6 modi di dire con il mare
Avere un mare di cose da fare to have a million things to do Non riesco a venire alla riunione domani, ho un mare di cose da fare Cercare per mari e per monti to search for something in every possibile place Abbiamo cercato per mare e per monti la tua borsa, ma non siamo riusciti […]
Il vocabolario dello shopping
When it comes to buying things, Italian use a variety of different expressions, let’s see some of them: Fare la spesa -> buying groceries Fare shopping -> buying clothes Fare compere/acquisti/spese-> buying anything but food Fare commissioni -> running errands Vocabolario del supermecato: la spesa -> grocery shopping il carrello -> shopping cart la […]
Making a proposal, accept it or turn it down in Italian!
Making a proposal Italians have a reputation to be people that love hanging out with friends and family. Making an invitation, as well as accepting or rejecting it might come you in handy if you happen to live in Italy or having Italian friends.There are several different ways to ask somebody out… Andiamo al cinema […]
Italian idioms #3: Avere la testa tra le nuvole.
Avere la testa tra nuvole (literally: to have the head amongst the clouds) is a metaphorical expression describing someone that is absent-minded or someone that is lost in his/her thoughts and that results disconnected from the reality. Anche oggi hai dimenticato di comprare il pane..hai sempre la testa tra le nuvole Matteo! Secondo un nuovo […]
Compunds verbs: auxiliary Essere o Avere?
Tenses are normally divided into simple and compound ones, the letter result from the union of the past participle and the conjugated form of the verb essere (to be) or avere (to have). Many students have come to be with doubts concerning the use of the one or the other auxiliary. Although it might sound […]