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Getting somewhere with via (way)

across the fifth line, will be called A, and so on. Captions 12-14, A scuola di...

4 ways to translate "way" into Italian

fourth choice as a translation.   Senso is a great word, and one Italians use all the time. Let's talk about 2 popular...

Using the noun la volta (the time)

tropicali di mio fratello ne parliamo un'altra volta. All right, about the tropical misadventures of my brother we'll...

Noioso: Boring or Annoying?

e basta, They were trees that were a bother and nothing more, Caption 30, Gianni si racconta...

When volendo implies the opposite of "wanting to."

have to be careful, because there is an often-used literal meaning and also a slightly skewed meaning, in which you have...

In gita, in giro: What's the difference?

to assimilate the meanings we have talked about here by looking at some questions and some possible answers. Feel free to write...

Making Do with Accontentarsi

cornetto o brioche. I make do with a classic espresso and croissant or brioche. Captions 20-23, Adriano - Giornata...

Movie Talk in Italian

city of Treviso. It involves a photographer, an adopted Belarus orphan, and a girl who works at the Tognana porcelain factory.   Sei mai stata...

Meritare (to deserve, to merit)

recent episode of Volare that has both a verb and a noun form. It's an easy cognate, but you might not think...

Verb-Object Agreement in the Passato Prossimo

modal verb, a verb in the infinitive, and a pronoun. I can attach the pronoun to...

Is it worth It?: valere

è una cosa meravigliosa So, life is a marvelous thing e vale la pena viverla. and it is well worth living. Captions 41-42,...

"Your Turn" Using the Verb Toccare

indirect object. The preposition of choice is a (to, at). The subject is a general "it," implied,...

La luce: not only light!

socket). So if we want to talk about the male and female parts of an electrical connection, we have la spina (the...

Missing Someone in Italian

order here. In English "to miss" is a transitive verb, and the definition we are talking about here is not even the first one....

Does Pazienza Mean "Patience"?

pazienza as a one-word expression?   You are at a shop and ask for an item you can't find on the shelves....

Follow Me!

nell'arco di un'oretta, ho montato la cassettiera. and in just about an hour, I assembled the chest of drawers....

Discovering the Passive Voice in Italian

Why did they use essere instead of avere here?" After all, sistemare is a transitive verb.   Quando si è sistemata la...

Breathing in Italian : Let Us Count the Ways, Part 2: il respiro

dei sei. Puntata 1  Play Caption   What about breathing in and breathing out? We use inspirare and espirare....

Breathing in Italian : Let Us Count the Ways, Part 1: il fiato

notte  Play Caption   P.S. Jovanotti's song has a lot of great words and phrases about life in the city — worth checking out,...

Words and Phrases to Know in La Ladra

a certain point, Eva is talking to a guy at the group home about the owner of the place they are...

La storia: History or Story?

storia, but una storia is often short-term with a beginning and an end, whereas una relazione can give the...

Talking about Dates in Italian

not, Italians don't use it.    Let's look at another example. Antonio is telling us about a festival in August, in his area of...

Different Ways to Use the Word No in Italian

Play Caption   4) What if you put a question tag after ti piace (you like it)?   Using no...

Italians and TV

day on job, and he is staying at a bed and breakfast. Ada is showing him his room....