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Scattare and Staccare

un buttero - Part 8  Play Caption   Here are a few common examples to give you an idea of how the prefix s works.   Corretto (correct)/scorretto (incorrect, or...

Rimanere: Being Impressed and Staying There

it comes with time and practice. Here are a few more past participles as adjectives that often go hand in hand...

Staying on the Pista and Going the Extra Mile

hurry. It’s not considered impolite, but more about safety.   A proposito di sicurezza (speaking of safety), there are more and more bike paths cropping up...

Direct Object Pronouns - Part 2

that the verb and the object have a direct relationship—no prepositions are involved. Here’s an example: I carry the ball. The object “ball”...

La Pancia, Great and Small

his stomach is growling, Dixi treats it as another living being who happens to have a sweet tooth just like Dixi himself. In...

Direct Object Pronouns - Part 1

like “it” (which is the same as a subject and as an object), “me” as opposed to “I,” “us”...

Sleeping Arrangements

size for a divano letto (a sofa bed). Due piazze is about as big as you’ll find in a bed.   Sofas are also measured with piazze. They’re usually three or...

Hypothetical Examples: Per Dire

be true, but she was using it as an example.    Perché a Pasqua lui doveva avere lo zafferano Because...

Ride or Walk?

English we usually put the means first, as an adjective: a train ride, a boat ride, a bike...

Four Ways Things Can Happen: Succedere, Capitare, Accadere, Avvenire

There are a few different Italian words used to refer...

"Pure" - Not Pure and Simple!

Go ahead and make yourself at home. [Also, as a sarcastic retort: "Be my guest!"] Formal: Vada pure avanti....

Essere or Avere?

the masculine, a transitive verb used intransitively, an adjective form of a participle.   - For intransitive verbs taking essere, try doing...

Getting What We Want from Volere

Caption 27, Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena  Play Caption   But it’s not always as easy as just conjugating the verb, like...

Odd Weights and Measures

approximate measurements. A man's stride will be around a meter. Le dita (fingers) are used to indicate how much water to put...

When Things Don't Matter

the negative when something doesn’t matter: non importa! It’s a great little phrase, because there’s an impersonal subject (hidden in the third person...

Making the Most of Yabla Italian

include in the review, up to 10.   A note about the words chosen for the vocabulary review:...

Putting in Time with Metterci

takes me three hours." The person appears as an object (me). Italian gets personal right away,...

More Examples of the Impersonale

form of verbs in previous lessons. There's a great example in Marika's video about the entrance to her apartment. Note that...

Modal Verbs in Italian

conjugated. Italian modal verbs are conjugated and are irregular, so as Daniela says, you just have to learn...

Tris di Assaggi (Three Tidbits)

about trends in restaurant dining. He talked about what quickly caught on as a popular way of getting a little taste...

Si, Si, and Ci - L'impersonale - Part 3

object (si), which is what reflexive verbs are all about.  So we've seen that the reflexive form...

Nothing Personal! - L'impersonale - Part 1

how to proceed with reading the notes.   As a matter of fact, the second person singular...

Where's the Subject? - L'impersonale Part 2

the (third person) plural: Pietanze is plural, so mangiano is plural. There are a few different ways to translate this in...

Contradicting and Reconsidering with Anzi

Aside from its various uses and connotations as a single conjunction, anzi is also part of important compound...