What countries use Italian as an official language?
Q: What countries use Italian as an official language?
A: Italian is the official language of Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and Switzerland. It is also used as an official language in some regions of Slovenia and Croatia.
Q: How many people speak Italian?
A: About 70 million people around the world speak Italian.
Q: What are some examples of how gender affects nouns in Italian?
A: Most singular masculine nouns end in -o, and most plural masculine nouns end in -i. Most singular feminine nouns end in -a, and most plural feminine nouns end in -e. For example, gatto = male cat; gatta = female cat; gatti = male cats; gatte = female cats.
Q: How does conjugation affect verb endings?
A: The endings of verbs depend upon the tense of the verb (past, present, future etc.) and on the person of the verb (I, you, they etc.). Because Italian grammar uses endings for these inflections, personal pronouns are not always needed when forming a sentence.
Q: Are there any difficult sounds to learn when pronouncing words in Italian?
A: No, pronunciation is simple with just a few rules to learn and hardly any difficult sounds.
Q: What are some examples of words from Italian that have been adopted into English?
A: Examples include pizza, spaghetti and ravioli for food items; forte and allegro for musical terms; cello and tuba for musical instruments; mafia and vendetta from darker aspects of culture.
Q:What pidgin versions were developed from the Italian language?
A:Pidgin versions were developed from the language in colonies such as Eritrea , Somalia , Libya .
