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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – Benvenuto Natale!
This post is the 28th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” at Italian gatherings
start with the interjection “Benvenuto!”
See below for how this works and for some “Important Phrases”
to use at YOUR next Italian holiday party!
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – Bello means “It’s nice!”
This post is the 27th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” in Italian
describe things that are “nice” or “beautiful”
with the adjective bello
and its variations – bel, bella, bei, belle, bell’
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – Buono means “It’s good!”
This post is the 26th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used” Italian phrases
and
many Italian greetingsdescribe things that are “good” with the adjective buono
and its variations
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – Italian Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs
This post is the 25th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases”
that describe our interactions with “each other”
useItalian reciprocal reflexive verbs
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – How We Dress in Italian
This post is the 24th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” that describe what we are doing
are about
“Putting on clothing…” or “What we are wearing…”
If I want to describe what we are wearing in Italian,
we must learn how to use the Italian verbs
Vestirsi, Mettersi, and Indossare
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – How to Say “Get” in Italian
This post is the 23rd in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” that describe what we are doing
during the course of an ordinary day
use the words
“Get…” or “Got…”
If I want to describe our day in Italian we must learn to use
Reflexive Verbs.
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – “You make me…” Fare Causitivo
This post is the 22nd in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” start with the words
“You make me…” or “I make you…”
If I want to use the English causative verb “make,”
in Italian I must use
the Fare Causativo
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – “Let me…” and “Let’s! Lasciare and Fare
This post is the 21st in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” start with the phrase
“Let me…” or “Let’s…”
If we want someone to let us do something in Italian we must use the verbs Lasciare or Fare
And if we want to encourage someone else to do something, we must use
a verb in the noi command form
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – Pensare (Part 2) What I am thinking about…
This post is the 20th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE
Many “commonly used phrases” that allow us to describe our thoughts
start with the phrase
“I think …”
If we think about something, in Italian we must say
“I think that …”which will lead us to the Italian subjunctive mood.
See below for how this works.
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Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day! – How to Say, “I love you!” in Italian
This post is the 19th in a series of Italian phrases we have been trying out in our Conversational Italian! Facebook group. If you’d like to read the earlier posts in the series, “Italian Phrases We Use EVERY Day!” just click HERE.
Many “commonly used phrases” that will help us talk more easily describe
“I love you…”
We will discuss the Italian expressions for those we love – our one true love, our family and our friends.
See below for how this works.
Conversational Italian! 