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Getting Someone’s Attention in Italian: Ascoltare and Sentire

that in polite speech, the imperative has an “a” at the end of senta, but an “i”...

Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu

see. Try to say which color they are in Italian, and, after following Daniela's lesson, use the colors as...

Giardino vs Orto

campagna toscana - Il contadino  Play Caption   In a Yabla video about composting as a way to recycle, three...

Hypothesis Versus Reality - The Subjunctive and the Conditional

tense of “to know.” If you think about it, though, it’s an “unreal” past tense. We’re talking hypothetically (unless...

Everything Changes

Italian ends with verità. It's is preceded by an article, helping us to see that it's a noun. Here's part of the song:   Di...

What to Say While You're Thinking of What to Say

such as in response to being asked about a film or a book) to an expression of frustration or impatience (used with...

Degrees of Love

when he or she is quite serious about a romantic relationship. But to express the kind...

The Need to Need: Bisogna and Bisogno

conditional (bisognerebbe) or the future (bisognerà) as well.  Bisogna is a quick and neutral (sometimes maddeningly neutral) way to talk about what needs doing. For example, one housemate...

Musical Nouns

mostly have to do with going up and down: a staircase, a ladder, a level, and also...

To mind or not to mind with dispiacere

in giro? Listen, do you mind if we have a look around? -Eh, mi dispiace sì! -Eh, yes I...

Wasting Time and Leaky Faucets: All about the Verb Perdere

When talking about winning and losing, vincere (to win) and perdere (to...

Ricordare: Remembering and Reminding

ricordare as “to remind,” it becomes ricordare a and gets used with an indirect object, as in the above example....

Alimenti, Ravioli, and Pinzimonio

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

Wishing You the Best, with "Buono"

is saying something nice to you! In a nutshell, giorno and sera are used when you arrive, while giornata and...

The Gender Gap

article. Have another look at Lesson 15, A Few Words About “Some” (Qualche and Alcuni) where, towards the end, there’s some...

How to say you're sorry in Italian

asking pardon, such as when we hear about a disgrazia (adversity, terrible loss). In the following...

The Italian Alphabet - Part 2

cities, such as Udine, Otranto, Imola, Empoli, and Napoli are pronounced with the accent on the first...

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

consonant, Italian consonants themselves (except for X) are all written and pronounced ending in a vowel, and sometimes they begin with a...

Getting to Know Conoscere

Francesca - Cavalli  Play Caption   When you talk about when and where you met someone for the first...

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

video/film recording” or “to shoot.” So una ripresa is “a shot.” And you might easily jump to the conclusion...

Beccare

beccato [or beccata] un raffreddore (I caught a cold), or if after dialing someone’s number many times, they finally...

In fondo in fondo

Note that fondo is used both as a noun and as an adjective! Un fondo can be a fund,...