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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi relativi - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela introduces the relative pronoun "which." It's handy to know because it doesn't change according to gender or number.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi relativi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela shows us how to use the relative pronoun che. In English this can be translated as either "that," "which," or "who," depending on various English grammatical factors.

L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia View Series

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Today the lesson is about Lombardy. Anna is well-prepared, but her maestra seems to be affected by la nebbia (the fog). Is it the Milanese climate? Or could it be something else?

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi relativi - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Relative pronouns — such as "who," "that," and "which" — connect a main clause to a subordinate clause, which in this case, is a relative clause. Here, relative pronouns function as pronouns and conjunctions at the same time. In Italian, some relative pronouns vary according to gender and number, and others don't. Daniela guides us through.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Superlativo relativo View Series

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With the relative superlative, we compare one element with an entire group, as for example, "She is the most beautiful of all." In English we distinguish between "more" and "most," but in Italian, the presence of the article before the noun or before the comparative word is what makes the difference.

L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Toscana View Series

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Anna knows all about Tuscany, one of her favorite regions. Tuscany was very important for the evolution of the Italian language, and is one of the areas of Italy most frequented by tourists.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Superlativo assoluto - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela illustrates other ways of forming the absolute superlative for adjectives in Italian. These include repeating an adjective twice, the placement of a prefix before an adjective, and a list of words, such as "exceedingly," used in conjunction with an adjective.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Superlativo assoluto - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Daniela delves into the absolute superlative for adjectives, and covers the wonderfully fun ending, -issimo.

L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Lazio View Series

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Anna volunteers to be questioned about Lazio. The teacher seems to be in a good mood, so Anna is encouraged. What grade will she receive?

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

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Daniela explains how adverbs tanto and quanto are always used together in comparisons. Likewise, così and come are always paired together. “Billy is as tall as Tom” would be an equivalent construction in English. She also focuses on adjectives that have 2 comparative forms like buono (good), cattivo (bad, nasty), and grande (big).

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

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Daniela continues with examples of how tanto and quanto are used together in comparisons, as well as the pairing of così and come. She also provides examples involving quantities, where the word sets are not interchangeable.

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

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When two like things are compared, as in the sentence "You are as old as I am," it's called a comparison of equality. Daniela explains how this works in Italian.

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

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Daniela talks more about when to use che (that, than) or di (of, than) as comparative words.

L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Piemonte View Series

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The teacher has a different look today, as she quizzes Anna about the Piedmont region of Italy. Anna tries to get on the good side of her irritable maestra.

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

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Italy

In this lesson we start looking at the comparative forms of adjectives. Unlike English, where we have a dedicated comparative and superlative form, Italian makes use of adverbs più "more" or meno "less" and the prepositions or conjunctions di (of, than) or che (than, that) in addition to the adjective itself. Daniela shows us how this works.

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