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Food in Italy at Christmastime

is generally served at the end of a meal, and at Christmastime, there is usually also frutta secca (nuts and other...

Ways to Say “About” in Italian

very common word in English. It is a preposition, but also an adjective and adverb. For now, we'll focus on the...

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

borghesia sono mali da estirpare. Foreign words and the bourgeoisie are evils to be rooted out. Captions 5-6,...

Those Pesky Particelle (Particles)

Play Caption   Another example, not about a place but about a situation. Who will take care of this...

The Good, the Bad...

this week’s episode of L’Eredità quiz show, the host and contestants are talking about someone’s character. Some character traits can be...

Using Sotto (Under) and Dietro (Behind)

are used in lots of different contexts. And there are plenty of adverbs to talk about. But we’ll save them for future lessons....

More on Riprendere

but this time it's the reflexive form, riprendersi. In a reflexive verb, the direct object and the subject are the same. Mi riprendo (I get myself back).   So when Gigi...

Macchine, Macchine, and Macchine

undoubtedly many other macchine that carry out specific tasks, and more are being invented faster than we can learn...

What's the Story on Voi in the Singular?

A Bit of History   The story is a long, complicated, and fascinating one, but here are the basics.   In ancient Rome, people used...

Adapting to Adatto and Adattare

a carpenter. I had already adapted it once to a much more irregular space, and now, I’m afraid I won’t be able...

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,...

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

of people or animals. Manutenzione which is more about maintenance and upkeep.   The following example uses both mantenere and manutenzione in a single sentence.   E fornisce molto lavoro, soprattutto...

Locali, Locale, Locals

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

Legare (to Tie)

here. And in the following example, we’re talking about a leash for a dog and tying an animal to a secure post.   Va be',...

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

chair). It has four legs, a seat, and a back.   "Per favore, sollevami sulla sedia e...

Making Mistakes with Gusto and Feeling

to do with local pronunciation, not (necessarily) ignorance, and is a regional characteristic. For other aspects of the...

Making Sense of Senso

Il senso (the sense, the way, the feeling) is a very useful noun and has several meanings. Some of the meanings...

Extra Reading References

day in your inbox. It may be a word you don’t care about, and you can just send it to the...

Come mai?

example, Mimì of "La Bohème" is talking about a change in Alfredo’s behavior. Since she was...

School and Workplace Vocabulary - Part 1 Compito and Interrogare

certain amount of sense. Two other verbs, compiere and competere sound similar and are also relevant. We'll look at these in an upcoming lesson.   In Europe, there is a...