Yabla Italian
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Exams: How do we talk about exams in Italian?

me that he was as fast as an arrow, he was... he took the exams one after another. Captions 54-55, Un medico in famiglia Stagione...

Ascoltare vs sentire

form:  Se la sente?   We have talked about both ascoltare and sentire in a previous lesson, with a different slant, so feel...

Being in tune (or not) with intonato and stonato

one can use the word used in a manner and... just that, not mannered, but in a...

Fare accomodare and accomodarsi

convenient) and its opposite, scomodo (uncomfortable, inconvenient) in another lesson. In this lesson, we'll talk about a verb that is closely related, but which...

Fingers and Toes Italian style

is no real difference between a finger and a toe. It just depends on where it...

Non tutte le ciambelle escono col buco

out). In this case, we are talking about a donut or ring-shaped cake coming out of...

The indispensable preposition di

mean "at" regarding time. Di can mean "at" when we're talking about night and day, morning, afternoon, or evening: eh... cucinando...

Big and small with endings: -one and -ino

gancettino che si porta via una macchinina. And below it was another little white sign picturing a little truck with a little hook on...

Fare complimenti (being polite)

as in English: the compliment. It's used a bit differently, and is often synonymous with "congratulations."    When you...

Fitto and fitta: Do they mean the same thing?

rent a place, you "take it as a rental," prendere in affitto. But when we talk about "the rent," as in "paying the rent,"...

La badante: What's that?

of themselves.The person who is hired to look after an old or infirm person at home is called la badante (the caregiver, the home-health aide)....

Basta!

l'Italia Lucca - Part 1  Play Caption   There's an expression where this verb is coupled with another verb: avanzare. We think of the cognate...

Using the indispensable word quindi

common to use poi when we talk about the next in a series of actions.   Poi... quindi avvolgiamo l'alice...

You'd best... with che

Minimalist Italian — with che Verbs of Uncertainty and the Subjunctive Che as a Conjunction   Che è meglio (colloquial) There's a construction...

Using 4 eyes to talk

we talk about in this lesson is a fun one. It's all about one-on-one conversations.    Parlare a quattr'occhi Here's the...

Giorno or giornata: What's the difference?

in mattinata.   When you get off work, and you are thinking about what a difficult (or fantastic) day you have had,...

How to talk about frequency regarding time

appropriate. It is followed by the preposition a (at, to, in) Allora, amici di Yabla, all'interno...

Short periods of time in Italian

Wait a second," "Wait a moment," Just a moment," and so on. In Italian, we have cognates...

Using auguri in everyday conversation

e ci vediamo la prossima volta. Have a marvelous day and I'll see you next time. Captions 56-57,...

Upstairs and Downstairs in Italian (and more)

When we want to talk about going or being upstairs or downstairs, we're...

Some interesting aspects of the noun aspetto

a cognate when we want to talk about a feature or element of something, an "aspect," un aspetto. It can also be figurative....

Vicenda, faccenda: What's the difference?

to the story of a Venetian girl and a young Austrian officer, and to the devil....

Kinds of boats in Italian

paddle— la pagaia.     If we want to talk about a rowboat, it's una barca a remi. Un...

Adjectives as adverbs and vice versa

match. Sometimes we use an adjective like an adverb and vice versa. Let's look at a few of the common adjectives that fall into...