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Provare and related words in a musical context

Play Caption   In this next example, it's about a band. Fare le prove is literally, "to...

Using the subjunctive for a blessing

also called il canzoniere (the songbook).    Why are we talking about this particular sonnet? Barbara, a character in La compagnia del cigno, on Yabla,...

A occhio e croce

but has very different origins. Here, we are taking a rough guess. Italians often say a occhio...

Expressions to know: a pennello and a fagiolo

to arrive) arrivare (to come, to arrive) And a fagiolo can mean: a genio (brilliantly) al momento...

When you find a new word you've never heard

fortissima. I considered myself way below average and I had a respect that bordered on terror of my...

Italian words beginning with a followed by a double letter

corner" or "border." Accanto can be both a preposition and an adverb, depending on how it's used. When...

Using the infinitive to give a command

there is another common way to form an imperative in certain circumstances. When a command is directed at the public in...

Che è meglio adds a little something to a command

the end for effect, often accompanied with an appropriate facial expression and gesture.  ...

Words with a superfluous S prefix

quickly that it's hard to keep up, and printed classical dictionaries are way behind. Let's look at a word that has cropped up in a...

Turning over a new leaf with voltare pagina

the verb voltare (to turn) and its origins, and about other related words and topics, see this...

Fidanzato: Engaged or having a boy/girlfriend?

parallel nor word-for-word. But it opened up a discussion about adjectives and nouns, and how to tell the difference. It also...

A descriptive expression: tutto d'un pezzo

shooter," to use an American expression, or "a person of integrity," "an honest and forthright person." We're primarily referring to the...

A short-lived province in Tuscany: Apuania

bene (so far so good), a movie about a group of friends that just graduated from...

What's a fumetto?

second fumetto featured in "Fumettology" is aimed at a general audience, and is an Italian take on the American Wild West....

Urgente: a cognate with a little-used verb

present participle of the verb urgere. There are a great many present participles of verbs used...

Il carro: a noun that pulls its weight

car, a jalopy.    La carrozza  Here, we are talking about a carriage, such as a stagecoach, but carrozza...

A tale of 2 related adverbs: a malapena and appena

him, because...   To round out this lesson about a malapena and appena, let's just add that when you...

Lo scarpariello (A Humble Pasta Dish Fit for a King)

of I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone.   When Paolo and Lojacono are at Lojacono's favorite trattoria da Letizia for dinner,...

Let's Explain the Expression andare incontro a

brava persona, Listen, I know that you are a professional, a good person, quindi non possiamo venirci...

Cognates Featuring à in Italian and "y" in English

some nouns you don't have to think about too much. These end in à, an A with an accent. In all these...

Poi: A Short Word That Carries a Big Punch

poi from now on:   Siamo una cinquantina There are about fifty of us e siamo tutti pronti...

Farcela: a pronominal verb to have in your toolkit

has to do with keeping up. There are a whole lot of things this pronominal verb...

Baracca: a colorful way to talk about lots of different things

word is baracca. It's a humble word about a humble place, but Italians use the word...

Fare (to do, to make), a top Italian verb

from a conversation. This next one is from an interview. It's a bit trickier and uses the subjunctive after che (that). Questo rapporto ha fatto sì...
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