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Word Order Options with Modal Verbs and Object Pronouns

construct a phrase. Especially when dealing with modal verbs, which go hand in hand with...

Modal Verbs in Italian

basics about why and how we use modal verbs in Italian, and how they are...

Immaginare vs. Supporre Part 1

can imagine," in other words, using a modal verb before the main verb. In Italian,...

Non vuol dire (that doesn't mean anything)

the meaning of something, we use the modal verb volere (to want to) plus the...

Andarsene: yet another important pronominal verb

via (I'm leaving, I'm going away).   When no modal verb is involved, we generally have the...

Fare accomodare and accomodarsi

quite a bit, we can also use modal verbs such as potere (to be able...

The basics of reflexive verbs

speak in the third person with a modal verb, we'll see that the infinitive of...

How does Italian work?

the easier it will be further on.  Modal verbs Just as in English, Italian has...

Verb-Object Agreement in the Passato Prossimo

they are both correct. How to choose?   Modal verb + infinitive + object pronoun(s)   In Italian, a...

Being Supportive in Italian by Staying Close By

him.   Note that since there is a modal verb, in this case, volere (to want to),...

Rispondere: To Answer or to Respond?

As with many verbs, by using a modal verb, we can keep the main verb in...

Asking What Something Means in Italian

translate it as "to desire."   Volere is also a modal verb, basically meaning "to want to." The...

Combining Conjugated Verbs and Infinitives Part 2

preposition is necessary. This typically occurs with the modal verbs potere (to be able to), volere...

When Pensare Doesn't Mean "to Think"

in the infinitive, because we have another helping or modal verb in the sentence. But we can conjugate it, too....

Asking Questions in Italian part 1

that it has been crushed, doesn't it?   With modal verbs, too, inflection is everything.   Posso offrirle...

If at First You Don't Succeed: riuscire

explaining modal verbs and other verbs that work like modal verbs. These verbs don’t need any preposition...

Sapere sapere sapere

mentioned that in this case, sapere acts like a modal verb, such as “can,” “must,” “may,” etc....

Conjugated Verbs + Infinitives Part 1

normally don’t stand alone. Another word for verbo modale is verbo servile (servant verb) because these verbs serve another verb. The modal verbs in Italian are potere (to be able to), volere (to...

Direct Object Pronouns - Part 2

verbs in Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbi modali.   Here are two lessons about using modal verbs in Italian.   In a future lesson,...

Getting What We Want from Volere

volere. See Daniela’s lesson about volere and other modal verbs.   Ma insomma, adesso, tu che cosa...

Meglio or Migliore?

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Approfondimento Verbi Modali - Part 1  Play Caption   But meglio has a gray...