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Movie Talk in Italian

to the movies/let's go to the movies).   Ciao. Sei annoiato o annoiata Hi. Are you...

A Little Quirk Concerning the Verb Sapere

Can you tell me the time, please? -Le cinque e trentacinque. -Five thirty-five. -Ma è sicuro?...

La bicicletta

gears and are more fun to ride. Cities can be a little hilly, so gears...

Minimalist Italian — with Che

then add the appropriate adjective.   Che bello! Ciao! -Che bello! How nice! Bye! -How nice!...

Asking What Something Means in Italian

Saracens gave it the name of Rabat. Cioè, sai pure l'arabo ora? So, do you...

Come fare la panzanella (how to make panzanella)

procedure) Mettere il pane in ammollo per circa mezz’ora; deve risultare bagnato anche all’interno ma...

What Does "Proprio" Actually Mean?

adverb, for example, proprio lì (right there). Ciao, ragazzi e ragazze [ragazze e ragazzi]. Mi...

What Are Virgolette? How to Use Punctuation Terms in Speech

km, Italian: 5,2 km.    Con i suoi cinque virgola due chilometri quadrati, With its five point...

Three Ways to Crush It: pestare, schiacciare, frantumare

Non calpestare l'erba Do not walk on the grass.     In some cities, you really have to look where you...

Little Easter: Forming Diminutives

have become the tradition.   Some towns and cities stage elaborate processions on venerdì santo (Good Friday). There are...

Pasta and More Pasta

crushing the olives.   Le olive vengono frantumate, cioè spappolate, The olives are crushed, that is,...

What's the Difference Between infatti and in effetti ?

facts, but is used in the same circumstances in which we use “in fact,” “as...

Giving Opinions and Deciding with Secondo and a Seconda di

are similar, but they're used in different circumstances, and have different rules. In addition to...

The Passato Remoto in Basilicata

his name to streets in many Italian cities. The last verb in the inscription is illustrò, passato remoto of illustrare (to...

Expressing Urgency with Scappare

zia! Aunt, I'm off! -Eh? Sì va beh, ciao, ciao. -Huh? Yes, OK, bye, bye. Captions...

What to Say While You're Thinking of What to Say

kind of iffy... if only... Ma poi... cioè sai... praticamente... sai... capito? -Appunto. But then......

Musical Nouns

them on the staff, il pentagramma, formato da cinque linee. the staff, made up of five...

The Italian Alphabet - Part 2

the alphabet, Italians use the names of cities (for the most part) when they need...

Pizza al taglio, aperitivi, and stuzzichini

three-course lunches and dinners, but in most cities and towns, there’ll be a more casual...

The Simple Things in Life

the beginning of Marika’s lesson about numbers:   Ciao. Oggi parliamo di numeri. Hi. Today, we're...

I Say Hello; You Say Goodbye

We’ve all heard the informal greeting ciao ("hi" or "bye") and the more formal...
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