Marika has more tips on how to divide syllables and some fun practice words, too.

La luna di traverso (the moon on its side) is a way of saying "bad mood." Dixi got up on the wrong side of the bed, but being a magical little elephant, he has the actual sidelong moon on his hands. What to do?

By popular request, Marika has a great lesson on dividing words into syllables.

Vasco Rossi in his hit song Un senso sings about the meaning of life. He's accompanied by an orchestra in Reggio Emilia's Teatro Municipale.

The adjective forms learned in the earlier two lessons are used for a wider selection of nationalities.

Marika has a nice group of Italian idiomatic expressions using the verb prendere (to take).

Where are you from? Michela explains how to answer the question in Italian, whether you're a man or a woman or in a group.

Here is Tiziano Ferro with another breakup song. This is from the album Nessuno è solo (Nobody Is Alone), 2006

There are plenty of idiomatic expressions connected with certain verbs. Marika tells us about expressions with dire (to say).

Michela's lesson on nationality also concerns intonation, which is so important in signaling a question.

In many languages, animals are used to describe human characteristics, but not every language uses the same animal for the same characteristic! Marika shares with us the Italian point of view.

Anna and Marika finish explaining the tenses of the verb "avere" (to have). They give examples of present and past participles, present and past gerunds, as well as the simple future and future perfect.

Daniela concludes this very important lesson about direct object pronouns. This time she explains about the feminine singular, and the plurals of both genders: Did you eat the apples? Yes, I ate them.

Dixi goes to a party to celebrate spring, where his hungry little tummy gets plenty of attention. In Italian, a hungry tummy growls, using the verb "brontolare." Both a "growl" and a "brontolio" are onomatopoeic.

Francesco De Gregori's inspiration for La donna cannone [The Cannonball Lady] came from a newspaper article about a circus performer who quit the circus for love.