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Talking about the seasons in Italian

being feminine because it doesn't end in A as the majority of feminine nouns do. But...

2 kinds of prepositions and articles combined

it often means "some." In short, it's a way to talk about an imprecise quantity of something.   What's different from...

Che ne so: Let's take it apart

Caption   But che does more. Here is a lesson about using che to say things with simplicity,...

I Mezzi: What are they?

Part 1  Play Caption     When we talk about getting around, especially locally, one verb we can use...

Metaphorically speaking: aria (air)

Have you seen other examples with aria as a metaphor in Yabla videos, or elsewhere? Let us...

E vorrei vedere you're darn right

Manara has already figured some things out about a murder, so when his detective gives him...

Pronunciation tips for the letter E

focus on the vowel, E.    We'll talk a little bit about this vowel from an English speaker's point of view, but the truth...

50 good-to know adjectives part 5

get to know, someone who is attractive as a person, rather than physically, someone with a...

Using suffixes for emphasis

When you are learning a language, you tend to pay attention to...

50 Italian good-to-know adjectives part 4 - emotions

that brings on feelings of sadness, such as a sad story. 33) arrabbiato (angry) When you eat in an Italian restaurant, you often find penne all’arrabbiata...

50 good-to-know Italian adjectives part 2 — negatives

to deny, to negate) but here, we are talking about the talent of a person. Sono negato per la cucina. (I’m...

50 good-to-know adjectives, part 3 — size and strength

mean “adult.” If you use grosso, you are talking about size, and might be implying they are...

2 basic verbs: essere (to be) and avere (to have)

have an age and in English, you are an age.    The second thing we might notice...

3 bothersome synonyms: disturbo, fastidio, noia

Part 3  Play Caption   When you have a medical problem, such as an upset stomach, you can refer to it...

The fine line between adjectives and nouns

just turned the word he was using as a noun into an adjective. We could follow the same model...

Nouns and verbs that go together

sometimes a verb uses the same root as a noun that's related or vice versa. We...

50 good-to-know Italian adjectives part 1 — positives

a feminine noun, so even if we are talking about a boy or man, the adjective describing persona...

Business vocabulary and expressions part 3

workplace. In Part 3, we will talk about something we often have to do in an office or other workplace, or even just...

1 important way to translate the verb "to get" in Italian

future tense of venire. Marika and Anna are about to take us to un panificio (a bakery). Vi verrà fame eh! You're going...

Getting busy with darsi da fare

myself busy, I work hard).   If we are talking about someone else who works hard in general,...

Che as "what"

We've talked about the short word che in previous lessons. There are so many different uses for the word!...

Business Vocabulary and Expressions Part 2

Just like responsabile, it can be used as either an adjective or a noun.   Lavorava qui, era addetto alla fermentazione...

Piazza, piazzare, and spiazzare

cambiano  Play Caption   But when we add an S to the beginning as a sort of prefix, the meaning changes. Something...

Business Vocabulary and Expresssions Part 1

But let's look at some words that are a bit more specific.    L'operaio When we're talking about a factory-type situation, where workers do manual...