Question 1

Why does film stay the same in the plural instead of becoming filmi or films?

Accepted Answer

Foreign words that end in a consonant, like film, bar, or computer, don't change their endings in the plural in Italian. We know it means "movies" rather than "movie" here because it uses the plural article i instead of the singular il.

Question 2

Why is "on the internet" just su internet and not combined with an article like sull'internet?

Accepted Answer

When talking about the internet, Italians generally use the simple preposition su (on) without adding a word for "the" (the definite article). You don't need to combine it into a word like sull'; just su internet is the standard, natural way to say it.

Question 3

Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

In Italian, the subject pronoun io (I) is usually dropped because the ending of the verb already tells us who is doing the action. The -o at the end of guardo makes it perfectly clear that "I" am the one watching.

Question 4

We are learning the passato prossimo (past tense) right now. How would I change this to say "I watched"?

Accepted Answer

You would say Ho guardato i film su internet. You use the helping verb ho (I have) and the past participle of guardare. While many high-frequency verbs you are learning right now have irregular past participles (like fatto or letto), guardare is regular: just drop -are and add -ato to get guardato.

Guardo i film su internet.

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