Mi scusi, ma non posso domindare questa in italiano. C'è troppo complicata per mi. In lesson 5.3 there is the sentence ' Non essere così timido. Chiamala.' I assume that chiamala is imperative of chiamare but it doesn't match the conjugation of regular '-...

7 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - March 1, 2013

in lesson 4.6 on possessives , what is meant by 'my one' and 'your one'. I can,t get it. thank you

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - March 1, 2013

What is the difference when asking the question" We would like to have..." Sometimes it's Ci piacerebbe avere or Ci vorrebbe avere. What is the most common and correct usage. Gratzie!

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - January 30, 2013

Hi, confused :? According to the course, the translation for "mi manchi" is "I miss you" ? ? It would make more sense to me if is was translated as "you miss me" or "do you miss me?" Why don't you say ti manco ...

8 replies - Last post by Duke15 - December 23, 2012

I am getting confused. You must use mi,ti,ci etc only with reflexive verbs? So if you want to say" we eat dinner". You would say "Noi mangiare cena". It would be incorrect to say "Ci mangiare cena"?For some reason I got the idea that it was incorrect to s...

2 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - December 23, 2012

In the final line of dialogue in lesson 14.3, Roberto says: "Eh si, pensa che a cinque anni..." Why does he say "pensa" and not "penso"?

4 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - December 5, 2012

Just started the program a couple of days ago.. Looking for grammer section. Is it only in the audio course ..example 1.5 . :?: I have the Spanish course and there is a completely different section for grammer and conservation. Please let me know if ...

4 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

I am unsure of the use of Italian accents,i.e., to the left or right.....Hope someone can explain this for me... Marias explanation of Stare and Essere really cleared things up for me.... Thanks Maria Barb( Canada)

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

Ciao Maria, come va? Io ho un po' confusa tra mi e me? Io so che io = I, mi = to me, ma me = ?? come si usare il pronome "me"? Io ho altra notizie fantastico, noi ritornaremo a Sicilia questo maggio/guigno. Molto eccitata!! non vediamo l'ora! Fra...

6 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

In Language & Culture lesson 1.9, you discuss the superlative form of piccolo as copied below: piccolo becomes piccolissimi Why would this not be piccolissimo?

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

I am confused as to why 'Piacere' is conjugated as: Mi piace and Ti piace. Isn't piacere a regular verb that needs to be conjugated differently if it refers to me or you? Thanks.

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

How do I know whether to use al or ai?

2 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - November 25, 2012

Ciao Maria. I have 2 questions from Lesson 1.6. 1-Why do you say [Lei] di dov'è when asking someone where they are from formally instead of [Lei] Di dove sei? I thought dov'è meant 'where is' 2-When saying you are from a country, why are there so many dif...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - October 8, 2012

In lezione 6.6, the translation of Do not go without me! is 'non andare senza di me'. Perchè non è 'non vai senza di me!'

2 replies - Last post by Alice-G - August 29, 2012

In lesson 5.6, these are given in the expressions to clarify or apologise. I do not understand why 'La' begins the phrase 'La invito a...' = 'I invite you to'..... Why isn't it Le again for formal (or La for 'I invite her to.....')?

2 replies - Last post by Alice-G - August 29, 2012

Hi Maria I have two questions similar to those of Michelino dated 20 August 2010 and 9 September 2010 (sto and sono)that don't appear to have been resolved. Question1: Lesson 1.5 refers to 'stare' being used for permanent characteristics and 'essere' for ...

18 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - August 29, 2012

Lesson 5.7: casual form of 'don't worry about it' is given as 'non ti preoccupare' but the formal is 'non si preoccupi'. Is this an irregular phrase or do all reflexive verbs have the infinitive form for the casual imperative?

2 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - August 29, 2012

In the Calcio lesson you translate 'Gioco a calcio da quando ero piccolo e gioco anche' as 'I played football since I was young....'. I can't imagine anyone saying this in English! Surely, we would say 'I've been playing football/I've played football...'....

0 replies - Last post by d-h - August 13, 2012

How do I know if I should use "Adesso" or if I should use "ora" to say "now"?

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - July 21, 2012

Is the formal form of you not the same as 2nd person plural in Italian? The reason I ask is that the grammar books show the '-are' verbs ending in '-ate' for 2nd person plural but the formal form for you seems to end in ' -a' as in 'Parla inglese?' Sim...

2 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - July 9, 2012

Ciao ciao ciao da Sicilia, qua è molto caldo e la spiaggia ci molto piace. As my question poses... do you say (in italian of course) "I was talking with my sister....." or "I was talking to my sister....." "do you want to talk with" or "do you want ...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - July 9, 2012

Buon giorno a tutti. io ho confusione di il verbe "sentire" , significa è "to feel" o "To hear" o entrambi? Grazie, Fran

16 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - June 8, 2012

how would experts rate it?? 1-10?(with 10 being a native) :)

8 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - June 8, 2012

My Grammer is very bad, will this hold me back at learning italian?

0 replies - Last post by John-B12 - June 1, 2012

Ho capito il uso da il e la ma non ho capito il uso da "lo". Mi puo speigare? Grazie, Donna

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - May 29, 2012

I was trying to conjugate the verb and wondered if I got it right? io chiamo, tu chiami, lui/lei chiama, noi chiamo??? voi chiamate?? loro Chiamano??/

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - May 29, 2012

it is sincerly difficult to make difference between essere and stare. perche?

