Impersonalities

Discover the myriad ways to speak in generalities with the "impersonal si"; explore the art of avoiding responsibility in the passive voice ("mistakes were made..."); use "impersonal expressions" to describe situations without need for a personal subject; break free from the intermediate-level drudgery of always having to talk about yourself! While English demands a subject of all its verbs, Italian has many ways of avoiding one; the impersonal and passive si, impersonal expressions, and the passive voice communicate what "one does," what "is said," what "is important to do" or what "is nice to eat," and what "was built by the Romans" (most things, it turns out). "Impersonalities" will be a deep dive into these structures that tend to get less attention than they deserve.