When you are in Italy, you might have the need to go to a dentist.

In this video and article, you can learn some helpful sentences as well as dialogues that will be useful when going to an Italian dentist

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How to make an appointment with an Italian dentist. 

Dialogo 1 - Prendere appuntamento:

• Paziente: Buongiorno, sono Giulia, avrei bisogno di prendere appuntamento con il Dott. Verdi.
• Receptionist: Certo deve fare qualcosa di particolare o si tratta di una visita di controllo?
• Paziente:In realtà ho un dente che mi fa molto male e vorrei farlo vedere al dottore.
• Receptionist: Perfetto. Può venire domani alle 17?
• Paziente: va bene , a domani.

 
An example of a dialogue with the dentist 

Dialogo 2 - La visita con il dentista

• Paziente: Buongiorno Dottore!
• Dentista: Buongiorno Giulia, fammi vedere dove ti fa male.
• Paziente: Questo...

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The Italian languages uses superlatives a lot. In this lesson I will teach you what they are, how to form them and obviously how to use them just like a real native Italian would! 

First of all.. what in the world is a superlative?

Well if you say “Giulia is the best Italian teacher in te world!” You are using BEST as a superlative. 

So we can say that a superlative is used to express the highest or lowest degree of a quality or characteristic. 

Very often you will need to use them to describe extreme situations, when something’s either very big, very small, very good, very bad… and so on.

In Italian there are two main forms of superlatives the absolute superlative and the relative superlative.

• Superlativo assoluto: -issimo/a/i/e
• Superlativo relativo: articolo + più /meno + di 

Let’s look a the first one in detail: Il superlativo assoluto:

The Absolute Superlative: use it to say...

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Dialogo 1 - Dal dottore 

• Dottore: Buongiorno, mi dica, cosa si sente?
• Paziente: Buongiorno Dottore, ho la febbre alta da 2 giorni e ho un forte mal di pancia e nausea. 
• Dottore: Ha anche vomito e dissenteria?
• Paziente: Eh sì da ieri… oggi mi sono scaricata già 3 volte e ho dei forti crampi. 
• Dottore: Ok. ha preso un virus gastrointestinale. Le consiglio di stare a casa a riposo e di mangiare in bianco per qualche giorno. Cerchi di bere acqua per non disidratarsi. Vedrà che già domani starà bene!
• Paziente: Lo spero dottore!
• Dottore: Le faccio il certificato medico per il lavoro e le prescrivo 3 giorni di malattia.
• Paziente: Grazie

Dialogo 2 - In farmacia

• Farmacista: Buongiorno, mi dica 
• Cliente: Buongiorno, mi serve qualcosa per la tosse e il raffreddore, faccio fatica a dormire perché non respiro bene.  
• Farmacista: E’ stato dal medico? 
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Ever heard of the word MICA? are you wondering how to use it correctly? Then you are on the right video! I will tell you how to translate it and use it correctly in Italian!

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It’s a tiny word but very important and super common and you will want to make sue that you know what it means! 

The first thing that you need to take into consideration is that the word mica is very versatile and informal. It doesn’t truly have a precise translation into English and its meaning can change depending on the context. Since it’s so versatile it is very difficult for students to understand its meaning and use it correctly. 

The main use of mica is with negative sentences, but it can also be used with questions. 

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The word "proprio" in Italian is a versatile term that can be used in various contexts to convey different meanings. 

Here are some common ways to use "proprio" in Italian

1. With the meaning of really / just . It is used to intensify what you are saying.

• È proprio bello!" (It's really beautiful!)
• Quello studente è proprio bravo! (That student is really good!)
• Sei proprio tu? (Is it really you?)
• Questo film è proprio brutto! (This movie is really bad!)

The translation to the English word just is especially true when it is paired with adverbs of time like adesso, ora or a numeral adjective that indicates time.

For example:

• Ho finito di parlare con Nadia proprio adesso –...

In this lesson my goal is to make you sound more Italian by teaching you simple and common Italian expressions that are used all the time! 

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1. Mamma Mia! Yup it’s not a stereotype… we use it very much in daily conversations! This common expression that translates to my goodness can be used in many different ways. You can use it when you are shocked or surprised or when you have had enough.or you are disgusted

• Mamma mia! Non ci credo sei entrato ad Harvard!!! (Oh my! I can’t believe you got into Harvard!)
• Mamma mia! che paura! Ho visto un ragno!! (Oh mu goodness! I saw a spider!) 

2. Dai! This is probably one that I...

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In Italy we like the word cioè so much that we even have magazine called that! Now.. not my choice of reading this is a teenager magazine so you have all the news on gossip and teen drama and honestly I’m too old for this… but if you are not then I suggest you get yourself a copy and read a bit of Italian! 

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The word CIOE’ is an Italian favorite! It’s a word that we tend to throw in during a conversion very similarly to the use of “like” in English.

Cioè can have different translations depending on the context in which it is used but I would say that you will use cioè to give extra...

Potere, sapere or Riuscire a

Today we are actually going to compare 3 verbs that we use when we talk about the ability of doing something. These verbs are potere, sapere, riuscire. As always you can download the entire lesson in PDF format by clicking on this link!

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Let’s first look at the verb Potere –  this verbs will translate to the English verb “can” it’s a modal verb and it’s used when the ability of doing or not doing something doesn’t depend from us. So 

For example if I say:

• Non posso guidare la macchina perché ho dimenticato le chiavi in ufficio! 
• You are saying “I can’t drive the car… not because I’m physically not able to but simply because I left the keys in the office”. So your ability of doing something depends on another situation that you are not controlling.
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As you know in Italian there are some verbs that confuse English speakers. This is the case of the verbs Prendere and Portare. These two are very often translated to the English verb To take, so it’s understandable that lots of students confuse the two! A common mistake that I often hear is to use the verb prendere when you should be using portare. With this lesson I want to help you understand the difference between the two verbs. I will teach you the rules and give you some easy sentences to remember the difference. 

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Let’s take the verb PORTARE.

Portare needs to me translated to the English verb “ to bring”. You will need to focus on a verb of movement that is the action of taking something or someone to a place.

So remember PORTARE - to bring.

Let’s look at some examples:

• Ti porto a scuola - I will take you to school
• Ti porto un caffè? - Can I get you a coffee?
• Porto la...

In this lesson we will talk about some pronouns that confuse students A LOT. 

I’m talking about those crazy pronouns that look like GLIELO… VE LI… ME LO… if you have no idea what these are or are simply confused this lesson will help you out!

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First thing remember that we use pronouns to substitute other word or parts of the sentence so basically we use them so that we don’t repeat ourselves. 

How do we create these double pronouns? 

You need to use the direct and indirect pronouns. 

Let’s quickly review them (I have videos with these where I explain them in detail… I will link them below the YouTube video)

The are the indirect pronouns: 

• mi
• ti 
• gli / le
• ci
• vi
• loro / gli

 The are the direct pronouns

• mi
• ti
• lo /la
• ci
• vi
• li /le

To make our double pronouns we will need to select some of these pronouns.

We will use these indirect pronouns

• mi
• ti
• gli
• ci
• vi

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