Heather Broster
Students of Italian often find themselves feeling confused about when to use ancora versus di nuovo since both can be translated with the word “again”. In this article, we attempt to shed some light on the differences in their usage. How to Use “Ancora” in Italian Before we delve into ancora as a translation for …
You’ve probably already learned the extremely common greeting Come stai? (“How are you?”) in Italian, but what if you want to ask what someone is up to? In this case, you can use the expression: Che fai di bello? What are you up to? Che fai…? , the variation Cosa fai…? and the more formal …
The Italian word for door is porta. It comes from the Latin porta of the same meaning. If you have trouble remembering this word, try and associate it with the English word portal! Porta is a feminine noun whose ending changes from -a to -e in the plural. It takes the following definite and indefinite …
Although Italian has gained the reputation of being a “phonetic language” – meaning that there is a direct relationship between the spelling and sounds – there are a few pesky letters that aren’t always pronounced in the same way. We already looked at the letter C a few months ago, and today we’re going to …
Mentre is an important conjunction in Italian that means ‘during the time that‘ or ‘at the same time as‘. It comes from the Latin dum interim via the old Italian domentre. In most cases, it translates as while (or whilst if you live in Britain) or as in English. Mentre stavo facendo la spesa, ho …
If you’re interested in learning how to say “stop” in Italian … fermati qui! Stop here! 😀 There are various synonyms for this word, and as is often the case, some context is required in order to use them properly. For instance, stop signs in Italy normally use the English word stop, but this isn’t …