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Working Things Out with Sistemare

as you take care of one problem after another, try using sistemare when you have succeeded,...

5 Different Ways to Use the Word Accordo (Agreement)

va bene to say this in Italian, but another common way is d’accordo. It’s a little more serious than just OK, which...

Everyday Negatives

similar to English.   Nessun problema (no problem [at all]).   Or we can put both expressions together...

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

quadro, is because it's unambiguous. Un quadrato is a square, no doubt about it.  Disegniamo un quadrato nel centro del foglio (Let's...

Finding No Fault with Grinza and Piega

can help us remember them. Let's talk about wrinkles. Somebody has a plan, or an explanation for something. How do we say that...

Lo Shopping: Useful vocabulary for shopping in Italy

syllable) means "small change," but when we're talking about someone giving you change, it's a different story. Il resto does mean "the...

Pappa as opposed to Papa and Papà

that use the noun pappa. But first of all, let's remember that there are two P's...

How Do Relative Pronouns Work in Italian

è la spiaggia dei palermitani.    Let's look at an example in which che translates nicely with "that," but can...

Dare: the Gift that Keeps on Giving

plenty of nuances.   Dai is often used as a filler, as part of an innocuous and fairly positive comment, and can...

The Dottore Is In

One example of this usanza (use, custom) occurs in a recent episode about Adriano Olivetti.   Io e la mia famiglia...

Making Sense of Comparatives and Superlatives

the comparative and the superlative. Let's take a moment and review the series because, coming from English,...

Dotato o Negato? (Gifted or Talentless?)

the Italian comparative adverb più (more) before the adjective negato (not at all gifted). Whew! Talk about something not translating smoothly into English!   Negato is...

"Let Me Know" in Italian

un sogno, at the very end, there is an expression that's used just about every day, especially at the end of a conversation, email, a phone...

When Pensare Doesn't Mean "to Think"

readers has expressed interest in knowing more about a certain kind of verb: the kind that has a...

Absolutely Superlative!

and so it makes sense to talk about yet another kind of comparative. We're not really comparing...

Comparatives of Equality

We have seen that comparatives work a bit differently in Italian as compared to...

Ci Siamo (We're There)!

Let's look at a few idiomatic expressions people tend to use...

Comodo: Comfortable or Handy?

Caption   In a future lesson, we'll talk about comodo as a noun.   ...

2 Words about Trying: Provare and Provarci

often shortened to a "ch" sound in a contraction. C'ho provato (I tried). Provaci is an informal command: "Give it a try!" The...

How to Talk About Email in Italian

te privacy è entrar nella mia mail e scrivere a Marco al posto mio... If privacy for you means...

Meglio or Migliore?

in English.  Sei il/la migliore! You're the best!   Migliore is either an adjective or a noun — never an adverb.   Meglio, on the other...

Two Oddball Words in Odd Contexts

sei. Puntata 3 - Part 1  Play Caption   A common comment about someone with good fortune is: Che culo! What...

Good News About Comparatives in Italian

corresponds to the English, because in English, not all adjectives have a comparative form. "Arrivederci" [quando vado via] è...

2 Very Different Meanings of the Verb Investire

Part 2  Play Caption But there is another meaning of investire that is less easy to guess at: "to hit" (as in getting hit by...