — assumere
- #188: Understanding verbs — sopportare and supportare
- #187: Expressing “since” in Italian
- #186: Understanding Verbs — divorziare (da)
- #185: Understanding verbs — riflettere
- #184: Understanding Verbs — salutare
- #183: The pronoun, chi | Il pronome, chi
- #182: Use of anche / L’uso di anche
- #181: Useful Italian Idioms | Modi di dire
- #180: The figurative sense | Il senso figurato
- #179: Che, Che Cosa, and Cosa — They all mean ‘what’?
- #178: Choosing the right translation — Which alarm?
- #177: Choosing the right translation — Which shot?
- #176: Understanding verbs — prendere
- #175: Understanding verbs — mettere
- #174: Hypothetical sentence / Il periodo ipotetico
- #173: Choosing the right translation — Which window?
- #172: Il pronome relativo, cui / The relative pronoun, cui
- #170: When Accents Make All The Difference
- #169: Understanding Verbs: The “Shopping Verbs”
- #168: Verbs for Daily Activities / Verbi per azioni quotidiane
- #167: Idiomatic Expressions with the verb, avere / Espressioni idiomatiche con il verbo, avere
- #166: Human Body and Idiomatic Expressions
- #165: Understanding verbs — cominciare
- #164: The prepositions, tra e fra
- #163: Understanding Verbs — accorgersene — to realize it, to notice something
- #162: Adjective/nous + preposition, in + noun/infinitive
- #161: Redundant verbs
- #160: Use of the definite article with people
- #159: The adverb, mica
- #158: Using the definite article with geography
- #157: Placement of adjectives in Italian
- #156: Understanding verbs — essere and stare
- #155: Indefinite Article / Articolo indeterminativo
- #154: Writing Formal Letters in Italian and Sylistic Suggestions
- #153: Understanding verbs — servire
- #152: Condizionale presente / Present conditional
- #151: Special idiomatic verbs
- #150: Irregular comparatives and superlatives
- #148: Choosing the right translation — Which play?
- #146: Indirect Object in Italian (revisited)
- #145: List of Verbs + Infinitives
- #144: Imperative / Imperativo
- #142: Understanding verbs — farcela
- #141: Understanding verbs — bastare
- #140: More on Prepositions (IV) – Da, a, and con
- #139: Other Uses of the Imperfect / Altri usi dell’imperfetto
- #138: More on Prepositions (III) – Prepositions of Place/Location
- #137: Negative prefix -in / Il prefisso negativo -in
- #136: Understanding verbs — non sapere v. non potere
- #135: Absolute superlative / Superlativo assoluto
- #134: Using bello, buono, bravo and bene
- #133: More on Prepositions (II) — Prepositions of time
- #132: More on Prepositions (I)
- #131: Numerical expressions
- #130: Conjunctions that require the subjunctive
- #129: Simple Future / Futuro Semplice
- #128: Relative Superlative / Superativi relativi
- #127: Picking the right tense with the subjunctive
- #126: Comparisons in Italian / I comparativi in italiano
- #125: Modals in the conditional / I verbi modali al condizionale
- #124: Trapassato Prossimo
- #123: Use of Santo (Saint) in Italian
- #122: To capitalize or not to capitalize? / Maiuscola in italiano
- #121: Why does piacere take essere in compound tenses?
- #120: Uses of the pronoun, ci
- #119: Choosing the right translation — Which short?
- #118: Special reflexive verbs
- #117: Animals and animal sounds in Italian
- #116: Pronouns in Italian / I pronomi in italiano
- #115: Understanding verbs — the modal, dovere
- #114: Understanding verbs — the modal, potere
- #113: Modals (potere, dovere, volere) in the past tenses
- #112: Understanding verbs — giocare v. suonare
- #111: Understanding verbs – venire
- #109: Prepositional phrases / Locuzioni prepositive
- #108: Improper prepositions / Preposizioni improprie
- #107: Formal and informal ‘you’ in Italian (for subject pronouns!)
- #106: Passato Prossimo, an overview
- #105: Ordinal Numbers (first, second, third…) / I numeri ordinali
- #104: The date in Italian
- #103: Understanding verbs: conoscere and sapere (2)
- #102: Understanding verbs: voler dire
- #101: Understanding verbs: volerci
- #100: Saying what you do as your profession in Italian
- #099: Per + infintive
- #092: Understanding verbs — fermare, fermarsi and smettere (di)
- #091: Verbs with indirect objects
- #089: Present indicative in Italian / Presente indicativo in italiano
- #088: Understanding verbs — piacere (revisited)
- #083: Introduction to the pronoun, ne
- #081: Double object pronouns / Pronomi doppi
- #080: Direct and Indirect Object pronouns / Pronomi diretti e pronomi indiretti
- #079: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns — an overview
- #076: Articulated Prepositions / Preposizioni articolate (also known as Prepositional Articles)
- #072: Passato Remoto — Irregular verbs
- #070: More on the definite article
- #068: Agreement of the past participle in the passato prossimo / Accordo del participio passato nel passato prossimo
- #066: Understanding Verbs — parlare and raccontare
- #057: Passato remoto
- #055: Passive | Il Passivo
- #050: Subject pronouns / I pronomi soggetti
- #044: Telling Time in Italian
- #043: Negatives in Italian / I negativi in italiano
- #041: Imperfect tense in Italian / l’Imperfetto in italiano
- #038: Antecedents and pronouns – the scoop!
- #036: Partitives | I partitivi
- #031: Understanding verbs — piacere
- #029: Understanding verbs — stare
- #027: Present tense + da + time expression (present perfect continuous)
- #026: Reciprocal constructions
- #024: Present tense in Italian: -ire verbs
- #023: Nouns with two plurals
- #022: Days of the week | i giorni della settimana
- #021: Sapere and conoscere in past tenses
- #020: Sapere and conoscere
- #017: Present tense in Italian: -ere verbs
- #016: Verbs and Expressions that take the subjunctive
- #014: Invariable Nouns and Adjectives
- #012: Possessives / I possessivi
- #011: Understanding verbs — bere
- #008: Present tense in Italian: -are verbs
- #006: Essere and Avere in the present tense
- #004: Definite Article / Articolo determinativo
- #002: Understanding verbs — mancare
- #001: Understanding gender and number in Italian (I)
I apologize in advance if there are “gaps” in the numbering. Some posts have been “retired” or removed for updating/expanding. If there’s an aspect of Italian grammar that you would like help with or have a question on, leave a comment below or email us.
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Could you please give me some information on direct/indirect speech? Thanks
Good afternoon! That’s an excellent topic, and it is in the works. Look for it later this week.
Hi Keith,
I always get confused with ‘divertente’ and ‘divertimento’. They seem to be interchangeable at times but yet at other times not so much. Are you able to clear this one up for me?
Appreciate your work. Dave
Hi Dave,
I’ll do some research and see what I can turn up!
thanks keith…or is it something you just need to learn?? sounds like it is.
I find your site really helpful..Many thanks for all your labour!can you give some help on irregular comparatives and superlatives eg meglio versus migliore,peggio versus peggiore .I can’t find anything in your table of contents..Or am Ijust not looking in enough detail? Grazie mille.
Maybe this post?
http://ilgur.com/2008/01/20/lesson-150-irregular-comparatives-and-superlatives/