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The 'future in the past' is a grammatical concept in Italian that doesn't exist in English. We use it to talk about things that, in the past, we thought might happen in the future. Sounds confusing? An ex...

There are many instances when we need to use the subjunctive. As a verbal mood (as opposed to a tense), you should use the subjunctive when expressing opinions, feelings/emotions, doubt, ...

You use the subjunctive in Italian when you are uncertain about what you are asking or saying, as the subjunctive means (may/might) when used by itself. You also use it when you hope or wish something, as...

in English, adjectives always remain the same, independently from who are they referred to. In Italian they change based on the genre of the object or person they are referred to. for example if I wan to ...

Passato remoto is a past tense. It is used when we want to talk about something that happened a long time ago and do not have any connection with the present. This tense can be usually seen in written lan...