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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Particella Ci e Ne - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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It's time to talk about particelle (particles). These short, two or three-letter words, such as ci and ne have many functions as well as meanings, and can even represent an indirect object pronoun plus its preposition. Particles can be freestanding or attached to a verb, depending on how the verb is conjugated (or not). Let's see how they work.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

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Here is the last group of indefinite adjectives: qualunque, qualsiasi, and qualsivoglia (whichever, any). Luckily for us, they are generally interchangeable and invariable.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

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Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.

Marika spiega - Cosa - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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The word cosa (thing, something, what) is used a great deal in Italian. In speech, it's especially used in questions to mean "what." Marika explains how this works.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

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In this lesson, Daniela discusses indefinite adjectives that refer to units or multiples. We're talking about adjectives such as "each," every," and "certain." Some have variable endings and others do not.

Marika spiega - Cosa - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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The word cosa (thing) in Italian is an extremely useful word, especially when you don't know the real word for something. Marika tells us about how it's used in Italian everyday conversation.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

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Listen carefully to this lesson because the rules for these indefinite adjectives are a little quirky. These are about totality — all or nothing — and work differently from English, especially when they're in the negative. We're talking about tutto, nessuno, and alcuno.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela shows us some additional indefinite adjectives that have to do with quantity. When used as adjectives, they need to agree, in gender and number, with the nouns they describe. Some of these words can also be used as adverbs, and in this case, they don't change.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela talks about some very common indefinite adjectives, the equivalents of "much," "many," "little," and "few." An important detail to keep in mind is that some of the words she talks about can be either adjectives or adverbs depending on the context. Adjectives (the subject of this video) have variable endings but adverbs don't.

Marika spiega - Come - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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In this second part, you will master using come (how) in questions and exclamations.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela introduces the topic of indefinite adjectives and starts with quantitative adjectives (think: some, several, etc.). In Italian, not only do we need to think about singular and plural, but also masculine and feminine, just as with other adjectives, so put on your seat belts!

Marika spiega - Come - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Come is an important question word that means "how," but it also fulfills plenty of other roles. Marika spells out the ways...

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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To finish up about demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, Daniela gives us some more examples and a summary.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. Daniela explains how that works, and also discusses how to use an apostrophe when the noun following the demonstrative adjective starts with a vowel.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela explains how to use the demonstrative adjectives questo and quello [this and that]. She also tells us about a third demonstrative adjective that, these days, is used only in Tuscany: codesto.

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