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Breathing in Italian : Let us count the ways Part 3: breathless

it's taken away. And let's not forget about another use of mozzare. It's part of one...

How does Italian work?

voi siete (you are) loro sono (they are)   A tricky thing about pronouns and verbs One of the trickiest...

What's the problem?

with i. Non ci sono problemi (there are no problems). or, as a question: Ci sono problemi (are there problems)?...

Making choices in Italian part 2

remember is that when you use it as an adjective, you need a definite article after it and before the (plural) noun, as...

Making choices in Italian, Part 1

the words that come to mind when talking about choices are: either, or, both, either one, whichever one (among...

Another way to be happy

more.   It can be short-term: We're sitting around a crowded table and my host wonders if I...

What Does Su Mean?

the preposition su, but su is also an adverb meaning up, upwards. We'll talk about that in a future lesson. Maybe you have seen or...

Exercises Using Mancare

miss." Ci manchi could be translated literally as, "You are missing from our lives."  You're missing and...

More about Mancare : When Something Is Lacking

We've had some feedback about the tricky verb mancare. And there are likely plenty of learners out there struggling to...

Italian Ways to Think about Things

Have This Feeling... - Sapere Part 1 This is a lesson about yet another way to say "I think..." And it...

Managing with farcela

to have in your toolbox. It's used a lot in conversation, as an expression, but understanding how it works can...

Does discutere mean "discuss?"

they had. They might well be talking about an argument.   Another way to tell that discutere means "to...

Catching up with Un medico in famiglia

This is our old house. Now we are about to move to a new house. Captions 30-31, Un medico in famiglia...

Il gusto — the sense of taste

etc. In this next example, it's all about a tie someone wears to a wedding. Eh,...

L'olfatto — the sense of smell

use the noun "smell" to mean "odor," as in, "There's a funny smell in here," or, "What's that...

Dolci: What do Italians mean by that?

is the option of a cappuccino or a caffè macchiato. These names are visual: Cappuccio means "hood." There is a...

Getting somewhere with via (way)

snowboard Snowboard  Play Caption   And when we are talking about the start of something, we use the...

4 ways to translate "way" into Italian

of the situation? We're pretty much talking about a direction here, either literal or figurative. Which...

Using the noun la volta (the time)

Daniela - Il futuro - Part 4  Play Caption   A volte is another way of saying qualche volta. They both mean...

Noioso: Boring or Annoying?

adjectives and can be used to describe a person. There are some intricacies involved with these words, which...

When volendo implies the opposite of "wanting to."

following example. The key word in understanding volendo (as an expression), in terms of an English translation,...

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

Are you going to go out and about? Are you going to take a walk? Are you going to cruise around...

Making Do with Accontentarsi

in English, "convent" tends to be understood as a convent of nuns, in Italian, un convento...

Movie Talk in Italian

the nearby city of Treviso. It involves a photographer, an adopted Belarus orphan, and a girl who...