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How to Offer Condolences in Italian

Phone In the following example, the condolences are expressed as part of a conversation, and the person talking is not a close...

3 Ways to Get It Wrong in Italian

In the following example, the preposition is a (to) and rather than "being wrong," it's "going wrong."...

Cavare, Scavare, and Ricavare

Cave You might be asking yourself: What about the English word "cave?" There are a few choices.   Allora, questa casa, questo ambiente,...

Getting by with cavarsela

uncertain, like, for example, a new job, a new home, an exam, and much more.  And the verb is.... cavarsela. It's...

2 Expressions with the Verb Credere

his son. His son wishes he had a mother, and Renzo is downplaying it. It plays out...

Asking Questions in Italian part 2

can use in place of fare. It's a little more formal, it has an English cognate, and it often indicates that some thought is...

Non ci piove

of tiles or tegole. If you move a tegola around, the rain might leak into the house....

Talking about il coronavirus in Italian

Caption   In the headline, of course, we are talking about "each and every." In other words, "Avoid unnecessary travel."...

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

the following example, a waiter is hanging around a bit too long at the table he...

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?

facciamo un duetto. Can I first hear a solo, and then, maybe let's see, we'll do a...

3 Need to Know Italian Expressions for Arguing in Italian

sense with the Italian ferri, as we are talking about iron tools or possibly weapons. Think of a blacksmith's tools. We can imagine that this...

Asking What Something Means in Italian

ask. We at Yabla are pretty passionate about language and are happy to share the passion. This lesson,...

Musical Notes Become Words

two notes: sol (G) and fa (F). Solfeggio was and is a way to facilitate reading music using syllables representing the...

Getting Undressed in Italian

take off your clothes. Some places have an appropriate room where you can change and take a shower, which in English, we might call...

What Does Presto Really Mean?

Play Caption   Here's a little telephone conversation about starting a new job. The way we form the...

Noticing Things (or Not) in Italian with Accorgersi

since accorgersi is reflexive, we have both a direct and an indirect object pronoun in the sentence. When that...

Combining Conjugated Verbs and Infinitives Part 3

1, some are connected with the preposition a, as we saw in Part 2, and others are connected with the preposition di, which we...

Il Mutuo and La Mutua

conversation. One is about money and one is about health (and money too, in a roundabout way), both very common topics of...

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

is some variety in how they talk about it. There are verbs, nouns, and adverbs to choose from. Let's take a...

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

also use il trucco to mean "makeup." We are, in a way, falsifying how we really look when...