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Solutions to Exercises from "Servire: A Tricky Verb to Use"

can even use the verb bisognare (adding a verb). If you have an answer that you think is right, but...

Servire: A Surprisingly Tricky Verb to Use

be tricky!   There has been some discussion about a caption in a recent Yabla video. It's...

How to Catch a Cold in Italian

a draft), climatizzatori (air conditioners), ventilatori (fans), and especially not covering up or taking a shower after working up a sweat.    ...

A Curious but Iconic Italian Vehicle

scooter-sized engine, the Ape doesn’t go fast (maximum around 60 kilometres an hour), and as a result, you don’t need to have an...

When Repeating a Word Can Change Its Meaning

different contexts.  We've looked at this before and there's a lesson about the different meanings of ancora.    Let’s give...

Solutions to Exercises from "A Relative Pronoun Shortcut"

the gender and number. The reference noun and article are in boldface.   E, invece, oggi, come potete...

A Relative Pronoun Shortcut

us that in certain cases, when we are talking about a place or situation, we can use dove (where) instead...

Gli Scrupoli (Scruples): more than a cognate!

di lui. You, on the other hand, are a conman without scruples who is looking to take advantage...

3 Ways of being a cavallo (on horseback)

riding horses rather than having to walk, and that's a good achievement. Ora lo facciamo analizzare e...

A Few Unconventional Plurals

think of "intramural" — within the walls of a school or institution.   Anna and Marika are busy in the kitchen dealing with fish, and...

A Righe or a Quadretti?

checkbook). In this lesson, we have talked about adjective equivalents. But there are adverb equivalents that use a, too, and we'll look at them in a future...

When Giallo Is Not Only a Color

detective novels. They were tascabili (in paperback, literally "pocket-sized") and had a distinguishing yellow cover. They were called I libri gialli della Mondadori (Mondadori's Yellow...

A Creative Italian Word for "Commuter"

from the back and forth movement of a pendulum, and is, you guessed it: pendolare. Pendolare è quella...

Pronunciation Tips for Beginners: the letter A

in "ah!," you will come pretty close! And here is a tip. Go to the Dictionary tab and...

Insomma: a Versatile Filler Word

che possiamo offrire qua, insomma, a Marsala, a Via Torre Lupa. And this is what we can offer here,...

How to Tell a Story in Italian, Part 2

in the past using the verbs Daniela talks about in the lesson, and other verbs you know. If you’re not...

Tregua: A Wartime Noun in Peacetime

in this sense, it’s generally used without an article and often with the verb dare (to give): dare tregua (to let up,...

How to Tell a Story in Italian, Part 1

become clearer as we go along.    In a new video this week, Erica and Martina speak very simply about their friendship and how it developed. This...

Ammettere: A Fickle Friend

to acknowledging something, like an opinion or an error. Here, too, ammettere is a true cognate. Ammetto di aver reagito troppo in...

A Partially False Friend: Assistere

confusion.   Normally when assistere is intransitive, we will see a proposition after it, as in the following example.   Stiamo...

A Word About the Congiuntivo (the Subjunctive)

As Daniela finishes up talking about the conditional, she sneaks in a word in the subjunctive, which she hasn’t...

Taking Apart a Long Word: Stendibiancheria Part 1

participle of stendere, steso, which can also pass for an adjective, is useful for when you are talking about positions in space.   Stavo, mi ricordo, guardando...

When Accents Make a Difference

Let’s talk about some other common Italian words containing written...

A few ways to say "a lot": parecchio, sacco, tanto/tanti

dopo un tempo che in quel momento And... in short, after a time, which in that moment non sapevo...