You’ve mastered your Italian “hello.”
You’re a whiz at ordering an espresso at a café or asking for directions to a museum.
You can have casual, fluent Italian conversations all day long!
Once the sun sets, though, you might find …
Cos’è rosso e si muove su e giù? (What’s red and moves up and down?)
Un pomodoro in un ascensore! (A tomato in an elevator!)
You’re giggling, aren’t you?
That’s good because if you’re thinking of spending any time in …
Grammar.
There, I said it!
In any language, the word makes some people squeamish.
It can even evoke a feeling of frustration similar to trying to open a pistachio nut that has not been fully fleshed out.
By the way, …
The cat is hers and the dogs are his.
The car is ours.
It’s mine!
No, it’s theirs.
These are all examples of sentences that include possessive pronouns.
It seems that you can’t get through the day without using them!…
Let the octopus cook in its own juice.
Every pan has its own cover.
You don’t get old at the table.
While these phrases may seem unrelated (and even nonsensical), they have two things in common.
They’re wise old Italian …
Do you know the biggest secret to making lots of Italian friends?
It’s really easy!
Be nice to them. (Mind-boggling, I know.)
Show them that you’re on their team and that you want them to succeed.
Boost their …
Like any language, Italian is absolutely full of expressions, proverbs and sayings that reference the body.
And being able to talk about the body, of course, is also very useful for many more practical reasons.
Whether you’re describing people, visiting …
