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An important false friend to know: fare impressione

someone what impression they have or had about something, we are back to a true cognate, even if we use the...

Immaginare vs supporre part 2

be interchangeable with immaginare, because we're talking about a supposition based on something concrete. Questo perché...

The fine line between story and history

sono lasciati dopo pochi mesi. (They had an affair, but they broke it off after a few months.)   When it's more of a...

Immaginare vs. Supporre Part 1

modal verb potere (to be able to) as an option. Non mi sono ancora ripreso da...

Apulia's unique architecture

using the raw materials found locally. What a fascinating area!     While we are talking about things pugliesi, we want to call your...

Are you confused about confondere?

In a previous lesson, we talked about votare, a verb that has an additional meaning we rarely think of. Another...

Dunque: using it informally

use dunque is to introduce something you are going to say, such as an explanation, a list, or a question. In other words, you are saying,...

La fiducia (trust) and fidarsi (to trust)

In English, however, we use "to trust" as a transitive verb with an object.  Tanto ho capito, io il tipo...

Votare and il voto are more than just cognates

into these words.    In the first segment of a documentary about comic books, there's a curious example of votare...

When two words become one: univerbazione

of words that appear one way, (such as a casa) but are pronounced slightly differently because the consonant at...

Going deeper with dietro (behind)

in the Latin "de retro." It's both an adverb and a preposition but it can also be a...

Cecina and cecina

nearly so, in this area, as well as “farinata.” Chickpea flour “farinata”? “Farinata” is the name of a kind of flatbread, and its preparation is...

Che c'entra? — What does that have to do with it?

to the rest of a sentence with a comma, such as in this first example. In English, it's...

Lattina or Scatola?

scatola to mean "canned," in other words, "in a can." We're talking about how these goods are packaged, not where they are at the...

Amaro: the bitter and the sweet

some point, and letting it age for about a month. It's often thought of as being medicinal, aiding in digestion. But lots...

Correre (to run) and related words

of people ride bikes, but when you are part of a racing team, even an amateur racing team, you are un corridore or, if...

Wheels of all kinds in Italian

Play Caption     In this next example, we are talking about a little shopping cart to pull along. Its...

3 ways to use the verb prescindere:

the following example, a writer is talking about childhood using prescindere as a conjugated verb, with the preposition da following it....

Uno schiaffo: What's that?

EP4 Gelo - Part 5  Play Caption   Prendere a schiaffi (to slap around) is another variation, with the verb prendere (to take)....

Different Italian translations of "that"

po' di confusione. So when the subjects are different, this could bring about a bit of confusion. Captions 25-26, Corso di...

The underlying meaning of cioè:

know," depending on the context. And there are surely others!   Cioè is often used as a one-word question. It's a way of saying,...

Expression: Chi dorme non piglia pesci

Here is an expression that is an admonishment not to...

An elegant alternative to raramente (rarely)

a garden. In the present context, we are talking about distancing in time.    Here's another example of di rado. Yabla offers a...

Non vuol dire (that doesn't mean anything)

and be on the lookout for. Here are a couple of examples:   Provaci ancora, Prof! In...