In this video I will tell you how they make homemade olive oil in Palermo, Sicily. One of the great things about Palermo is that there are numerous olive groves right outside the city in the Sicilian countryside. The quality of the normal every day extra virgin olive oil is … [Read more...]
Non c’è rosa senza spine – Italian Proverb
This is an Italian proverb which means you can't have something beautiful (rose) without some thorns associated with it, or something negative. We have similar proverbs in English like you can't have your cake and eat it too. Or another one might be, no pain no … [Read more...]
Italian Verb Avere Uses and Examples
Arguably, one of the most important verbs you should familiarize yourself when learning Italian is the verb avere, which means to have. We will go over some uses and examples of the verb in this lesson. Here is the present indicative tense: io ho – I havetu hai – you … [Read more...]