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 …
Everyone loves a feel-good movie, and Pixar’s latest release ‘Luca‘ will certainly fits the bill thanks to its loveable characters, whimsical plot and stunning (albeit animated) views of the Ligurian coastline. The story follows the eponymous Luca, a teenage sea monster who, much like Ariel in the Little Mermaid, wishes to experience life on land. …
We are officially a week into the UEFA Euro 2020 soccer tournament! It was originally scheduled for June – July 2020 but had to be postponed by a year due to the pandemic. Italy’s national football team is known colloquially by its nickname Gli Azzurri which means The Blues. This is because Savoy blue is …
If you have just explained something to someone, and want confirmation that they have absorbed everything you’ve said, you might ask the question Do you understand? in English. The Italian equivalent is Hai capito? Hai capito? Do you understand? The phrase Do you understand? can translate in three ways in Italian depending on who you’re …
Today’s phrase is one you’ll end up using all the time when you are in Italy, especially once you start making friends or if you have / work with children. Dai, andiamo! Come on, let’s go! Learn with our video Dai is an interjection in Italian that means Come on! It’s formed from the preposition …