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Fare complimenti (being polite)

il complimento sometimes means the same thing as in English: the compliment. It's used a bit differently, and is often synonymous with...

Fitto and fitta: Do they mean the same thing?

and fitta. Sometimes they mean the same thing, as when they are adjectives, but they each have a noun form as well, which has little...

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...

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

Caption   Quindi as "filler" Lots of times, a sentence ends with quindi plus an ellipsis... as if the speaker wanted to go on but...

You'd best... with che

one of those all-purpose words, often translated as "that." Lessons about che To learn more about this indispensable...

Using 4 eyes to talk

lesson is a fun one. It's all about one-on-one conversations.    Parlare a quattr'occhi Here's the expression: E ancora, "quattr'occhi"....

Giorno or giornata: What's the difference?

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

settimane (weeks), we have to change tutti  to tutte, as settimana is a feminine noun. Note also that we have...

Short periods of time in Italian

solo (just a minute). Un momento (just a moment).   But there are two other words describing an instant of time that can be used...

Using auguri in everyday conversation

this topic.    Using me lo auguro can have a somewhat negative nuance and we might translate it as, "I should hope so!" So it's not...

Upstairs and Downstairs in Italian (and more)

where you are going or where you are in a house, or what you can see from...

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?

latin "vicis" (to mutate). It can be an event, or a succession or series of events, possibly lasting...

Kinds of boats in Italian

to specify the kind of boat, such as a sailboat, then we use the preposition a...

Adjectives as adverbs and vice versa

Play Caption     But forte is used quite often as an adverb, especially after a verb. In the following example, it's translated as...

Venire doesn't just mean "to come"

is on me, I turn the phrase around a bit, and say mi è venuto bene (it...

Getting fed up with stufare

up," "tired," or "sick and tired."  Here are a couple more examples so you can see...

Being non-specific with da + infinitive

I can ask you if you have a pen or a pencil, or I can...

Making do with arrangiarsi

1  Play Caption   Art form? Italians joke about "making do" as almost an art form: L'arte di arrangiarsi (the art of making...

Ci mancherebbe!

listen for it in conversation. When you are shopping or asking directions as you travel in Italy, you'll likely hear...

Getting personal with the reflexive

used to hearing (and understanding) them.   Here are a few more everyday examples that we think of as being reflexive, but which also contain a...

The basics of reflexive verbs

You've probably heard about a special kind of verb found in Italian:...

Talking about the weather in Italian

the weather can be capriccioso (mischievous) and imprevedibile (unpredictable). As a result, knowing how to talk about the weather like an Italian can be...