Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Ci is such a tiny word, but it has a lot of power. It can replace a direct object pronoun or an indirect pronoun + preposition, and means other things as well. You won't want to miss this lesson.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's time to talk about particelle (particles). These short, two or three-letter words, such as ci and ne have many functions as well as meanings, and can even represent an indirect object pronoun plus its preposition. Particles can be freestanding or attached to a verb, depending on how the verb is conjugated (or not). Let's see how they work.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here is the last group of indefinite adjectives: qualunque, qualsiasi, and qualsivoglia (whichever, any). Luckily for us, they are generally interchangeable and invariable.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The word cosa (thing, something, what) is used a great deal in Italian. In speech, it's especially used in questions to mean "what." Marika explains how this works.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The word cosa (thing) in Italian is an extremely useful word, especially when you don't know the real word for something. Marika tells us about how it's used in Italian everyday conversation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this lesson, Daniela discusses indefinite adjectives that refer to units or multiples. We're talking about adjectives such as "each," every," and "certain." Some have variable endings and others do not.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Listen carefully to this lesson because the rules for these indefinite adjectives are a little quirky. These are about totality — all or nothing — and work differently from English, especially when they're in the negative. We're talking about tutto, nessuno, and alcuno.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela shows us some additional indefinite adjectives that have to do with quantity. When used as adjectives, they need to agree, in gender and number, with the nouns they describe. Some of these words can also be used as adverbs, and in this case, they don't change.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this second part, you will master using come (how) in questions and exclamations.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about some very common indefinite adjectives, the equivalents of "much," "many," "little," and "few." An important detail to keep in mind is that some of the words she talks about can be either adjectives or adverbs depending on the context. Adjectives (the subject of this video) have variable endings but adverbs don't.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela introduces the topic of indefinite adjectives and starts with quantitative adjectives (think: some, several, etc.). In Italian, not only do we need to think about singular and plural, but also masculine and feminine, just as with other adjectives, so put on your seat belts!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Come is an important question word that means "how," but it also fulfills plenty of other roles. Marika spells out the ways...
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
To finish up about demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, Daniela gives us some more examples and a summary.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. Daniela explains how that works, and also discusses how to use an apostrophe when the noun following the demonstrative adjective starts with a vowel.
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