2 replies - Last post by monica-w - April 20, 2012

I need some to help me answering the questions in the like & dislike lesson, please?!!!

5 replies - Last post by monica-w - April 20, 2012

Ciao a tutti I am confused with "Qui/Qua & Là/Lí". Let say "it is here". Should we use qui or qua? How to differentiate it? Annie

2 replies - Last post by monica-w - April 20, 2012

Lesson 11.8 doesn't display the answers for the activity. I would have loved We would have eaten They would have gone You all would have bought You would have sold She would have studied He would have finished You (polite form) would have spoken He would ...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - January 3, 2012

This post should have been titled from and for, not from and how. "Where are you from" is presented as "Di dove Sei" in the lessons. As best I can determine using various translators on the internet, "from" is Da not Di. Should it really be "da dove sei...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - October 18, 2011

I stumbled on to the verb chiamarsi which seems to be the more appropriate verb than chiamare when it comes to being used with "come ti chiami" or "mi chiamo...". Although identified as a verb with full conjugation on the site about.com, it doesn't reall...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - October 18, 2011

Hi. Saw someone else who had a problem with this word. I went through lots of verb conjugations looking for this and couldn't find it. What verb is it really derived from? It was being used as "pleased to meet you" with "piacere di conoscerti". I fou...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - October 18, 2011

In the section Direct and Indirect pronouns there is an example: "Mark asks her a favor". This is translated as "Marco le chiede un favore." Why isn't this "la chiede" as it pertains to "her" and not a plural "they" which would call for the "le".

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - September 8, 2011

Ciao Maria, I am having trouble understanding 3.10. I read it, leave it, and come back to it, but it just does not compute. Is there an easy way of explaining this lesson. pronouns?? And I am loving the new audio. I use to put my new learnt words int...

5 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - September 1, 2011

Ciao, I found these examples/sentences explaining possesive pronouns on the net and thought they would be good practise for me to translate into italian.... my grammar and use of possessive pronouns. So..... how did I go??????? Look at these pictures....

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - September 1, 2011

Ciao Maria Thanx for your help and support. I feel like I've jumped a level (no matter how small it might be) :-) The example for " while - Mentre" ha detto.... Aspettando il tuo arrivo, ho parlato con Maria....... Why "arrivo" = I arrive?? Parl...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - September 1, 2011

Ciao, La parola, Perdere significa "To miss", io sto capirendo "mancare" è anche significa "to miss". Per favore can you explain the difference in how they would be used. In 3.10 c'è un frassi...... Compriamo un panino a questo bambino? We buy a pani...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - September 1, 2011

Ciao a tutti In 4.6 the following possessives are il tuo, la tua = your.... ma anche detta il vostra e la vostra singolare. Could you please explain the difference in "your" il tuo e "your" il vostra?? Grazie Fran

2 replies - Last post by Fran-N - August 12, 2011

Which is correct. " un negozio nuovo" or "un nuovo negozio". Rocket Italian says the former but two language translators and an Italian grammar site say that nuovo is one of those adjectives that precedes the noun?? There is a new shop.

3 replies - Last post by Thosbryan - August 12, 2011

When do we use the Italian "a" and when do we use "in" when saying we're going "to" somewhere (to the store, to the cinema, to Italy, etc.), or we're sending something "to" someone? What about when something is happening "to" me?

4 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - August 11, 2011

Is it ok to use "vivere" for all forms of the English "live"? I seem to remember that this should not be used for the form meaning "reside or dwell" and that "abitare" should be used for that form so to say "I live in America" would be "Io abito a Americ...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - August 11, 2011

Ciao Maria, Può aiutarmi? in 1.5 si detto "sta al ristorante" posso dire "(mio morito) sta giocare a golf"? o seconda esempio "are you (P) still at your summer house" " voi state all'estate casa" ?? grazie, Fran

9 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - August 11, 2011

I am so confused on when to use either a direct or indirect object pronoun. Can you help me clarify when to use both? Thanks!

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - July 10, 2011

When do you use italiano versus l'italiano? In lesson 1.2 both are used for the word Italian. "Parli italiano?" and "Studio l'italiano da un mese." Which one would you use in the following examples? I speak a little Italian. Parlo un po' italiano / l'...

3 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - July 10, 2011

When do you use sapere opposed to conoscere?

2 replies - Last post by Michael-D3 - June 26, 2011

In RI Premium Plus lesson 8.8 Verb Plus Preposition, in the Attivita section, Q.2 asks for the translation of "Stop playing and come for dinner" and the answer given is "Smettila di giocare e vieni a cena". How is "smettila" derived from smettere? What ...

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - June 26, 2011

Ciao! Mi chiamo bridget. I wanted to ask what the italian article for australia would be when saying "I'm from Australia." Would it be 'la' as in "vengo dalla Australia" or something different? How do you know which article to use as france uses 'dalla' a...

5 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - June 26, 2011

Ciao If I am making a phone call, do you start off the conversation with Ciao? and If i wanted to make a reservation at a restaurante can I say Vorrei prenotare una tavola per due? and if I wanted it for tomorrow at eight... a domani l'otto? grazie Steve

1 reply - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - April 25, 2011

Ciao, Just want to practice the verb: Potere, would these sentences be correct? Pùoi fumare laggiu. Puo usare il bagno. Possiamo va dentro adesso? Potete guidare la. Possono fare delle fotographe del museo nazionale. Grazie Fran N

6 replies - Last post by Maria-DiLorenzi - April 18, 2011