Learn Italian: Comunque, va bene così. - Anyway, it's fine like this.

Comunque, va bene così.

Anyway, it's fine like this.

Breakdown of Comunque, va bene così.

bene

well

andare

to go / to be fine / to work out

Questions & Answers about Comunque, va bene così.

The lesson is about anche se (even if). How does comunque fit into this?

Both words express a concession, meaning you are accepting a situation despite something else. While anche se connects two actions (e.g., 'I am going, even if it rains'), comunque means 'anyway' or 'however'. It usually stands alone to sum up or move past a point.

Why do we use va (goes) instead of the verb 'to be' to say 'it is fine'?

In Italian, the everyday phrase for 'it is okay' or 'it is fine' is va bene (literally, 'it goes well'). Translating 'it is good' word-for-word into è bene does not work for this everyday meaning.

What is the subject of the verb va here?

The subject is an invisible 'it' referring to the general situation. Unlike English, Italian does not use filler subject pronouns like 'it', so the 'it' is just built into the 'he/she/it' verb form va.

What exactly does così mean in this phrase?

Così usually means 'like this', 'this way', or 'so'. The phrase va bene così is a very common idiom that means 'it is fine the way it is.' You can use it to tell someone to stop pouring a drink, to accept a piece of work, or to leave a situation alone.