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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

There's a movie on Yabla about a musician who wants to make it as a singer, but is not succeeding. His...

Solutions to Exercises from "A Relative Pronoun Shortcut"

negozi sono chiusi. Then, there's one day a week when the shops are closed. Caption 7, Corso di italiano con...

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)

Of course, there is the literal meaning as well: andare a cavallo (to go horseback riding). E a cavallo ci si arriva? And can you...

A Few Unconventional Plurals

To learn more, check out Daniela's lessons about plurals here and here. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. In...

A Righe or a Quadretti?

popular. But in the U.S., unless you are using a grid for a specific purpose, like math...

When Giallo Is Not Only a Color

Here, although the color yellow does play an important role, un giallo is something specific: a crime, mystery or detective story. Note: The moderator...

A Creative Italian Word for "Commuter"

Italian has a wonderful word for "commuter." It comes from...

Pronunciation Tips for Beginners: the letter A

some other words with this sound?   How about casa (house)? There are 2 A's.  È Sara che è tornata a casa....

Insomma: a Versatile Filler Word

so many connotations, but let's briefly talk about one more way to use insomma by itself as an exclamation. It's often preceded by ma (but) to express indignation,...

How to Tell a Story in Italian, Part 2

she met up with by chance. They are telling each other about their past feelings.   This is how she...

Tregua: A Wartime Noun in Peacetime

involved with some very bad people who are not about to go away. They know the loan...

How to Tell a Story in Italian, Part 1

son, seventeen years old, published his first article in an American newspaper a few days ago. Captions 16-17, Tiziano Terzani - Cartabianca...

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 parlando di...

A Word About the Congiuntivo (the Subjunctive)

volere (to want) is used idiomatically here, as a somewhat rhetorical question.   Let's look at some...

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

days of the week except il sabato (Saturday) and la domenica (Sunday) have an accent on the i at the end: lunedì (Monday), martedì (Tuesday), mercoledì (Wednesday), giovedì (Thursday), venerdì (Friday). In fact, dì is another word for "day" (normally giorno).   Un bel dì...

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

less familiar to you than molto. Ho molto lavoro (I have a lot of work). Like molto, parecchio is used as an adjective and in this case has different...

A Common Expression: Nel Senso...

the new film on Yabla, La Tempesta, a conversation takes place down on the street....

Giving Opinions and Deciding with Secondo and a Seconda di

different rules. In addition to meaning "second," secondo is an adjective used as a preposition to mean “according to” or “on...

New Beginnings: Punto e a capo

capo just as easily, but it’s often used as a single word with a double c, originating from (and...