HowTos Index
How To Use Italian Suffixes
Suffixes for Italian nouns (including proper names) and adjectives can take on various shades of meaning by adding different suffixes. This How-To will help you expand your vocabulary and creatively describe nouns and adjectives.
How To Conjugate Italian Verbs Like A Native
Verbs are essential to communicating in any foreign language, and Italian verbs have a consistent, logical pattern of conjugation. These quick, step-by-step instructions will explain the three Italian verb categories, suggest ways to begin your studies, and teach you how to conjugate verbs like a native.
How To Use Formal And Informal Italian Subject Pronouns
As if learning a new language weren't difficult enough, Romance languages such as Italian have separate forms of address in formal versus informal situations. This How-To has quick, step-by-step instructions on how to use the formal and informal subject pronouns tu, voi, lei, and loro.
How To Ask Questions In Italian
Who is Carlo? Where is the train station? What time is it? Why do Italians talk with their hands? How do you make gnocchi? This How-To has quick, step-by-step instructions on how to ask the right questions in Italian.
How To Say I Love You In Italian
Italian is the language for lovers and the mother tongue of that renowned seducer Casanova. Learn how to whisper sweet nothings to your sweetheart in Italian!
How To Tell Time in Italian
Don't want to miss the next train to Venice? Have tickets to La Scala for 20:00 and aren't sure when that is? These quick, step-by-step instructions on how to tell time in Italian will help you avoid missing curtain call.
How To Ask For Directions in Italian
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is around the corner. Or so you thought the sign said. Avoid missing the highlights of Italy with these simple how-to instructions on asking for directions in Italian.
How To Pronounce Italian Consonants
Italian pronunciation might pose some difficulties for the beginner. Yet it is very regular, and once the rules are understood it is easy to pronounce each word correctly. Here are a few basic pronunciation rules and quick, step-by-step instructions on how to pronounce Italian consonants.
How To Pronounce Italian Vowels
Italian pronunciation might pose some difficulties for the beginner. Yet it is very regular, and once the rules are understood it is easy to pronounce each word correctly. Quick, step-by-step instructions on how to pronounce Italian vowels with the approximate English equivalents.
How To Pronounce Italian Words
You love those melodious sounds at the opera, and listening to the voices of those Italian stars in foreign films is an aural thrill. These quick, step-by-step instructions on how to pronounce Italian words will help you to sound like you were born in «il bel paese».
How To Decipher an Italian Menu
If spaghetti and meatballs with a glass of red wine from a straw-covered flask is the closest you've come to authentic Italian cuisine, then these quick, step-by-step instructions will help you order like a native when traveling to Italy.
How To Convert Celsius Into Fahrenheit
Packing for a trip overseas is difficult enough, but there's another consideration when traveling to Italy: temperatures are expressed in Celsius! These quick, step-by-step instructions on how to convert Celsius into Fahrenheit will help you choose the right clothing and «fare una bella figura».
How To Use The Phone In Italy
You planned to be in Palermo by Thursday evening, but you've been delayed in Rome and now you want to cancel your hotel reservation. These quick, step-by-step instructions will help you dial that number and make the call in Italy.
How To Type Italian Language Characters
Want to type an accented Italian character such as à, è, é, or ì but don't know how? This simple how-to will show you how to insert accented Italian language characters in documents such as e-mail and online.
How To Talk Like A Soprano Family Member
Want to sound like a member of the Soprano family? Fuhgeddaboutit! With these easy instructions, you could quickly be mistaken for il capo di tutti capi. Bada boom! Bada bing!