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Minimalist Italian — with Che

word that is also used with the subjunctive, and therefore might instill a bit of...

Solutions to Exercises from "A Relative Pronoun Shortcut"

verbi impersonali... Another case in which I use the subjunctive is when we have impersonal verbs... Captions...

A Relative Pronoun Shortcut

verbi impersonali... Another case in which I use the subjunctive is when we have impersonal verbs... Captions...

Being Embarrassed in Italian

Note that the speaker is using the subjunctive. Suo padre alleva pecore. È normale che...

When Less Is More with Un Po'

to the simple past and past perfect subjunctive: Caption 27, Anna e Marika - Il verbo...

Being Miffed in Italian

of a more complicated sentence including the subjunctive.   È da solo? Buongiorno. No, in compagnia...

Finché (as long as) and Finché non (until)

order that) and how it prompts the subjunctive.   We also mentioned how it can easily...

This and That - Questo e Quello

this case, why do I use the subjunctive? Caption 10, Corso di italiano con Daniela...

Ammettere: A Fickle Friend

the past participle ammesso, it calls for the subjunctive, as Daniela mentions in a recent lesson...

Upkeep and Keeping Up with Mantenere

as in the following example, where the subjunctive of mantenere is used. Affinché (so that, in order for) is...

Making Mistakes with Gusto and Feeling

in this particular case, about using the subjunctive after che (that). See this lesson about mi sa.   Now, let’s take...

Anche se and Persino in Context

In the next example, we use anche se to connect a subjunctive clause with a conditional one. Remember that...

Future and Conditional in the First Person Plural

example, chef Gualtiero Marchesi uses se (if) plus the subjunctive in one clause, and the conditional in the...

Recuperare (To Recover)

imperative (which is actually the third person subjunctive) of recuperare to mean “to retrieve,” “to recover.” The...

Giving Opinions and Deciding with Secondo and a Seconda di

che (I think that), which takes the subjunctive and requires a relatively complicated sentence structure,...

"Sempre" Is Not Always "Always"

a bit tricky (because it takes the subjunctive mood), we have sempre che (“provided that” or “as long...

"Dire" Says More Than Just “To Say”

actually taken from the third person singular subjunctive of dire (see chart from coniugazione.it  below).     For more about...

More Ways to Translate the Imperfetto

how to use the conditional and the subjunctive, it’s never wrong to say things correctly,...

Getting Someone’s Attention in Italian: Ascoltare and Sentire

The command form originally comes from the subjunctive, which is why it has a different,...

The Need to Need: Bisogna and Bisogno

more complicated way is: bisogna + che + verb in the subjunctive, but that's a topic for a future...

A Grammatical Look at Giving Gifts

the phrase around, which calls for the subjunctive of fare (to make) in the second...
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