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Combining Conjugated Verbs and Infinitives Part 3

this lesson.  Verbs that take di before a verb in the infinitive: Let's start with an example.    Ti ho portato il millefoglie. I...

Il Mutuo and La Mutua

legal resident. You don't need to be an Italian citizen.   Here's a scenario.  Devo fare un intervento al femore (I have to get my hip...

Combining Conjugated Verbs and Infinitives Part 2

them directly In part 1, we talked about combining a conjugated verb with an infinitive where no preposition is necessary. This typically...

How to Hurry Up in Italian

talking to (although you wouldn't say it at all to someone you need to be formal...

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...

Legno or Legna ?

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

How to Address Your Teacher in Italian

a fascinating story and Yabla has featured a documentary about Fascism and Italian language. Check out the...

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

the example below, Alberto Angela is talking about a fact, a situation, so he uses the...

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

of this week's many videos, we hear about a dog that gets rescued. Andromeda is clearly...

Ways to Say "Free" in Italian

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

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

è un dovere morale coltivarlo. Talent is an enormous gift. Talent is... it's a moral duty to cultivate it. Captions 75-76,...

Emozionato or Nervoso? What's the Difference? 

think of in Italian, nervoso, is more about being irritable, in a bad mood. When you are nervous about...

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

have only myself to blame. I'm mad at myself.   There's a more official word for feeling resentful, too,...