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Using Sotto (Under) and Dietro (Behind)

luogo  Play Caption   The example below is about putting a halter on a horse.   Qui ci andrà...

More on Riprendere

nutshell: Verbo transitivo (transitive verb): Prendere (to take) Riprendere (to take another, to take again, to continue after an interruption) Verbo riflessivo (reflexive verb), also verbo pronominale (pronominal verb): Riprendersi (to...

Macchine, Macchine, and Macchine

the machine is undoubtedly electric, but there are mechanical machines as well, powered by a human! You turn the crank. Mechanical pasta...

What's the Story on Voi in the Singular?

the use of Voi — with a capital letter — as a second person singular, polite form. It uses...

Adapting to Adatto and Adattare

afraid I won’t be able to adapt it ever again. It might be better to buy a modular set of shelves that adapts to any space. ...

Indietro Non si Torna (You Can’t Go Back)

new video from Yabla, Adriano tells us about a book he wrote. He uses the verb importare (to...

Places to Sit in Italian - Part 2

comfortable places to sit. Normally, if there are arms on a chair, as in “armchair,” it’s una poltrona, for Italians, especially if...

Chi Manca (Who's Missing)?

the pasta].   Let's transpose this to talking about people. Let's say there's a meeting, but not everyone is there. Someone says:  Chi manca (who's...

Upkeep and Keeping Up with Mantenere

is also part of mantenere) or conservare. It’s more about keeping a promise, as in the following example, where the subjunctive...

Locali, Locale, Locals

A note about Adriano and his Dublin videos. You may notice...

Legare (to Tie)

its past participle form, which functions here as an adjective. Another translation might be "bound to each other."...

Stare as Opposed to Essere

are some situations in which stare works and essere doesn’t. Come stai (how are you)? We’re talking about a condition here.   "Come stai?" rispondo "sto bene!"...

Places to Sit in Italian - Part 1

made of wood. It seats several people around a table. This kind of panca doesn’t usually have a...

Making Mistakes with Gusto and Feeling

ship. The captain was played by Massimo Dapporto, another popular Italian actor. Then a new “season” started up with Gigi Proietti...

Making Sense of Senso

from what we looked at above. It’s about feelings, but specifically negative ones, as you can see from the translation. Something...

Extra Reading References

translating skills at Italian universities, as well as being a successful novelist. His books about Italy provide some well-written and humorous insight...

Come mai?

giving someone the benefit of the doubt. As an example, let’s say that the other person...

School and Workplace Vocabulary - Part 1 Compito and Interrogare

lavoro (a job) that needs doing.   Compito, used as a noun, actually comes from the past participle...

Anche se and Persino in Context

e scrupolosa come sei. careful and conscientious as you are. Captions 29-31, Marika spiega - I segni dello...

Capito?

the present indicative of capire. In this case, we’re talking about understanding something or someone on a deeper level. It’s used transitively, and means...

Il Fine and La Fine

since it has some ambiguities both as an adjective and as a preposition, so stay tuned! ...

La vita quotidiana (daily life)

of her apartment in Rome, so let’s talk about a couple of details concerning Italian life that come to the fore as she takes us around.   Il bucato (the laundry): In...

Custodire and Its Relatives

of “guardian,” there are other words that are more specific. When referring to someone as a “custodian,” Italians often do use il custode, especially in...

Are Accents Important?

relatively easy to pronounce and spell, there are a few typical stumbling blocks. Let's talk about one in particular. Let's say you are...