Essere vs. avere
Ho andato al mare.
Sono andato al mare.
Andare, venire, restare and other movement verbs take essere, and the participle agrees with the subject.
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Hai animali in casa?
Sì, mi piace i gatti.
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Agreement
Original:
Sì, mi piace i gatti.
Suggested:
Sì, mi piacciono i gatti.
Piacere agrees with the thing that is liked, not the person who likes it. I gatti is plural, so it takes piacciono.
Italian mistakes FluenText catches
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Lo and gli
il studente
lo studente
Nouns starting with s + consonant, z, gn, ps or y take lo in the singular and gli in the plural.
Articulated prepositions
Vado in il centro.
Vado nel centro.
Prepositions fuse with the article: in + il = nel, a + la = alla, di + i = dei.
Double consonants
Ho i capelli nuovi.
Ho i cappelli nuovi.
One consonant or two is a different word — capelli is hair, cappelli is hats.
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