Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Italian has an amazingly long list of conjunctions or locutions that mean "although," "despite," and similar words. Daniela explains what a concession subordinate clause is and gives us several examples.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela explains further about constructing explicit subordinate clauses and gives some examples to clarify.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
To conclude the lesson on concessive subordinate clauses, we look at those constructed using the past participle of a verb or the gerund and introductory locations such as benché (though) and pure (despite), among others.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela talks about two kinds of relative subordinate clauses — restrictive and explanatory — and how we punctuate them differently.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela explains the relative pronouns used in forming a relative subordinate clause. She starts out with the explicit kind.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this lesson, we look at implicit relative subordinate clauses, and how they are introduced. One of their main characteristics is that they use the infinitive of a verb, rather than a conjugated one.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela tells us about comparatives used in subordinate clauses. There are three kinds: majority, minority, and equality.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this part of the lesson about subordinate clauses, Daniela talks about analogies or hypothetical situations. The English equivalent would be when we say, "as if..."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela's lesson on nationality also concerns intonation, which is so important in signaling a question.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The adjective forms learned in the earlier two lessons are used for a wider selection of nationalities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela goes over some common personal adjectives. In English adjectives generally don't change according to gender, but with blond (m), blonde (f), brown-haired (m), brunette (f) they do change.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela talks about adjectives that describe a person's personality.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The imperfect tense is one of several past tenses in Italian. It can be tricky to use correctly because it doesn't always match up with one specific tense in English. Depending on the context, it is translated differently. Michela uses a timeline to help you understand.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela shows us how and when imperfect verbs are used to describe actions, people, weather, and time.
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