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I like it - Mi piace

pleased, is the object!  Learning suggestion:  Look around you and see what you like and what you...

Summer Offerings

to say, offro io! (I’m buying!)   In a gelateria, there are various prices relating to how many scoops,...

Che sarà sarà

non (until) to connect two parts of a sentence. Italian and English have two different approaches to this....

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,...

Being Polite with Dare del Lei

As we saw in a previous lesson, Italians are very conscious of formal and informal greetings, and will say hello in...

Fare Figura: To Make an Impression

Sometimes, without meaning to, you botch it and make a bad impression, or worse, are embarrassed by something you did or said....

Don't Worry!: non ti preoccupare

a friend or familiar person is preoccupato and they shouldn’t be, take after Adriano, who’s reassuring his grandmother. She’s family,...

Elegant and Not So Elegant Turns of Phrase

in the category of “but,” yet they are more specific and allow for a more elegant turn of phrase. The first...

Vabbè and Chi me lo fa fare?

use. But when the conversation gets going, and it's a back and forth of "OK, but..." or...

Making Connections with Appunto (Indeed)

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

Frizzante o Naturale?

One of the last things you’ll do after a meal in a restaurant is ask for...

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...

Taste and Smell - Sapere Part 2

new insights on the world of tastes and smells, get a feel for how Italians talk about food by watching or re-watching Yabla videos...

I Have This Feeling... - Sapere Part 1

feeling” or “I sense.” Inspector Lara Rubino and another policewoman are looking at the telephone records from a murder victim’s phone and they see a...

Gifts and Giving

be surprised if you go to buy a TV in Italy and the salesman tells you that la TV...

Different Shades of Sì

yes words to give them more importance are e (and) and ma (but).   Che peccato! -Eh sì,...

Reflections on the Reflexive

We talked a little about reflexive personal pronouns in Ci Gets Around. They are: mi (myself), ti (yourself), ci...

Making It Happen

To get more acquainted with fare, have a look here and here.   Learning suggestion: Think about some things you would like to get...

Slow down you're driving too loud

will need a piano di lavoro (countertop) and a piano di cottura (stovetop). Then you will...

Ci Gets Around - Part 2

finds himself in the wine cellar of an important estate and has questioned Count Lapo’s housekeeper about some rifle shots. She answers evasively:   Colpi...

Ci Gets Around - Part 1

He walks in on his colleagues who are gossiping about him:   Che c'è, assemblea c'è? What's up,...

Stay Warm and Dream of Beaches

club where it is customary to rent a beach umbrella (ombrellone) and beach chair (sdraio) or cot (lettino). She...

The Simple Things in Life

take).      I’ll have the fish.  You have a flat tire and don’t know how to fix it. The...

Viva la pasta

being on vacation in Italy. You’ve rented a little apartment, and you’d like to do some cooking! You...