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Lorenzo Baglioni - Il Congiuntivo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lorenzo Baglioni, a Tuscan pop star, sings a tune on il congiuntivo (the subjunctive). He remarks that the subjunctive is particularly useful for lovers. Note that the Italian subjunctive, out of context, can have various different solutions in English, and sometimes doesn't correspond at all.

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adottare un animale è una cosa seria! Marika lo sa bene e infatti in quest'ultima parte ci parla di come prendersi cura della salute e dell'igiene del proprio animale domestico.

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Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika, in response to Yabla user requests, begins her 3-part lesson on those pesky little words (Me plus lo, la, li, le, and ne, together with Ti plus lo, la, li, le, and ne), otherwise known as combined pronouns or double pronouns.

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Caption 32 [it]: "lo",
Caption 32 [en]: “lo” [it, him],

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Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika wraps up her lessons on combined pronouns in which ci acts as a stand in for places.

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Caption 10 [it]: "lo"
Caption 10 [en]: “lo” [him, it],

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JAMS - S1 EP 10 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Chef Borghese begins to judge the dishes of the two teams, JAMS and The Best. It's a close contest and the kids are very nervous.

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Caption 14 [it]: Vi ricordate che lo chef era molto indeciso
Caption 14 [en]: Do you remember that the chef was very undecided

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JAMS - S1 EP 10 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The JAMS arrive at school in a rush, where the awards ceremony is already underway. Chef Borghese has just awarded the trophy but asks the winners if they would rather win by challenging the JAMS. Oscar, as captain, decides to continue the competition and they begin.

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Caption 25 [it]: Adesso, ormai, per me era andata. -Ma abbiamo vinto lo stesso, vero?
Caption 25 [en]: Now, for me it was over at this point. -But we still won, right?

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JAMS - S1 EP 10 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The JAMS are a group of four and without Joy the finales make no sense. Alice, Stefano, and Max go to visit Joy to show her just how important their friendship is and to let her taste the cake they made.

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Caption 45 [it]: Lo so, siete curiosi.
Caption 45 [en]: I know, you're curious.

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JAMS - S1 EP 10 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The finals are approaching and Alice, Stefano, and Max record a video of the recipe they have chosen as an appetizer to send to Joy. The JAMS don't want Joy to feel alone and wonder what point there is of participating in the final competition without their friend.

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Caption 36 [it]: lo chef Borghese avrebbe premiato la squadra migliore
Caption 36 [en]: Chef Borghese was to award the best team

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JAMS - S1 EP 10 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alice and her friends know that something serious has happened to Joy, but their parents have only told them to be patient and that their friend will return soon.

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Caption 10 [it]: Se vuoi, te lo posso preparare io il menù per la finale.
Caption 10 [en]: If you want, I can prepare the menu for the final for you.

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Marika spiega - Pronomi allocutivi: Tu, Lei, Voi - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this final part dedicated to allocutive pronouns, Marika explains the origin of "Voi" and how it is used. At the end, she also provides a summary of all the forms seen so far to clarify any doubts.

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Caption 27 [it]: lo spagnolo "usted" si traduce come Lei.
Caption 27 [en]: the Spanish "usted" was translated [into Italian] as "Lei" [singular, polite form].

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la testa - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika provides more useful expressions involving the head, many of which are also common in English.

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Caption 20 [it]: Guardiamo come lo usa Dixi.
Caption 20 [en]: Let's see how Dixi uses it.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 6) Proposizioni subordinate relative - Part 3

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.

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Caption 25 [it]: lo posso omettere.
Caption 25 [en]: I can omit it.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 3) Proposizioni subordinate finali - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Don't be scared off by fancy names of clauses and parts of speech. Daniela is just showing us different ways of saying the same thing, but sometimes one way is clearer than the other, especially when the subject changes from main to subordinate clause.

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Caption 14 [it]: "Lo pregai di aiutarmi".
Caption 14 [en]: "I begged him to help me."

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What accessories do we need when we take a kitten into the family? Some are just for kittens themselves, and others are for us humans. Marika makes introductions.

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Caption 45 [it]: da dove lo prendete, li prendete al veterinario [sic: dal veterinario] o a casa.
Caption 45 [en]: from the place one gets it, one gets them, to the veterinarian or back home.

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adopting a dog means going through several steps. Marika describes what she and her family went through in attempting to realize their dream of having a puppy.

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Caption 25 [it]: come reagiva il mio compagno, com'era lo spazio in casa.
Caption 25 [en]: how my partner reacted, how the space was in the house.

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