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Alimenti, Ravioli, and Pinzimonio

with fuel, energy, food, and nutrition. Here are a few related terms:   L’alimentari (small grocery or...

Wishing You the Best, with "Buono"

giorno or giornata, think of the calendar. As a general rule, use giorno when talking about the calendar, where a day is a...

The Gender Gap

than women (although in part 3 we are introduced to ispettore Sardi, a woman). Ispettrice as a feminine form of ispettore does exist,...

How to say you're sorry in Italian

it’s not at all a question of asking pardon, such as when we hear about a disgrazia (adversity, terrible loss). In the following...

The Italian Alphabet - Part 2

foreign language can be quite a challenge. As Marika spells out in a lesson for beginners about the alphabet, Italians use the names of...

The Italian take on “take” and “make” (prendere and fare)

an appointment, but when Francesca gets serious about buying a new car, she “takes” an appointment:   Dobbiamo prendere quindi un appuntamento per...

The Italian Alphabet - Part 1

how Marika says it: esse: two syllables. As a matter of fact, in the commercial world,...

Getting to Know Conoscere

because it means “of them.” Like ci, as we’ve already seen in Ci Gets Around, ne is a particle that can either be separate, as...

Pizza al taglio, aperitivi, and stuzzichini

style. The apericena exists both in bars about town, offering an alternative to a costly tab in a restaurant, and in...

Prendere and Riprendere

No, it's OK with me. -Allora, sei a tuo agio? -So, are you at ease? -Sì. Riprendiamo da dove...

Beccare

lesson), and that’s how Manara uses it as he questions an uncooperative witness:    Se non vuoi beccarti un'incriminazione...

In fondo in fondo

first challenges is to find your way around. Asking directions is one thing. Understanding them is another! A destra (to the right) and a sinistra...

I like it - Mi piace

don't like. In English, “to like” is an active verb, as in “I like strawberries.” Italians use the...

Summer Offerings

these names? Fiore (flower) can be used as an adjective, fior, to describe something as being...

Che sarà sarà

One could barely see it.  When used as a conjunction meaning “as soon as,” appena will...

The Future is Now (Probably)!

our first example, Federico Fellini is talking about a future meeting with Ingmar Bergman, and as you can see from the translation, he...

Being Polite with Dare del Lei

it can become part of the verb, as we’ve talked about in a previous lesson. In the example below, the...

Fare Figura: To Make an Impression

the brutta. To determine whether someone’s talking about a good or bad figura, pay close attention...

Don't Worry!: non ti preoccupare

L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua  Play Caption   As an aside, the antidote to worrying is frequently...

Elegant and Not So Elegant Turns of Phrase

eh... come molti non sanno, Briscola, uh... as a lot of people don't know, non è...

Vabbè and Chi me lo fa fare?

Rapsodia in Blu  Play Caption   Vabbè is an expression that gets used about as often as “OK.” Sometimes, though, we really...

Making Connections with Appunto (Indeed)

about his career, and starts out talking about developing a passion for his work:   Quando ho incominciato...

Frizzante o Naturale?

can be challenges to something as simple as asking for a un bicchiere d’acqua (a glass of water)!...

Expressions Having to Do with Eyes and Sight

paying “through the nose,” or something costing “an arm and a leg!" When something is too obvious to...