The Guide to Spoken Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese as it’s spoken in Brazil and the official, written variety are two quite different animals. As you dive deeper…
How to Form the Passive Voice in Brazilian Portuguese
When you are starting out with Brazilian Portuguese, it is satisfying enough to be able to make a simple, complete…
Italian Dialects and the Languages of Italy
It’s fine if you alight in Naples and can order a pizza in flawless Italian. But to really impress your…
30 Italian Conjunctions
When you first parachuted into the battlefield of learning Italian, you weren’t much concerned with conjunctions and other connectives. You…
12 Italian Relative Pronouns
When you want to string together thoughts more complex than “ti amo,” you often need relative pronouns—like the bolded word…
How to Use the Italian Conditional
What do you do when you want to daydream in Italian? Make plans and plan Bs? Or just ask, “what…
The Italian Past Subjunctive
The subjunctive is a “grammatical mood” for talking about things doubted or felt, and within that category there are various…
The Italian Subjunctive
The Italian subjunctive, known as , is used to talk about hopes, fears, doubts and other unreal vagaries. Using the…
