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Three Ways to Crush It: pestare, schiacciare, frantumare

frantoio  Play Caption Anna and Marika use all three of these verbs in their videos about pesto, so check them out! As you replicate...

Asking Questions in Italian part 1

learning English because in Italian, to ask a question, all you have to do is change your...

Becoming Familiar with the Passato Remoto

you're not sure which tense you are looking at, click on the word, even when you are in theprinter-friendly version, and a dictionary will pop up to help you....

Dante and Dante

it was worth discussing what this word is all about.   Have you ever fallen in love and...

Being Embarrassed in Italian

In this lesson, we’ll talk about a curious use of the noun imbarazzo (embarrassment). But first...

Conjugating Verbs in the Subjunctive

the verbs mentioned? You can look up a verb’s conjugation here.   Some people are adept at memorizing lists of verb conjugations. Others might...

Expressing Relief with Menomale or Meno male

when you would say "whew!" having avoided a disaster, try saying menomale all by itself. For pronunciation help, listen to...

Roll up your Sleeves with Rimboccarsi le Maniche

Well, Claudio's a great guy, first of all, a true friend, and... and he's one who always knows how to roll up his sleeves [to pitch...

Finding Yourself with Trovarsi

When we look at a video about a place, the speaker often uses the...

How to Have Hindsight in Italian

the present one. It also uses poi, which as an adverb means "then" or "after" and as a noun means "the future," or "the hereafter."...

Being in the Mood with Stato d'Animo

or the other, such as stato d'animo. (We'll look at expressions with anima in another lesson.)   ...e attraversando i pensieri, gli stati...

Branching off with Innesto and Diramazione

At the very beginning of a recent video about an abandoned villa, we see a road sign....

Regolare: Aggettivo e Verbo

Marika spiega - Il corridoio  Play Caption As an adjective, regolare comes up a lot when talking about verbs and conjugations. Come vedete, il verbo...

Correre (to Run): Finding the Flow

corrente as in essere al corrente (to be well-informed, to know about) A noun related to corrente the adjective: la corrente (the electricity,...

When Less Is More with Un Po'

want to say you don’t speak much at all, you might use the diminutive of an already “diminutive” word: un pochino. Or you might...

Being Miffed in Italian

singular of the verb essere (to be). For more about this verb and this tense, see these video lessons from Daniela.   As a stand-alone expression, sarà meglio (one/you had better) works in many...

The "Otherness" of Altrui

We hope you enjoyed it and learned a thing or two about Italian history. One important concept put forth...

Finché (as long as) and Finché non (until)

Further learning:  Do a Yabla search of finché and look at all the examples. Some will be correct without non,...

Manco: an Informal Way to Say Neanche

and neppure (not even).   It’s important to remember that manco is an abbreviation for a word with ne (not, nor) as a sort of...

Little Easter: Forming Diminutives

diminutive suffix added?   Ora (hour) - un'oretta (a short hour, about an hour, a little under an hour, an hour or...

Mica, an insignificant but potent adverb

delle dilettanti come noi. It won't be at all easy, uh, for dilettantes like us. Caption...

Expressing Need with Servire

almeno il doppio di questa qui, There's a rope that's at least twice as long as this one,...

Chiaro and Chiaramente

other hand, can stand alone before or after another clause or can be inserted just about anywhere in a sentence.   Natoli ha chiaramente...

Doppiare, Sdoppiare: It's All About Dubbing

on dubbing. What's doppiaggio (dubbing)? After receiving a translation of a script, an actor, in a special recording booth with...