Do you want to plan your next trip to Italy, but you don’t know when? Naturally, it’s always a good moment to visit the Bel Paese. In Italy, each month has its appeal and holidays, both religious and public. For instance, Italian New Year’s celebrations or the 1st of May concert in Rome will ensure you unforgettable memories. However, if you love Italian culture and long for something unique I have what you need: an Italian festival. What is an Italian festival? An Italian festival usually honours the history, culture or the patron saint of an Italian city. Basically, these celebrations can la ..read more

Dire Conjugation could surely be very helpful to you when starting a conversation with someone coming from Italy.  Dire is one of the most well-known Italian verbs you can’t do without: it’s primarily employed to report what people say or just said, to tell stories and so on. Moreover, it is considered as a verb of third conjugation because it ends in -ire. Apart from being an irregular verb, it also has various equivalents in English: to say, tell, recite and even talk.  To better understand what we are talking about, look at the following examples:   Perché non mi hai det ..read more

If your goal is to know the Italian language, Sapere Conjugation is certainly the thing you have to keep in mind. Sapere is a verb in Italian that means exactly that, to know. As we have said in this previous article, there is another verb that translates to know in Italian: the verb conoscere. They have different uses and meanings, and today we will focus on sapere. Sapere means to know something and it is an irregular verb of the second conjugation. It can also have the meaning of to know how to do something and in that case it has a similar meaning but different use of conoscere. Sapere is ..read more

You should know Conoscere Conjugation if you want to master all Italian irregular verbs. To translate the english verb to know In Italian, we can say conoscere or sapere. Because they have different uses and meanings, for now we will focus on the first one: conoscere.  Conoscere literally means to know. You can use it with people or places that you know very well. Conoscere also means to experience something, when you have knowledge gained from your life experiences. Also we can have the form ri-conoscere, with the meaning of to recognise someone (or something). With the verb fare, conosc ..read more

Uscire Conjugation will be quite useful on your next trip to Italy. Wanna know how? Let’s find out! What does Uscire means? The verb uscire means to leave, to exit but can have different uses and meanings such as to come out, to emerge, to publish, to go out, to date. Also, you will encounter the word uscita (exit) at every public place in Italy and it is very important not to mix up with the sign entrata (entry.)  Uscire is a verb of the third conjugation that ends in -ire but it is also an irregular verb which don’t follow the rules for constructions of the tenses. So, you should learn ..read more

You do say happy birthday in Italian with more than just one expression. Even if today’s not my birthday, I’m Italian. And Italian people really do love celebrating anniversaries and special occasions, so that’s why you could find it useful to know the different ways to make your best wishes for someone’s birthday. How Do You Say Happy Birthday In Italian? Buon compleanno is the one expression you can use to wish your Italian friend, partner or relatives a literal happy birthday. It’s considered the official way, although you will also hear Tanti auguri as another popular greeting. Tantissimi ..read more

Dare conjugation is extremely important to learn because in Italy we use the verb dare very often in everyday conversation.  The literal translation of the verb dare is to give. It also has other meanings, such as to show / to perform, to yield / to produce. In some context dare also means “to face”, “to look at”. When it’s used as a reflexive verb it means “devote yourself”. Also, there are a lot of Italian Idioms with dare, such as “dare un’occhiata”, “dare il cinque” or “dare i numeri”, that are used everyday in Italy. So, if you want to know how use the verb dare, first you need ..read more

Learning to say why in Italian is one of the first things to keep in mind when starting a conversation. In fact, you realize that you could sometimes bump into incomplete sentences in case this word is missing.  The most popular term to express why in Italian is perché. Perché can be intended as an interrogative adverb when making questions; on the contrary, it becomes a causal conjunction in presence of answers. It is basically used when you hope to get more information about something that happened to you or someone else. According to the type of words preceding or following perché, you ..read more

If you would like to engage with locals while staying in Italy, one of the phrases you should know is how to say how are you in Italian. How do you say how Are You in Italian? Come stai? is the most common expression to ask someone how he or she is. Come va? or Come butta? are colloquial questions that use different verbs, while Come sta? could help you sound more formal in some specific contexts. Depending on which direction you want to lead the conversation to, there are at least ten other ways to be polite and make Italians open up about their day, thoughts and feelings. Some of them are fo ..read more