Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Spring is here and Cettina is enjoying the outdoors. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are getting leaves, and the sunshine is warm enough to go without a jacket.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
There are plenty of Italians living in Germany. Cettina from Sicily interviews Alfonso, also from Sicily, as it turns out. Here are some easy questions and answers for when you meet someone for the first time.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Piedmontese
See how Alessandra Obert creatively decorates a table for a country lunch. Her clear speech is easy to follow. Presented by uChef.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
What do you say when you meet someone for the first time? Daniela discusses introductions.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Join Daniela's class where we learn more about how to greet people in Italian.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
In this lesson, Daniela talks about the two most important verbs in Italian: essere (to be) and avere (to have).
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about the conjugation of the verb "to have," and gives us some important information about pronunciation.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
When we speak of an unspecified quantity of food items, objects, etc. we use the indefinite or partitive article, which changes according to the gender of the noun in question (singular: del, della, dello, and plural: dei, delle, degli). In the second part of the lesson, you'll notice that Italian uses the equivalent of "of" or "of it" where English doesn't. Feel free to absorb the first part of this lesson before tackling the second part.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela talks about verbs having to do with shops, and whether they close at lunchtime or not.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela and her pupils compare the opening hours of shops in their country to those in Italy where, traditionally, the midday break has always had particular importance. Over the past ten years, tradition has gradually given way to convenience, and the rules governing opening hours have become less and less strict.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela finishes explaining about the opening hours of shops, comparing those of Italy with those of Germany.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela shows her class how to use the verb, rimanere(to remain, to stay) and she also conjugates this partly regular, partly irregular verb.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela discusses with her class the opening hours of stores in different regions of Italy as well as Germany. They go on to talk about the differences in school systems between the two countries.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
What's one of the first things you think of when talking about Italy? Food! Daniela tells us about the sagre (festivals) having to do with every kind of food imaginable.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela tells her students about the masculine singular definite article in its three forms, "Il, L' and Lo."
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