This week’s Italian phrase can sound romantic, sweet or desperate depending on how it is said, and to whom it is directed! Ho bisogno di te! I need you! Ho bisogno di In Italian, needs are expressed using the construction avere bisogno di which literally translates as to have need of. It can be followed …
When you come home from school or work, what is the first question your family asks you? I would be willing to wager that they usually greet your arrival with something along the lines of “How was your day?” or “How did your day go?“! There are various phrases you can use to ask this …
Since the beginning of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, we’ve had a few eager football fans ask us how to translate the slogan “It’s coming home!” into Italian. For those of you who don’t follow football, “It’s coming home” has been the chant of England supporters since it was first sung by the Lightning Seeds, …
If you encounter something you’ve never seen before, the most logical question you could ask is: Che cos’è? What is it? The words che and cosa, when used together, translate as what in English. Che on its own also means what whereas cosa means thing, so you are literally saying “what thing”. È, which is …
Since our young son started crawling last week, I can’t count how many times I’ve had to call out the phrase Vieni qui! (Come here!), especially when I see him cheekily inching his way towards the staircase! Vieni qui! Come here! Vieni, in addition to being the second-person singular present of venire (to come), is …
If you want to ask someone what they are doing in Italian, you can pose the question in the following manner: Che cosa stai facendo? What are you doing? Let’s take a look at each element that makes up this phrase: che is a pronoun that translates as what in English. cosa is a noun …