Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
By popular request, Marika has a great lesson on dividing words into syllables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The adjective forms learned in the earlier two lessons are used for a wider selection of nationalities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika has a nice group of Italian idiomatic expressions using the verb prendere (to take).
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
There are plenty of idiomatic expressions connected with certain verbs. Marika tells us about expressions with dire (to say).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela's lesson on nationality also concerns intonation, which is so important in signaling a question.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
You won't want to miss this lesson, where Daniela introduces direct object pronouns, as in: I buy the book - I buy it.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela goes over the very important words and phrases that help you to understand directions and navigate around Italy. She covers verbs such as "to cross," and adjectives such as "opposite," and "behind," as well as the simple and articulated prepositions used with place names.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela teaches us the essential verbs and phrases for asking directions in Italy.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Tuscan
Lisetta and Alessio show us how they like to taste their new, freshly pressed olive oil. Since oil can be used uncooked to dress salads, or used as cooking oil, they call the uncooked oil olio crudo (raw oil).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela has her students practice conjugating a verb of movement in the passato prossimo (present perfect). There are plenty of details to watch out for: plural or singular, masculine or feminine, "to be" or "to have" as helping verbs.
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