Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Once you know the rules, pronouncing Italian words correctly is not so hard. Some consonants change their pronunciation depending on what vowel follows them. Marika helps you get started.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Often, when making a phone reservation for a restaurant, theatre, or museum, you'll be asked to spell your name. Marika gives us an example of how it's done in Italian.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
You can't learn a language without knowing its alphabet. Here's Marika to teach you the Italian one. Pay special attention when she gets to J! It's one of the letters that wasn't in the original alphabet of 21 letters.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Join Marika as she walks around the city pointing out different kinds of shops. Learn where to get that flat tire on your bicycle fixed. And discover the unlikely name of the place you go to get your dry cleaning done.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Do you have shoes that need repair? Or maybe you need new sunglasses? Marika walks around a residential neighborhood, pointing out the different shops.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
With her students, Daniela shows us how to conjugate the verbs aprire (to open) and chiudere (to close).
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
When two people meet, it's important to ask them how they are. Daniela explains the different ways to ask, and also how to answer.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Daniela explains when to use the different forms of greetings in Italian: "buongiorno," "buonasera," "buonanotte," and "salve."
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika tells us about the clothes people wear, from underwear to winter coats.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela teaches us the Italian way to say hello and goodbye, to both our friends and to people we don't know.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Big or small, thick or thin? Marika gives you a jump start to some of the most common opposites used in everyday Italian. You'll get the picture!
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika takes us to Rome, and talks about all the different ways we can get around--trains, scooters, and even hydrofoils.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika shows us the various pots and pans, plates and silverware used every day in Italian kitchens, dining rooms and restaurants.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika goes over the names of farm animals, what their young are called, and the onomatopoetic calls of the animals.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
In this video, Marika - with the help of Quincy - tells us about the chest and lower limbs of the human body. The lower limbs are attached to the chest at its base.
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