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Pianificare - un viaggio

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

A lady calls a travel agency for information about planning a trip to the Valley of the Temples [Valle dei Templi] in Agrigento and the agent offers a few recommendations.

Marika spiega - Proverbi italiani - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika teaches us some other Italian sayings, regarding time; working on one's own, instead of being assisted; and even about people who drink too much, who might let down their guard, saying things they wouldn't say while sober.

Marika spiega - L'elisione - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Several Yabla users asked about elisions and contractions, and how, when, and where they're used. This is Marika's first of three videos on this essential topic.

Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.

Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.

Marika spiega - Gli scioglilingua View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

What in English is called a tongue-twister, in Italian is a scioglilingua, or tongue loosener. The Trentine one, with the alliterated Ts, is the most successful in English translation.

Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika, in response to Yabla user requests, begins her 3-part lesson on those pesky little words (Me plus lo, la, li, le, and ne, together with Ti plus lo, la, li, le, and ne), otherwise known as combined pronouns or double pronouns.

Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika covers these super tricky combined pronouns: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliene, and gliele.

Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika wraps up her lessons on combined pronouns in which ci acts as a stand in for places.

Marika spiega - Gli avverbi - Avverbi di tempo View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika shares some of her childhood with us, specifically, her experience of having a puppy grow up beside her as part of the family. Now she has children of her own, and wants to give them that same special experience.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Adopting a dog means going through several steps. Marika describes what she and her family went through in attempting to realize their dream of having a puppy.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

What accessories do we need when we take a kitten into the family? Some are just for kittens themselves, and others are for us humans. Marika makes introductions.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika shows us a series of items that make it easier to have cats in the house. In order to discourage the cats from destroying the furniture, rugs, and curtains, there are some handy remedies.

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