Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
While providing us with some Christmas vocabulary, Marika explains a bit about how Christmas works in Italy.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
How to exchange greetings at Christmastime? What is the Italian equivalent of Christmas cookies? Marika helps us out with some good words and expressions to know.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
You never know when you will be celebrating the new year with Italian friends. Here is some vocabulary that will be useful to you.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Many of us have worried about our weight at some point or we have friends or family members in that situation. Marika gives us some essential vocabulary for navigating the world of diet and nutrition.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Did you know there are two different words for "snack" in Italian? Find out about this and more in this second and final video about diet vocabulary with Marika.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
If you go to Italy, you will want to know where to go to buy the things you need. Marika is here to tell you all about i supermercati (supermarkets) and other stores.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
You're going to the supermarket, but you need a few things first, like a list and somewhere to put the groceries. Marika has the answers.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Supermarkets are divided into departments or sections. Marika takes us around the produce section as well as the seafood and meat counters.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika continues to describe what you will find in the various departments or sections of an Italian supermarket.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Visiting a supermarket in a foreign country is such an interesting window into the living habits of a populace. For example, you may be surprised to discover how huge the bottled water section is in just about any Italian supermarket. Discover the other sections with Marika.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
After you have filled your shopping cart, it's time to go to the checkout counter. Marika describes the different registers and the various ways to pay.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika provides the terminology you'll need if you shop online using an Italian website.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This documentary about the life of Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director, is narrated by Marco Paolini. We begin during the occupation by the Nazis. Vittorio is in Rome shooting a film.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Vittorio De Sica did different kinds of movies, both as an actor, and a director, and had great success, although critics appreciated his comedies more than his serious movies. Whatever kind of film he was directing, he laughed and cried along with the actors. They loved him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
When the Americans bombed Rome in 1943, Maria was shooting a film in the San Lorenzo area, right where the freight yards were, the target of the bombing. Vittorio, on the other side of town, rushed to the site. Life would soon become extremely complicated and dangerous for those in the film industry.
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