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Regolare: Aggettivo e Verbo

28-29, 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

the connection with so many words. Here are a few. Related nouns: il corriere (the courier, the shipping...

When Less Is More with Un Po'

help her figure out how to get around. As she thinks out loud, she uses a common phrase: Vediamo un po' come possiamo...

Being Miffed in Italian

dello squalo - Part 3  Play Caption Practice: As you go about your day, try experimenting with sarà meglio (you are the boss and you're not taking any...

The "Otherness" of Altrui

Italian language (Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio) also used it as a pronoun to mean “others.” It was used...

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

a way, so is “until,” when used as a conjunction. “Un” is also a prefix meaning...

Manco: an Informal Way to Say Neanche

related to the first, is used quite a bit. It’s equivalent to neanche (not even) as an abbreviated form of nemmanco (not even).   Manco, meaning neanche, has generally been considered...

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

proper” writing. In modern Italian, it is most often used as an adverb synonymous with affatto (at all) or per niente (at all).    Non...

Expressing Need with Servire

with the verb servire (to serve). It’s used with an indirect object, as if it were “it serves to me.” Remember...

Chiaro and Chiaramente

spiega - Gli avverbi di modo  Play Caption   As a matter of fact, dictionaries list chiaro as both an adjective and adverb, but as an adverb,...

Doppiare, Sdoppiare: It's All About Dubbing

just that, as in the following example, where it functions as an adjective. Note how the ending of the adjective changes according to the gender...

Solido and Sodo

matter). In this case, the adjective sodo is used as a noun, to mean something like  “the serious...

Workplace Vocabulary - Part 2

way. Ho impiegato questo coltello come cacciavite. I employed this knife as a screwdriver.   When referring to an office situation, we often use impiegato (the past participle...

This and That - Questo e Quello

preposizione DI  Play Caption   If there were an “S” plus “P” in a masculine noun, as in the following example, we might say:...

Tricky Adverbs: Sempre, Ancora, and Mai

7  Play Caption   Ancora can also mean “even” as an adverb modifying another adverb.   Uno si stanca ancora prima di...

Pasta and More Pasta

recent video at Yabla is a further episode about a shop in Rome that specializes in gift...

Words That Trigger the Subjunctive: qualora and affinché

or “at”) fine (“scope,” “end”), and che (that). So, we’re talking about a result we are looking for. In informal speech, we might say, “in...

Food in Italy at Christmastime

but caloric desserts.  Here’s a link to a Yabla blog about the winter holidays in various parts of...

Ways to Say “About” in Italian

About" is a very common word in English. It is...

Fare and Food

for dinner?) There’s always more to learn about verbs such as fare. Remember, it’s an irregular verb, and a very common one, so it’s a handy...

The Historical Present Tense in Italian

the historical present is the use of a verb phrase in the present tense to refer to an event that took place in the past....

Those Pesky Particelle (Particles)

Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati  Play Caption   Another example, not about a place but about a situation. Who will take care of this...

The Good, the Bad...

Caption   Back to our quiz show... They talk about excess as being both a quality and a weakness.   È anche il...