The adjectives bello (beautiful, handsome, nice, fine) and quello (that) have shortened forms when they precede the nouns they modify. Note that the shortened forms are similar to those of the definite article.

MASCHILE

Singolare
Plurale

bello/quello
begli/quegli
(before s + consonant or z)

bel/quel
bei/quei
(before other consonants)

bell’/quell’
begli/quegli
(before vowels)

FEMMINILE

　　C’è (from ci è) and ci sono correspond to the English there is and there are. They state the existence or presence of something or someone.

　　C’è tempo; non c’è fretta. (There's time; there is no hurry.)

　　Ci sono molti italiani a New York. (There are many Italians in New York.)

　　C’è and ci sono should not be confused with ecco (here is, here are; there is, there are), which is used when you point at or draw attention to somet

　　Italian uses present tense + da + time expressions to indicate an action that began in the past and is still going on in the present. English, by contrast, uses the present perfect tense (I have spoken, I have been working) + for + time expressions.

　　verb in the present tense + da + length of time

　　Scio da un anno. (I've been skiing for a year.)

　　Prendi lezioni di karatè da molti mesi. (You've been taking karate lessons for many months.)

　　To

　　You've heard it since grade school: What's a noun? A person, place, or thing. Nouns (i nome) are one of the first things that people learn, whether it's their native or second language. Bicchiere, vino, funghi. Glass, wine, mushrooms. And in Italian, what's noticeable almost immediately is that nouns have endings that change depending on the gender.

　　The table below includes a few nouns to start with:

ITALIAN NOUNS

MASCULINE
FEMININE

banco (sch

Che cosa ha lei che io non ho
Che cosa ha pi?di me
Sto cercando una ragione, anche se alle volte sai non c'?
Ero qui, eri qui
ma poi non ?andata sai propio cos?
E una vita sola non pu?bastare
per dimenticare una storia che vale
nei tuoi occhi che mi stano a guardare, non dimenticare
?dificile per me imparare a vivere
senza abbandonarmi al mio presente
inaspettatamente senza te.
Ero qui. eri qui
parlare adesso non ha pi?senso, o