Ciao, tutti! / Salut, tout le monde! / ¡Hola, todos! Last time we looked at direct object pronouns... Now let's look at the indirect object pronouns. So what's the difference between the two? Remember, direct objects answer the question what? or whom? in a sentence. What did I place on the table? I placed the book on the … Continue reading Indirect Object Pronouns
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Direct object pronouns
This mini lesson on direct object pronouns will have you sounding much more familiar with your target language!
Le triomphe du mari
Salut, tout le monde! Voici l'extrait français de Une Fille d'Eve: Hello, everyone! Here is the French excerpt from Une Fille d'Eve: Un Fille d'Eve, 175-177, annotated Avec espoir vous ayez pu récolter beaucoup vous-mêmes, mais ci-dessous il y a quelques notes supplémentaires. Hopefully you were able to gather a lot on your own, but below are some supplementary notes. adverbes … Continue reading Le triomphe du mari
Il profumo della primavera
Ciao, tutti! Come state? Ecco di nuovo l'estratto da Un viaggio chiamato vita con l'evidenziazione del seguente: Here is the excerpt again from Un viaggio chiamato vita with highlighting of the following: avverbi // adverbs // GREEN congiunzioni // conjunctions // BLUE parole di transizione // transition words // PURPLE frasi preposizionali // prepositional phrases // YELLOW congiuntivo // subjunctive // PINK . Un viaggio … Continue reading Il profumo della primavera
Let’s dive in…
Ciao e bentornati! Hello and welcome back! . We’re changing up our text dissections this week – the PDFs of this week’s book excerpts have been included below in each target language, but this time I am identifying the following: . A. for Italian [Un viaggio chiamato vita, 63-65] adverbs // avverbi conjunctions … Continue reading Let’s dive in…
Happy Easter!
It's Holy Week and Easter's almost here! Below are short summaries in each target language! You'll be able to wish your friends a happy Easter and discuss the basics of this Christian holiday. Read the English first if you're a beginner, but read your target language first if you're more advanced! This will improve comprehension and … Continue reading Happy Easter!
How in the world do I conjugate a verb?
¡Chau, bienvenido de nuevo! Esta semana: un repaso de la conjugación de los verbos regulares. Welcome back, everyone! This week: a review of the conjugation of regular verbs. . Let me begin by explaining verb conjugation in English: Verbs are conjugated into 6 different forms, corresponding to each possible subject (I, you, he/she/it, we, you all, and they). … Continue reading How in the world do I conjugate a verb?
ARTicles dissected
Ciao e bentornati! Ecco gli articoli vivisezionati da martedì! Hello again! Here are the dissected articles from Tuesday! J'espère que vous ayez pu récolter un peu (où beaucoup!) tous seuls jusqu'à maintenant. Utilisez ces notes comme outil à étudier pour faire avancer votre compréhension et pour instiller du vocabulaire et de la grammaire essentielle en votre memoire. I hope you all were … Continue reading ARTicles dissected
ARTicle dissection
Salut! Comment ça va? For your language practice this week, I’ve selected articles in your target language. The theme? ART. These articles are a bit lengthier than what I have chosen before, but if you take the time to study the text and read through it several times, your skills are only improving! As usual, … Continue reading ARTicle dissection
The Articles
¡Chau! ¡Espero que ustedes estén muy bien! I have compiled a review of definite and indefinite articles in each language. But first, here’s a brief summary of this part of speech as it pertains to English: . In English, the articles are: the, a(n), & some. . The is the only definite article in English, used for specificity. … Continue reading The Articles