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Noioso: Boring or Annoying?

between noioso and annoiato. They are both 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."

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?

excursion? 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

di pasta e un'insalata? (do you want a second course or are you happy with pasta and salad)?   -My boss asks me: Mi puoi...

Movie Talk in Italian

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

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

the verb toccare (to touch). In the following clip, Dino and Melody are making wishes with blueberries:   Adesso tocca a te. Now it's your turn. Caption 9,...

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"?

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

Seguimi! 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

We have an active sentence with a subject, a transitive verb, and an object. Active: Il contadino guida il trattore...

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

are going to take one segment of an episode of a TV series we are offering on Yabla and explore some of...

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

talking about dates. Every language expresses dates a bit differently, and there are often different options. The basic premise is...

Different Ways to Use the Word No in Italian

to kick you out? Can you give a couple of answers? 2) What if you are talking about when you asked someone out on a...

Italians and TV

musical group?   There's another word to talk about a TV. Here is Luca Manara after his first day on job, and he...

Presso Answers the Question Dove (Where)?

Martina  Play Caption   Daniela teaches some video lessons about writing letters, both formal and informal. She describes a letter applying for a job.   Per esempio...

Siamo alla frutta!

great idiomatic expression that is worth knowing about and — why not? —memorizing. A couple is complaining about their financial situation...

When the Noun Pezzo (Piece) Is Used to Mean "Time"

So let's say two friends get together after a long time. There are various ways we can comment. Note that...