Tag: grammar

First Impressions Of The Lithuanian Language

Lithuanian

I have long had intentions of learning about Lithuania, its culture, and its language, since that is an important part of my own heritage.
Beginner's Italian: Formal Subject Pronoun Guide

Italian

Instead of pluralizing the second person, or adding a title (like sir), Italians abstract into the third person. In the singular, this means that they call each other 'she'.
Beginner's Italian: Guide To Prepositions

Italian

Italian prepositions are those short words which express conditions, directions, specifications, places and times, such as of, over, to, from, etc.
How To Differentiate The Russian Prepositions в And на

Russian

Unlike English, where we have several prepositions to make distinctions about locations, Russian primarily uses only two. It's often confusing, and seemingly arbitrary, choosing between в and на.
Beginner Italian Guide: How To Use Imperatives

Italian

In this post, I'll explain in simple terms how to form and use the Italian imperative.
The Italian Imperfect Tense (Imperfetto) Simplified

Italian

When describing an action that was ongoing at some time in the past, you need to use an imperfect verb tense, and that is what the imperfetto is.
Italian Basics: The T-V Distinction

Italian

It most likely started in Rome, with the Latin pronouns tu and vos, but these days it can be seen in many languages throughout the world.
Italian For Beginners: Il Passato Remoto

Italian

oday, we're going to cover il passato remoto, the Italian verb tense used to describe things that happened long ago.
Italian Essentials: Congiuntivo Trapassato (Pluperfect)

Italian

Similar to the past perfect subjunctive, the congiuntivo trapassato, or pluperfect, is formed by applying the subjunctive to the passato prossimo.
Italian Essentials: Congiuntivo Passato (Past Perfect Subjunctive)

Italian

The congiuntivo passato, or past perfect subjunctive, is really just the subjunctive form of the passato prossimo.