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Getting busy with darsi da fare

myself busy, I work hard).   If we are talking about someone else who works hard in general,...

Che as "what"

We've talked about the short word che in previous lessons. There are so many different uses for the word!...

Business Vocabulary and Expressions Part 2

how to "go to work" in Italian and about different types of employees.   To indicate the...

Piazza, piazzare, and spiazzare

cambiano  Play Caption   But when we add an S to the beginning as a sort of prefix, the meaning changes. Something...

Business Vocabulary and Expresssions Part 1

lesson about vocabulary in the workplace. It's a great request, and the topic is an important one.    Let's first look at the...

Why is mi piace so hard to figure out?

can't take a direct object. It takes an indirect object and needs a preposition (usually a [to])! So translating directly,...

Scucire and Cucire

from the verb sciupare.   The parts of a shirt that are frequently turned inside out and re-sewn are:   i polsini (the cuffs) il...

Sotto and Its Common Uses

address book.   Sotto as a noun When you are talking about a 2-piece outfit, such as pyjamas, bikini, or...

Dividere and Condividere

condividerti ancora? Probably, but it might have sounded a bit redundant and awkward. For sure, sometimes condividere and con are used together.   E quindi siamo partiti per...

Quiz on Essere or Stare ?

For this lesson, it's a good idea to have an idea about the difference between essere and stare, keeping...

Meet and Greet

way to introduce yourself is to say Ciao and then who you are:   Ciao, io sono Ida. Hi, I'm Ida....

The noun il passo — What does it mean?

è tratta da un passo della Bibbia. are taken from a passage from the Bible. Caption 87, In...

Expression: Era ora!

might also say, "High time."    Era ora is a great expression and easy to use. There is always an imaginary exclamation point after it. When someone...

Qualifying Adverbs: troppo, tanto

it will be an adverb but look around to see whether there is an adjective or a noun after it.   C'è troppo aglio. There's too much...

When 2 Doesn't Mean 2

passi indicates a short distance: a hop, skip, and a jump, for example.   È qua, siete fortunato,...

Qualifying Adverbs: molto, poco, abbastanza, piuttosto

Let's talk about adverbs we can use to add a qualifier to an adjective. We can say someone is gentile (nice)....

When the Letter X Seems to Be Missing in an Italian Word

that look similar in Italian and English, and which have an N in English, but not Italian. Now...

When the Letter N Seems to Be Missing in an Italian Word

are very similar between Italian and English, and are often cognates, but sometimes there is a letter that seems to be missing and...

Tutto fumo, niente arrosto

meat on the bones, although that is a different metaphor.    There are various ways to express this in English,...

More expressions with caso

by chance." It can be inserted into a sentence just about anywhere, as is.    Here are some examples from recent videos to demonstrate. Guarda...

Caso means "case," but countless other things as well

Caso seems like an easy cognate, and it is, indeed, especially when we say...

Andarsene: yet another important pronominal verb

We make it personal with se (oneself), and we imply we are leaving a place, person, or situation, or, we could...

Basics: At the Airport

say or understand when arriving in Italy after a flight from a different country. In most...

Using the verb prevedere

figure out, but which has meanings that are a bit more elusive, too. We're looking at...