Expressing frequency in Italian (With examples)

 Hey guys, I hope you are doing awesome!

Today, some words in Italian to express frequency:

• Usually: Di solito
• Often: Spesso
• Sometimes: Qualche volta
• Rarely: Raramente (More straightforward this one hahah)
• Almost never: Quasi mai
• Never: Mai

Now, let's check it with some examples:

Obs: Words inside parentheses mean they are optional. You may use them or not, as you wish :)

I usually write poems

(Io) di solito scrivo poesie

I often sleep late

(Io) spesso dormo fino a tardi

She arrives late sometimes

Qualche volta (lei) arriva in ritardo

I usually don't sleep early = I rarely sleep early

(Io) raramente dormo presto

This one won't sound that English because it is more likely you are going to say "Rarely" but try to understand it anyway :) 

I almost never do the dishes

(Io) non lavo quasi mai i piatti

I never go to the grocery store

(Io) non vado mai al supermercato

Ok, that's it!

I hope you enjoyed it!

See you!

Kyle.

(Caio).

Greetings and small-talk in Italian

Hello everyone,

Today let's practice some Italian!

You know, when you are learning a language, it is always important to learn something useful. Something that may make a difference in your day.

So that's what we are going to do.

One common thing when you are abroad (And when you are in your country) is small-talking.

So, imagine this, you are outside, and then you meet someone and decide to do the famous small-talking (Pretty small, but most common that we may count)

       - Hey, how are you?

       - Fine, thanks. And what about you?

       - Fine too. Have a good day

       - You too! See you tomorrow!

Ok, that's simple, however, most common that we may count (We do this more than we think, and it is super-useful indeed.

So, how is it in Italian?

       - Ciao "Person's name". Come stai?

       - Bene/Tutto bene. Grazie. E tu

       - Anche bene! Buona giornata!

       - Anche a te! A domani (Ci vediamo domani)

Cool, isn't it?

Of course, you can have some variations in the greetings, like:

Come stai?-> Come va?

Bene -> Abbastanza bene(Quite good)

Bene -> Benissimo (Super good)

Bene -> Così e così (So, so)

Bene -> Male (Bad) (But certainly it wouldn't lead to small talk but to an extensive and deeper conversation hahaha)

A domani -> A presto! (Like: See you soon)

So, that's it!

If you like. it, please leave a comment below :)

Have a good day!

See you!

The day I watched a two hour presentation without actually seeing it

 Hey guys, what's up?

I hope you are doing awesome!

Today, I am sharing how I watched an online meeting without seeing the presenter's screen for the whole 2 hours of his presentation.

I've just changed my computer and I must use a VDI at work, which is a Virtual Desktop to do my job. However their meeting tools, like Skype. and Teams, are inside this external machine. So, I do the meetings not directly from my computer but through another machine.

Having said that, all kinds of issues emerge, like: sounds that can't reach people, low call quality, delays during the transmission, anyway all sorts of troubles that may happen in those situations.

Besides that, you must install additional software to improve the call quality and. give special permission to allow sound/screen transmission.

In my case, since I changed the computer to a different operating system I was supposed to do some stuff in order to make all features to work. However, up to that. point I didn't know that I had to do some stuff.

So, I was there in the meeting and the presenter started to share his screen and asked:

• Does everyone see my screen?

And in my head I was like:

• Noooo, I don't....

So I told him:

• No, I don't

And he replied:

• Did you do that on your computer?
• No, I didn't. But don't worry, I will do it right now.

Well, I did it, and guess what? It didn't work.

What should I do?

a) Stop the meeting and tell everyone to wait for me to figure it out

b) Stop the meeting and tell them to do it another day

c) Don't tell anyone and pretend that I could see everything

Well, I went by option c.

Oh boy, that was so odd. 

Because I felt that I couldn't tell them because that was this urge to do the meeting at that moment, and considering the context, it would be vexing to say to them to postpone it.  

So, since I think I could pick it up later, then I decided to let it go.

(Come on, I bet you've already been in one of those situations where you let something go in order to avoid some uncomfortable situation).

Besides, I really felt that I could catch it up later by looking at the PowerPoint slides and source code.

So, it was a logical decision just to avoid some irritating situation.

I was only afraid if someone started to ask me something about what it was presented.

In fact, it kind of happened. The guy asked:

     -  Is it clear to everyone?

No one answered back, and the guy kept insisting on it. I really would like to say "Yes"; however, I would be lying.

So I escaped through a joke

     - Please, someone, say "Yes" to him, LoL. 

Do you see? Technically, I didn't lie. ahahahaha

Indeed, It was so lame to watch the whole 2 hours without being able to see what the guy was presenting, but it turned out to be just fine in the end.

So, that's it!

I hope you enjoyed it!

See you!

À la prochaine !

Kyle.