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There are many past participles in Italian that are completely strange and irregular, confusing both foreigners and Italians. Aaah! Oggi il sole splende come non ha mai… Spleso? Splenduto? Splento? What did I tell you? Stay there because at the end of the article I will give you the answer to this doubt that grip even Italians. Because unfortunately these are very common verbs which you need to use frequently. But every time you have to conjugate them in the past participle, you always tend to stop because you’re never sure. But first…we are going to do a nice test together, right on the strangest and most irregular past participles of the Italian language! Let’s start!

In the Italian language, the expression “essere pigro” is the first one that comes to mind to denote laziness. Nevertheless, there are several alternatives to it that I will show you in this article. Are you ready to identify them together?

You cannot chew gum! You cannot take photos here. You cannot eat now! You cannot dance. Ahhh! It’s really frustrating and annoying to know that you CANNOT do something, isn’t it? And yet, there are always limits to what we can do: it’s the rules of society. But did you know that this isn’t valid just for people but also for languages? Oh yeah…Even Italian has its own boundaries…So in this article we are going to see all those things that ITALIAN LANGUAGE CANNOT DO!

In Italian, there are some verbs that come from the verb “correre” (“to run”). These verbs, by adding some prefixes or suffixes, totally change the meaning. In this video, I’ll explain you what they mean and the main situations in which you can use them. Let’s find them out!

The richest person of Italy, a success that has endured for three generations, a brand known all over the world. Who has never tasted, at least once in their life, their spread cream with cocoa and hazelnuts? Yeah, I’m talking about Ferrero company and its managing director, Giovanni Ferrero! In this article, I’m going to tell you some curiosities about him, his family and his company!