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Expressing Relief with Menomale or Meno male

Here's a great little expression of relief. Literally, it...

Roll up your Sleeves with Rimboccarsi le Maniche

make fricos, a local dish from northern Italy. They are made with humble ingredients, but take a bit of slicing and dicing. So Marika rolls up her sleeves....

Finding Yourself with Trovarsi

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

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

phrasal noun to have in your vocabulary. Anima and animo are so similar that we might not notice...

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 è regolare...

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'

tipiche romane? So could you tell us a little which fruits and vegetables are typically Roman? Caption 37, Anna e Marika...

Being Miffed in Italian

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 flak) and sarà (you're listening...

The "Otherness" of Altrui

Italian language. 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)

In a recent lesson we talked about the conjunction affinché (in order that) and how it prompts the subjunctive.   We also...

Manco: an Informal Way to Say Neanche

centuries-old linguistic institution in Italy, now also an online service for questions about the Italian language (articles are in Italian). ...

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

right out and saying it, or reinforcing a negative you are indeed saying. And the more you use it, the more...

Expressing Need with Servire

In a recent lesson, Daniela talks about using the noun il bisogno (the need) to express need. Ho bisogno...

Chiaro and Chiaramente

Gli avverbi di modo  Play Caption   As a matter of fact, dictionaries list chiaro as both an adjective and adverb, but as an adverb, it's used...

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...

Solido and Sodo

she uses is sodo. It is very similar to solido, and indeed, they are pretty equivalent and have the same Latin...

Workplace Vocabulary - Part 2

have the security of a regular paycheck and a Christmas bonus: la tredicesima, an “extra, thirteenth” paycheck at Christmastime. They are lavoratori dipendenti or dipendenti. Others...

This and That - Questo e Quello

can also click on the transcript of a video and see the whole text printed out in...

Tricky Adverbs: Sempre, Ancora, and Mai

pretty easy. But sempre also means “still,” which is a bit less familiar. Sei sempre qua? Are you still here?   And we might feel even more challenged, because we can...

Pasta and More Pasta

recent video at Yabla is a further episode about a shop in Rome that specializes in gift packaging, and personalized gifts made of carta (paper), cartone (cardboard), but also tessuto (cloth/fabric) and pasta modellabile (modeling clay)....

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...