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Modal Verbs in Italian

how we use modal verbs in Italian, and how they are conjugated, see Daniela's video lesson about modal verbs. The modal verbs are: dovere (to have...

Tris di Assaggi (Three Tidbits)

10-11, Francesca - alla guida  Play Caption   As a question tag, the person and auxiliary verb are often left out:   Tiziana, calmati. Tiziana, calm...

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

un coro si canta. (In a choir you sing/In a choir one sings). Answers will be provided in next week's lesson....

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

it will make more sense! The following are some answers and possible translations for the exercise in last week's...

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

good place to start for understanding noun-adjective agreement.    Further practice: After viewing a Yabla video, check out the Vocabulary Review....

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

vegetarian brodo (broth) for the kind of soups that are particularly popular in Tuscany.   There's talk, in a video about famous Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi, about the...

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...

Parole Alterate - Modifying Words to Create New Ones

as terms of endearment. The most common suffixes are: -uccio and -otto. Adding this suffix bestows something special,...

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?)

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?

Manara takes place in that environment (in fact, there's a new segment this week!).    Luca and Lara are usually in borghese (plainclothes), and wear their uniforms only on...

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

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...

The Underlying Meaning of "Allora"

di un aggettivo uso "bello" o "buono". a situation, if I'm talking about an adjective I use "bello" or "buono." Captions...

Vivere: Living the Experience

Caption   And here’s Jovanotti in his song about positive thinking, with a verb and a noun that both mean “experience”!   ...e...