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A Relative Pronoun Shortcut

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!

can also be used when someone has a concern about something, a doubt, a qualm. In Italian,...

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

plural will also likely end in "i", and if a singular noun ends in "a," (usually feminine),...

A Righe or a Quadretti?

But there are adverb equivalents that use a, too, and we'll look at them in a future lesson. ...

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

Let us know if this was helpful, and we’ll talk about another vowel, soon.  ...

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

spettacolo (I attended a performance, I was present at a show).   Assistenza, one of the nouns associated with assistere, is...

A Word About the Congiuntivo (the Subjunctive)

be right here). Little by little you'll put all the pieces together and know when to use it and when...

Taking Apart a Long Word: Stendibiancheria Part 1

by little you’ll make it), one word at a time! ...

When Accents Make a Difference

è) or acute (é) to distinguish between an open (è) or closed (é) e, all the accents will be “grave,” that is,...

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...

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

to secondo, we need three elements: the preposition a (in, to, at), the main preposition seconda, in the feminine, and another preposition di (of). Following this compound preposition, there may...

New Beginnings: Punto e a capo

fit without having to divide the words at all. But word processors can get it wrong, and there are times when we really do...

Fare a Meno and Tale e Quale

definitions and translations. It can mean, as a noun, "that person," or as an adjective, "certain," "similar," "aforementioned," and more. Quale (which) has some different sfumature (nuances), but it mostly means "which," or...

Two Words in One, with a Catch: Perché

students to justify using one article over another. Make sure to look at the context and listen to the inflection!   L'articolo è uno....

Having to Do With “Having to Do With”: avere a che fare con

to deal with). Lots of little words all in a row, and when the third person singular present tense...