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The Little Words: Particles ne and ci in Context

for them. In English, equivalents for them are often superfluous.   This one little word ne represents a preposition plus an indirect object. In the following example, Lara...

Future and Conditional in the First Person Plural

to), with one “m.” The narrator is about to show us some film clips, so it’s a sure thing.   In una serie di filmati,...

Education and Educazione: Friends or Not?

school principal after the kid got in a fight. They are not talking about book learning here.   Ma prima di metterlo...

When O's Become U's - Welcome to Sicily

offerings is about Sicily. The Giuseppe Pitrè videos are peppered with phrases in the Sicilian dialect. As a matter of fact, although we call it...

The Mystery of the Hidden Pronouns

we "get" more than we "see."   Here are a few examples of how this works: Ho (I...

Stare: Another Way of Being

doing at the moment, and what you are about to do. You can use stare for all these...

If at First You Don't Succeed: riuscire

more specific than potere (to be able to).   Riesci a inquadrarla? -Sì. Are you able to get a shot of...

Colloquial Speech

this prefix, such as stravecchio (very mature or old), stracotto (as an adjective, “very well-cooked”; as a noun, “meat stewed a long time”), stravedere (to think...

Word Order Options with Modal Verbs and Object Pronouns

finanziaria. I wanted to talk to you about a financial situation. Captions 36-37, Il Commissario Manara...

Sapere sapere sapere

verb in the infinitive rather than by a noun.   She explains about using the preposition di between conjugated sapere and the verb in...

The Verb Ricordare (to Remember) in Context

incredible, thirty years have passed and you are the same. -Identico a chi? -The same as who? -Sono Simona, non ti ricordi, eh?...

Remembering and Forgetting with Ricordare and Dimenticare

we have treated ricordare and dimenticare as ordinary transitive verbs. They are followed by a noun. This is the most basic way...

Ci: There's Always More to Say About It!

object of the preposition. So we’re talking about an indirect pronoun. She uses some examples that give a fairly clear idea of how to use ci in...

Cercare, Tentare and Provare: to Try

zia, ma lei parte troppo tardi (I tried asking my aunt for a ride, but she leaves too late).   Hai...

The Ci in C'è

A common contraction we hear every day in...

Conjugated Verbs + Infinitives Part 1

They don’t correspond in meaning exactly, but are close enough to give you a visual idea of how these two combinations...

More on Mettere (to Put)

to the pot, we have the word smettere. An “s” attached to a verb often shifts its meaning to the...

Using the Subjunctive in Conversation

Let's have a quick look at some of the ways...

Recuperare (To Recover)

cognate for this, “to recuperate,” but the Italian recuperare is about much more than getting well after an illness or injury! In English we also...

Meglio Tardi che Mai: Better Late than Never

weather, they came back early.   Just to add a little twist, another opposite of anticipare is posticipare (postpone, to delay). Per via del...

Another Look at Insomma

episodes of Commissario Manara and L’oro di Scampia. We discussed insomma in a previous lesson, but here it is again, so it’s worth looking at, since it...

What's the Difference Between infatti and in effetti ?

saying “in fact” instead of “actually” or “as a matter of fact.” In effetti can be used...

Pregare: Praying, Begging, Requesting, and Saying "Please"

that it's used in actual prayers (preghiere) as well. There’s a good example of this basic meaning of pregare in...

Accents Make the Difference

written Italian.   In speaking, If you’re not sure about whether a vowel is open or closed, say the...