In this first of three segments on the infinitive, Daniela covers conjugated verbs followed directly by verbs in the infinitive, without the use of prepositions.

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.

Daniela covers irregular verbs in this last segment on the future tense. The rolling of the "r" and accented "ò" make the verb endings fun to pronounce.

Marika's last segment on accents covers some fun homographs. She also provides advice on learning the correct pronunciation of words.

Daniela moves on to some naughty irregular verbs that are also very common, verbs such as andare (to go) and avere (to have).

Marika covers the grave and acute accents, providing examples of words that have entirely different meanings because of their accentuation.

Daniela's lesson on future tense verbs ending in: -are, -ere, and -ire.

Marika's opening segment on accents and accentuation in Italian.

The first of Daniela's four segments on the future tense. She explains when it's used and how the present tense is sometimes used in its place.

For more on using the future tense for probability, see this lesson.

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

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

In the last part of this miniseries, Michela works on verbs ending in ire with her class. She also spends time on the all-important irregular verb essere (to be).

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.

Michela shows us how to conjugate verbs in the imperfetto (imperfect past tense). She covers -are verbs and -ere verbs. It's easy once you get the idea.

In some cases using an elision is not grammatically correct. Marika explains some of these cases.