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Italian Subordinating Conjunctions - Congiunzioni Subordinative Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 04, 2012
Italian Subordinating Conjunctions
Contact Your Guide - Italian Language GuideSite at About Created: Friday, January 05, 2007 Updated: Friday, May 04, 2012
Contacting your Italian Language SiteGuide at About.com.
Italian Coordinating Conjunctions - Congiunzioni Coordinative Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Italian coordinating conjunctions (congiunzioni coordinative) combine two elements of the same period or two independent clauses together.
Italian Conjunctions - Congiunzioni Italiane Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Italian conjunctions are invariable words that combine two or more words in a sentence or two or more clauses in a phrase.
Italian Parts of Speech - Parts of Speech in Italian - Parti del Discorso Created: Monday, August 02, 2010 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
For many Italian language speakers—even for those whom Italian is their madrelingua—the phrase 'parti del discorso' might seem foreign. English speakers know the concept as 'parts of sp...
Multipurpose Italian Conjunctions - Congiunzioni Polivalenti Created: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Congiunzioni polivalenti are those Italian conjunctions that may have different meanings and thus can be used in different ways.
List of Italian Conjunctions Created: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
In Italian a conjunction is the part of speech that joins two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together.
National Symbol of Italy - Symbol of the Italian Republic - Emblema della Repubblica Italiana Created: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
The national symbol of Italy was the result of two public design competitions during the late 1940s. The symbol of the Italian Republic is characterized by three elements: a star, a gear wheel, and..
Italia Turrita - Italian National Symbol Created: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
Italia turrita is the personification of Italy as a nation. The allegorical image, a young female figure, is depicted wearing a crown in the shape of a ring wall with towers.
Italy's National Color - Azzurro Created: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Azzurro is the national Italian color. Azzurro is also the color of the jerseys worn by Italian athletes in international competition.
Il Vittoriano - National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II Created: Friday, March 23, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Il Vittoriano, the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II in Rome, is a monument built to honor Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy. The neo-classic structure in white marble occ..
Festa della Repubblica Italiana - Festival of the Italian Republic - Republic Day in Italy Created: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Festa della Repubblica is celebrated on June 2, and commemorates the institutional referendum of 1946 when, by universal suffrage, Italians voted on what form of government (monarchy or republi..
Italian National Flag - Il Tricolore Created: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Italian National Flag
Italian Presidential Banner - Lo Stendardo Presidenziale Created: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Italian presidential banner is flown during military events and other ceremonies to signal the presence of the head of State and therefore accompanies the president of Italy in all his travels...
Italian National Anthem - Inno di Mameli - Il Canto degli Italiani Created: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Italian National Anthem
Italian Preposition A - La Preposizione A Created: Saturday, January 21, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
In Italian, the preposition a expresses the meaning of direction and has a wide range of uses.
Italian Preposition In - La Preposizione In Created: Saturday, January 21, 2012 Updated: Monday, January 30, 2012
In Italian, the preposition in expresses the sense of sharing a place, either in time or space, and can also indicate an encounter with someone or something.
Italian Preposition Da - La Preposizione Da Created: Thursday, December 29, 2011 Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012
The Italian preposition da.
Italian Preposition Su - La Preposizione Su Created: Saturday, January 21, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Italian preposition su expresses the meaning.
Italian Preposition Con - La Preposizione Con Created: Saturday, January 21, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Italian preposition con expresses the meaning.
Italian Preposition Di - La Preposizione Di Created: Thursday, December 15, 2011 Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Italian preposition di expresses the meaning of
Italian Prepositions - Preposizioni in Italiano Created: Friday, December 09, 2011 Updated: Sunday, January 01, 2012
In Italian grammar a preposition (preposizione) is an invariable part of speech that links words and phrases.
Italian Articles - Articoli in Italiano Created: Friday, December 02, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
In Italian grammar the article (articolo italiano) is one of the variable parts of speech and precedes the noun or noun phrase, with which it must agree in gender and number.
Italian Definite Articles - Articoli Determinativi in Italiano Created: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
In Italian, the articolo determinativo (definite article) is placed before the noun to indicate a specific noun or object. In English, the definite article corresponds to the term the.
Italian Partitive Articles - Articoli Partitivi in Italiano Created: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
In Italian the articolo partitivo (partitive article) is used to indicate imprecise or approximate quantities.
Italian Degree of Comparison Adjectives - Gradi dell'Aggettivo Created: Thursday, October 13, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
In Italian the degree of comparison adjectives (gradi dell'aggettivo) describe the relational value of one thing with something in another clause of a sentence. Italian has three degrees of compari..
Italian Possessive Adjectives - Aggettivi Possessivi in Italiano Created: Sunday, September 25, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Italian possessive adjectives modify nouns and indicate the possessor as well as the thing possessed. They agree in gender and number with the noun being referred to.
Italian Personal Pronouns - Pronomi Personali Created: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Italian personal pronouns (pronomi personali) replace proper or common nouns and in some cases even animals or things.
Italian Relative Pronouns - Pronomi Relativi Created: Saturday, August 13, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Italian relative pronouns (pronomi relativi), in addition to substituting for a noun, relate two propositions.
Italian Reflexive Pronouns - Pronomi Riflessivi - Understanding Italian Reflexive Pronouns Created: Thursday, May 13, 2010 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Understanding Italian reflexive pronouns (pronomi riflessivi), including usage and examples. Includes workbook exercises on Italian reflexive pronouns with answer key.
Italian Indefinite Articles - Articoli Indefiniti in Italiano Created: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2011
In Italian, the articolo indeterminativo (indefinite article) is placed before the noun to indicate a generic, uncountable noun. In English, indefinite articles correspond to the terms a and an.
Use of the Definite Articles Il and Lo in Early Italian Created: Sunday, November 27, 2011 Updated: Sunday, November 27, 2011
In early Italian, the use of various forms of the definite article was somewhat different than today. The form lo was more frequent than in modern Italian, and it was also used in many cases in whi..

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