B1 · Section 3 of 10

Why? Because…

Connect reasons to what happened.

perché links a reason inside one sentence; siccome opens the sentence with the reason first.

resto perché mi piace
(rehs-toh pehr-keh mee pyah-cheh)
= I am staying because I like it
siccome piove, resto qui
(seek-koh-meh pyoh-veh rehs-toh kwee)
= since it is raining, I am staying here
infatti
(een-faht-tee)
= in fact

Common mistake

✗ siccome piove, ma resto

✓ siccome piove, resto qui

Siccome already joins the two halves — ma would break the link.