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Siamo alla frutta!

VAT, personal income tax, and bills, praticamente siamo alla frutta. we are basically at the...

Working Things Out with Sistemare

have a corresponding verb to go with sistemare. Sistemare might even fall into the category...

Ci Siamo (We're There)!

moment we were dreading!"   Ecco qua, ci siamo quasi. Here we go, we're almost there....

What's the Story on Voi in the Singular?

learn that Lei, the polite form of “you” (singular), was actually banned from the language by...

Places to Sit in Italian - Part 1

Places to Sit in Italian - Part 2 It’s always handy...

Simpatico

it has started creeping into English vocabulary: simpatico.   Simpatico quel ragazzo, quello cieco. That kid is...

Expressions Having to Do with Eyes and Sight

Not to leave out the sense of sight (la vista), let’s look at how it‘s...

The Simple Things in Life

the phone at the moment," and the simple present, as in “I talk to my...

Using the infinitive to give a command

andare (to go). Vai! Va' (imperative form, familiar second person singular). Go! Vada! (imperative formal second person singular)....

How to use tra l'altro

note that in our expression, l'altro is singular, not plural (which would be altri or altre.)...

E questo è quanto

filosofia, di generi, di, di storia, ma siamo molto specializzati su quello che riguarda la...

The passive voice in Italian with venire

venire as a passive auxiliary works only with simple tenses of the "action verb," not compound...

Urgente: a cognate with a little-used verb

an unusual verb used only in the third-person singular bisogna. It's followed by either a verb...

Che c'entra? — What does that have to do with it?

an affirmation in the negative first person singular. Io con quella pistola non c'entro niente,...

An elegant alternative to raramente (rarely)

radere (to shave). It's also the first-person singular of this irregular verb.    ...

Una rosa, due rose

Caption   Let's remember that while "rose" is singular in English, rose, in Italian, is the...

What's accoglienza?

the island of Lampedusa, for example, in Sicily, it's necessary to find accommodations, temporary housing, job...

Travel vocabulary 2 - Arriving

è in ritardo (the flight is late/delayed). Siamo in ritardo (we're late). Il volo ha...

Travel vocabulary - 1: Trains and buses

say, "Excuse me, for the station?" Very simple. Caption 18, Corso di italiano con Daniela...

Tiptoeing into the participio presente

exist in English as distinct from the simple past. And we might translate it the...

The verb aspettare and its nuances

we can use the imperative form aspetta! (informal singular), aspettate! (informal plural), aspettiamo (first person plural) or aspetti (formal,...

Talking about the seasons in Italian

end (there's already an e in the singular!). La stagione, le stagioni. We just have...

Lo scarpariello (A Humble Pasta Dish Fit for a King)

as un piatto di recupero (leftovers) to a simple but elegant favorite, made with the simple,...

Let's Explain the Expression andare incontro a

meet" or "to encounter." The first person singular of incontrare is incontro (I encounter, I meet). For more on...