Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lorenzo Baglioni, a Tuscan pop star, sings a tune on il congiuntivo (the subjunctive). He remarks that the subjunctive is particularly useful for lovers. Note that the Italian subjunctive, out of context, can have various different solutions in English, and sometimes doesn't correspond at all.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika wraps up her lessons on combined pronouns in which ci acts as a stand in for places.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika covers these super tricky combined pronouns: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliene, and gliele.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francesca and Daniela have fun demonstrating the different conjugations of the verb mangiare (to eat) in context. You'll have fun learning them!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela and Francesca talk about the different meanings of "sentire" (to feel or to hear) and give us examples as they conjugate the verb in various tenses.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika and Daniela are chatting in Rome, with the Colosseum in the distance. The focus of their chat is the word chiedere (to ask) in its different conjugations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We are at the beautiful botanical gardens of Rome. Marika and Anna are sitting on a bench talking. In their conversation they take us through the different conjugations of the verb pensare (to think).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francesca finds a note on the windshield of her car. Her driving instructor has to explain that it's not a note, but a parking ticket.
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