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Fregarsene: To Not Care

affect me any less, I don't give a hoot about it). Note: In English we often use...

Sospetto: Suspiciously Suspect

voice (as in the above example) or as a normal past participle. Let the context be...

Casomai: If Need Be

could use some explaining. Casomai is usually expressed as a single word, but is in fact composed...

The Trentino-Alto Adige Region

the Brenner Pass to Modena, as well as the railroad that follows a similar route. And so when travelling to...

Simpatico

a wonderful description of a person’s character. As a matter of fact, it has started creeping...

Life Events: Nascere, Vivere, Morire

viva! I never did any harm to a living soul!   Morire is also an irregular verb. Floria Tosca muore alla fine dell’opera. Floria...

Photography Words

Play Caption   We can also scattare una foto (take a picture). Learn more about the verb scattare here. The verb scattare has to do with...

Understanding the Reciprocal Reflexive Form

need auxiliaries or helping verbs, it gets a little more complicated, because as Marika mentioned above, in Italian, “reciprocals” look...

Fondente

In a recent episode of Commissario Manara, there is a play on words that could do with...

Committed and Busy with Impegno, Impegnato, and Impegnarsi

commitment." In the video, the two people are talking about a commitment in matters of the heart:   Il...

The Passato Remoto in Basilicata

used here in its past participle tolto. Once again, this is an example of the passive voice, but the verb essere (to...

Ancora: Again, Still, Yet, and More

a slightly more emotional and intense feeling about it. Context and tone are key! In a nutshell: Ancora is used to mean: again still...

Close Encounters with Incontro

a as a preposition, we need a subject, a verb—usually venire (to come) or andare (to go), and an indirect object. If the object is a...

"Sempre" Is Not Always "Always"

I’m still home!   Another common use of sempre is to reinforce another adverb, such as in the following example. In this case...

"Dire" Says More Than Just “To Say”

of dica, you’ll find plenty of examples of dica as an imperative, and plenty more as the third person or second person subjunctive...

Ecco: An Ancient and Useful Adverb

pane  Play Caption   Ecco can stand alone (just about anywhere in a sentence) as in the above example, or can precede...

More Ways to Translate the Imperfetto

and use the simple past instead. If, as a foreigner, you know how to use the...

Perfecting the Imperfetto

have) plus a participle. It stands alone as a verb and is conjugated and so it is...

Being Willing with Volentieri

22-23, PsicoVip - Il treno  Play Caption   Grammatically, volentieri is an adverb, so you can use it alongside a verb as well. In the following example, it modifies...

To’ and Boh

infinitive to identify the verb, to'  is expressed as a command, as in "take this," and is only...

Being Up to It, with “In Grado”

is beyond my capabilities (because I haven’t learned how). Another way of thinking about this is “being up to a task.” Il mio computer non è in grado di...

Verbi pronominali - Pronominal Verbs

verb (prendere in this case). But let’s take a closer look at what verbi pronominali (pronominal verbs) are all about.   What does pronominale (pronominal) mean? Pronominale (pronominal) means...

Expressing Urgency with Scappare

situation in this video is commonplace, especially if you are touring around some Italian city and drinking plenty of...

Getting Upset with Prendersela

as in the following example, where prendere ends up as a past participle.   "Me la sono presa con...