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Putting in Time with Metterci

took Enzo to get home. Let’s take a look at the differences between how English and Italian express this kind of time. In...

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

three modal verbs are also nouns, so, occhio al contesto (keep an eye on the context)!    Let's look at some practical examples. Look for an infinitive verb in the...

Tris di Assaggi (Three Tidbits)

is over. If you're dining with friends at home, and would like another helping, you can use bis: Posso fare il bis?...

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

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

Nothing Personal! - L'impersonale - Part 1

the Subject? - Part 2 L'impersonale - Si, Si, and Ci - Part 3 In a recent video lesson Marika gave us some important information...

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

taking singular objects: Si mangia la pasta a pranzo (people eat pasta at lunch). But when the "impersonal" verb refers...

Contradicting and Reconsidering with Anzi

ways to use anzi. We’ll discuss how anzi can reinforce an adjective or idea, and how it can introduce a new idea related to what’s come before....

Getting Adjectives to Behave - Part 2

reso una donna forte, una donna indipendente, autonoma. And... she made me a strong woman, an independent woman, free. Caption 69, Essere... madre...

When Is an Adjective Not an Adjective?

Further practice: Do a Yabla search of morto, and try to determine whether it's an adjective, a participle, or a noun.  Let the context...

Getting Adjectives to Behave - Part 1

beautiful). If you're talking to a man and a woman:* Siete belli (you're [both] beautiful). *Masculine reigns, even...

Wild: Selvatico/Selvaggio

little less wild, e un pochettino più civile. and a tiny bit more civilized. Caption 27, Gianni...

Those Pesky Possessive Adjectives

is that Italian uses both an article and an adjective (think: the my book), which certainly...

Fagioli e Legumi: Beans and Legumes

it's traditional to serve these fava beans, pods and all, at the table, where friends and family gather to...

This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land: Paese and Terra

as Lucania. They sing about their paese (country) and their terra (land), and even about the terra madre (native land). Let's have a look at some of the different connotations of these...

Parole Alterate - Modifying Words to Create New Ones

and prefixes, let's have a quick look at a word used in another of this week's new videos. Massimo Montanari...

Bear Up with Sopportare and Reggere

if you hold this ladder for me, I'll go and have a look at the roof myself. Think about things you (and people you know) can...

"Di che cosa si tratta?" (What's it about?)

lesson, is rather similar in meaning to another turn of phrase: trattarsi di (to be about, to be a matter of, to be a case of),...

Cops: Carabinieri, Vigili, or Poliziotti?

police force) on the other hand, works at a local level and is responsible primarily for traffic control, but...

Staying on the Straight and Narrow with Retto and Retta

triangle, but when it’s a noun—un rettangolo—it’s a rectangle!   And, since retto is an adjective, the ending changes to agree with...

Chiuso per Ferie: The Slowest Week of the Year

and blue skies. People want to be at the seaside. In a video about the culinary arts, an art critic mentions gli anni di piombo (the years...

Getting to the Point with Dunque and Nocciolo

Practice: Try starting out your thoughts with an introductory allora (well, so), and then repeat the sentence using dunque, to get...

Verbs of Uncertainty and the Subjunctive

arises when we have a main clause and a dependent clause. The two clauses, or parts...

Understanding Addosso

taking a bike ride. I was wearing a bright jersey, and so I was quite visible, but in...