It's time to talk about particelle (particles). These short, two or three-letter words, such as ci and ne have many functions as well as meanings, and can even represent an indirect object pronoun plus its preposition. Particles can be freestanding or attached to a verb, depending on how the verb is conjugated (or not). Let's see how they work.

Nora and Ugo are living in close quarters, and there is a list of eight rules nailed to the back of the door that they are already arguing about.

Gaetano's investigation takes him to the school where Camilla and Vanda teach. Camilla, taking her cue from something Gaetano brings up, can't help doing a bit of investigating on her own.

It's hard to be in two places at once. Guia has work commitments in Milan, but things are coming apart at the farmstead, too, so she has to make another trip.

How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.

Aunt Clo shows Ugo and Nora around the shop and house and leaves after giving them a few rules to follow. They run off to the attorney to make sure they can go ahead with their separation.

Here is the last group of indefinite adjectives: qualunque, qualsiasi, and qualsivoglia (whichever, any). Luckily for us, they are generally interchangeable and invariable.

Bettina and Gaetano are supposed to go to the movies together, but Camilla shows up and Gaetano chooses work over fun. At school, everyone is rejoicing at the news that Mazzeo is on leave of absence.

Both Guia and her fiancé start working towards selling the farmstead. Guia has a few things to say to Renzo.

Ferzan Özpetek directed this video of images from his movie La Dea Fortuna, for which the song "Luna Diamante" (diamond moon) is part of the soundtrack. The song was written by Ivano Fossati and sung by Mina.

Both the victim's wife and his lover are questioned at the same time, one by Luca, and one by Marta. Each has a very different memory of what Fello was like.

The word cosa (thing, something, what) is used a great deal in Italian. In speech, it's especially used in questions to mean "what." Marika explains how this works.

Neither Ugo nor Nora has any desire to take Aunt Clo up on her offer, but then reality kicks in.

Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.

Franco shows us some infused salts that we would never think of off hand. His descriptions are colorful and make us want to try out these delicacies.