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How to Fix Things in Italian Part 3

our lessons regularly, you might have come across a lesson about the adjective comodo, which has a couple...

La bicicletta

a boom in recent months.  Let's take a look at some of the vocabulary that can be...

Living Together: La Convivenza

to live with, to live together)   Convivere is not always about people living together The verb convivere is used to...

How to Fix Things in Italian Part 2

the generic verb sistemare. Now, let's talk about a verb that is more specific when it...

Fixing Things in Italian Part 1

nice. And we've turned the verb into a noun, something Italians do all the time!   You bring some broken shoes...

Spesso e Volentieri: 2 Adverbs That Go Hand in Hand

often?)   A few common adverbs to have at the ready Here's a list of some of the common adverbs...

Torto o Ragione (Wrong or Right)

right" and where it might mean "reason." It's a great way to get lots of different examples all at once. Try repeating some of them out...

How to Offer Condolences in Italian

more than one person, say, parents, or a couple, or an entire family, then it's: Vi porgo le...

3 Ways to Get It Wrong in Italian

words connected with being wrong or making a mistake. Let's look at the various ways to be wrong and...

Cavare, Scavare, and Ricavare

dig up). The s- prefix often gives an opposite meaning to a word. In this case, we are extracting...

2 Expressions with the Verb Credere

wish." It's often said when there is a disagreement about what to do or how something should...

Asking Questions in Italian part 2

posso porre una domanda?" “Sorry, may I pose a question?” Al posto di "fare" — "posso fare una domanda?"...

Non ci piove

cose cambiano  Play Caption   See this lesson about the verb perdere.   Another thing to say when an argument is airtight is: Non fa una...

Talking about il coronavirus in Italian

colpire (to hit, to affect, to make an impression on). Since it's a headline, all the little words that tell you it's...

Putting in Time with Metterci

on average. But with metterci, we're talking about how long it takes a certain person to do something. Non capisco...

"Get Lost" in Italian

Play Caption   In the following example from a movie about Adriano Olivetti (of typewriter fame), Karen had...

Minimalist Italian — with Che

work too, sometimes Sometimes we can add a noun instead of an adjective:   Che facciamo? Il telefono... Anche il...

Solo: What Does It Really Mean?

che si vantava di avere, but despite all the women he bragged about having, a me sembrava un uomo molto solo. he...

3 Need to Know Italian Expressions for Arguing in Italian

we no longer use much: Loggerheads. To be at loggerheads. A log is a thick piece of wood,...

Asking What Something Means in Italian

of speaking Italian is how to ask about a word we don't understand.   There are a...

Musical Notes Become Words

Caption   We go way back in History A look at the dictionary reveals some interesting information. Solfa...

Getting Undressed in Italian

door) will typically be in a gym, at a pool, a hospital or doctor's office, or,...

What Does Presto Really Mean?

following example, where we have the preposition a (at, too, until): al più presto. In this case, we don't...

Noticing Things (or Not) in Italian with Accorgersi

past tense without the particle ne Let's look at an example without this particle ne. Here, it's...