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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela tackles a verb that is tricky for English speakers: piacere (to delight, to please). Although when someone says mi piace, he or she is, in essence, saying "I like [it/him/her/them]," the verb piacere doesn't strictly mean "to like." Since, as you will see, this verb works so differently than "to like," we have used the verb "to delight" as a translation in some cases, not for its exact meaning, but in order to match the construction with that of piacere.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ti piace

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nella lezione di oggi Daniela ci insegna come usare il verbo "piacere" e ci spiega la differenza tra la forma singolare "mi piace" e quella plurale "mi piacciono". Buona lezione!

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Mi piace

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nella lezione di oggi Daniela ci insegna ad usare l'espressione: mi piace. Da notare è la differenza tra "mi piace", che si usa in singolare, "mi piacciono" per il plurale, e la forma negativa con il "non": non mi piace o non mi piacciono. Buon apprendimento!

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A Marsala - Sofia Calò

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Sicilian

Sofia ha otto anni e viene da Palermo. Le piace la scuola e le piace fare i compiti, oltre che uscire con la sua mamma e con le sue amiche. Ci racconta dell’ultimo film visto al cinema e ci fa vedere che sa a memoria l’alfabeto e che sa contare.

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Vocaboliamo - Niente

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this video Marika explains the multiple uses of the word niente (nothing). Let's look at examples where it is used as a pronoun or as an adverb and learn plenty of new expressions.

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Caption 29 [it]: non mi piace niente.
Caption 29 [en]: I don't like anything.

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Marika spiega - Mica e Manco - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this lesson, Marika explains, with examples from Yabla videos, two words that always puzzle learners: mica and manco. The first part is all about mica. Here's what you need to know!

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Caption 89 [it]: Non è bello ciò che è bello è bello ciò che piace.
Caption 89 [en]: What is beautiful is not beautiful; what is beautiful is what pleases.

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Vocaboliamo - Supermercato - Part 5

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.

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Caption 27 [it]: C'è a chi piace frizzante,
Caption 27 [en]: There are those who like it sparkling,

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la bocca - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are a lot of Italian expressions using la bocca (the mouth) in a literal or figurative way. Marika tells us about some of them

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Caption 9 [it]: se vediamo una pietanza che ci piace tanto,
Caption 9 [en]: if we see a dish that we like a lot,

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la parola lingua

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

You will find out in this video that there are really a lot of expressions using la lingua (the tongue). The tongue can be lunga (long), sciolta (loose), biforcuta (forked) and more. We use the tongue when we speak, so lots of these expressions involve speaking.

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Caption 76 [it]: che non ci piace.
Caption 76 [en]: that we don't like.

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Marika risponde - Risposta 2 Rispondere al telefono

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.

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Caption 99 [en]: by using the comments space.
Caption 99 [it]: usando lo spazio dei commenti.

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Marika risponde - Risposta 1 Pronomi e aggettivi interrogativi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Navigating the adjectives or pronouns che (what), cosa (what), and quale (what, which) is confusing to most learners, but Marika helps us make sense of it all.

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Caption 62 [it]: "Quale colore ti piace di più e quale di meno?"
Caption 62 [en]: "Which color do you like more and which one less?"

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

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Caption 45 [it]: che a me questa Giulia non mi piace proprio per niente.
Caption 45 [en]: that I don't like this Giulia at all.

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Marika spiega - 20 Modi di dire No senza dire No

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Just as there are many ways of saying "Yes" without saying sì, there are plenty of ways of saying "No" without saying no. Check them all out!

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Caption 66 [it]: e ti piace il modo in cui lo spiego,
Caption 66 [en]: and you like the way I explain things,

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Marika spiega - 18 Modi di dire Sì senza dire Sì

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika describes some situations, asks a related question, and provides us with various ways to answer in the affirmative. 18 ways to say sì (yes).

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Caption 48 [it]: Al tuo amico piace molto questa idea
Caption 48 [en]: Your friend really likes this idea

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Marika spiega - Gli omonimi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Omonimi (homonyms) look and sound the same but have different meanings, sometimes wildly different meanings!

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Caption 60 [en]: you can write them in the space dedicated to comments.
Caption 60 [it]: puoi scrivere nello spazio dedicato ai commenti.

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