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Come fare la panzanella (how to make panzanella)

better cooled off in the fridge for about a half an hour. It's best to wait until you...

2 Ways to Cheat in Italian

card games without divinatory associations. Learn more about this here.  Cheating at cards and games has most likely always existed and...

Legno or Legna ?

for burning/firewood). The following example is from a fascinating video on Yabla about olive trees and making olive oil.   Quando avveniva questo distacco...

How to Address Your Teacher in Italian

a fascinating story and Yabla has featured a documentary about Fascism and Italian language. Check out the relative lesson: What's...

The Panzanella Crossword Puzzle

This lesson is simply a crossword puzzle in Italian, especially for you,...

Solutions to Crossword "La Panzanella"

feedback! Troppo facile? Troppo difficile? Funziona bene? A presto!   ...

Tutti Quanti

Literally it means "all fruits." Tutto basically means "all" and can be used both as a pronoun and as an adjective. What's tricky is that depending on...

What Does "Proprio" Actually Mean?

add this example so that you know about this use. Not all Italians uses this properly, so don't worry...

Strappare: To Tear, To Rip

fare uno strappo alle regole, means "to break a rule," "to make an exception."    Another expression with the same noun — strappo — is dare...

Animali and Animalisti

their pets. So being able to talk about pets and animals can be a great way to start a conversation with...

Ways to Say "Free" in Italian

to translate it, you may have to stop and think. So let's have a look at some of the different ways to say...

Let's Look at the Italian Adjective Precario

upset when he read it.    Musicista precario a me? An occasional musician? Me? Caption 35, Chi m'ha...

What Are Virgolette? How to Use Punctuation Terms in Speech

or "period" in Italian. Capo means "head," and so we are at the head of a new paragraph. But we also use punto...

How Adjectives Work in Italian Part 2

the videos as well as the transcripts and all the associated exercises. ...

Emozionato or Nervoso? What's the Difference? 

in anticipo di un paio di minuti, and I'm a couple of minutes early, tanto per essere...

How Adjectives Work in Italian Part 1

opposed to an adverb, which describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.   The distinction is important because in...

Adverbs Formed from Adjectives: Some Easy Tricks

colleagues very clearly: before taking any initiative at all... Caption 19, Il Commissario Manara - S1EP7 - Sogni...

Adverbs Formed from Adjectives: Answers

If you had trouble, let us know at [email protected]   A presto!   ...

Ways to Talk about Death in Italian

e una grande voce del teatro italiano ... At ninety-seven years, after a life on the stage, Valeria Valeri died in Rome....

How to Get Mad in Italian

in the example above, "to be mad at someone." And in this case, grammar pretty much goes...

Working Things Out with Sistemare

allora con un ingegnoso sistema di raccolta delle acque, And so with an ingenious system for collecting water, riuscì a riempire ben sette cisterne che sono sparsi...

5 Different Ways to Use the Word Accordo (Agreement)

Let's say we need to decide on a time and place to meet, or make a friendly...

Everyday Negatives

similar to English.   Nessun problema (no problem [at all]).   Or we can put both expressions together and say, with the wonderful double negative we...

Quadro: so many meanings — what's their connection?

them here. Check out WordReference for more about quadro. And for more Yabla context, do a search of quadro, quadri, quadrato, and quadrati....