Comments on: La Settimana Italiana

By: serena

serena — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:48:49 +0000

Salve Duong To e benvenuto nel mio blog!
Yes, ‘finesettimana’ is a funny word. As you say, ‘settimana’ is feminine, and ‘finesettimana’ can be either masculine or feminine, i.e. ‘questo finesttimana’ or ‘questa finesettimana’, but the masculine form is more common due to the influence of the English ‘week-end’, which in Italian is masculine: ‘il week-end’.
Saluti da Serena

By: Duong To

Duong To — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:21:19 +0000

I’ve happened to see your blog and find it very useful as I’m studying Italiano. Molte grazie!!!
Reading this entry, I wonder why you use ‘settimana’ as feminine but ‘fine settimana’ as masculine? ( Sorry in case you already explained about this, but I’ve just got to read some entries)
Buon fine settimana!

By: Judith Jenkinson

Judith Jenkinson — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:58:47 +0000

I find your blog very helpful. Would it be possible to discuss when to use Essere and when to use Stare as I am confused. I’m also struggling with when to use the past participle and when the imperfect is more appropriate. It is a very long time since I was at school! I love receiving your emails, thank you. Judy.