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Anche se and Persino in Context

more emphatic “even though.”   Dopo mezzogiorno, cominciamo a dire "Buonasera", After noon, we start saying "good evening," anche...

Capito?

S1EP1 - Un delitto perfetto  Play Caption   But capito is a great and user-friendly alternative.   When listening to someone tell...

Il Fine and La Fine

One of our subscribers has asked about the difference between il fine and la fine. It’s an excellent question, and one many of us surely wonder about...

La vita quotidiana (daily life)

not unusual for a cycle to take an hour and a half.   La raccolta differenziata (recycling): We say “recycling” but actually,...

Custodire and Its Relatives

to understand what custodire means.   In this week’s episode about Giuseppe Pitrè and Sicilian traditions, a couple of variations of custodire are used. Custodire is often used...

Are Accents Important?

game. Although Italian is relatively easy to pronounce and spell, there are a few typical stumbling blocks. Let's talk about...

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

have a single “m” in the future, and a double “m” in the conditional. So, aside...

Education and Educazione: Friends or Not?

words. It’s often truncated to mal. Male is both a noun and an adverb. Technically the adjective form is malo, as...

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

ne fa]. who thinks of one thing and does a thousand of them. Captions 30-31, Dottor Pitrè...

The Mystery of the Hidden Pronouns

form a sentence, we need a subject and a verb. For the moment, let’s stick to...

Stare: Another Way of Being

look, what you’re 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

Beato tra le donne  Play Caption   Here are the examples and their solutions, for a quick comparison.  1) Eh, me lo potevi dire anche...

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

identico. It's incredible, thirty years have passed and you are the same. -Identico a chi? -The same as who? -Sono Simona,...

Remembering and Forgetting with Ricordare and Dimenticare

the subject and object of the verb are one and the same: Mi sono tagliato (I cut myself)....

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

leaves out the shopping.   So when we are thinking about how to say something in Italian, and we are translating from English, it’s tricky...

Cercare, Tentare and Provare: to Try

evidence).   e quindi tutte le prove sono a carico di Ninetta. and so all the proof is against Ninetta....

The Ci in C'è

word ci in lessons, since it really does get around, and can be tricky. For more about ci, see these...

Conjugated Verbs + Infinitives Part 1

Adriano - la sua ragazza  Play Caption   Mix and Match The following are some examples of the two different formulas...

More on Mettere (to Put)

something different. This time mi at the end of mettimi is an indirect object and means in this case, “for me.” The...

Using the Subjunctive in Conversation

the following example, the subjunctive is used after the word che (that), and involves doubt. The verb is essere (to be).   Ho...