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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 66 [en]: go ahead and do that, too, in the space for comments.
Caption 66 [it]: fallo pure sempre nello spazio dei commenti.

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Vocaboliamo - Intelligenza Artificiale - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Plenty of English words have snuck into the Italian vocabulary connected with AI. "Learning" is one of these terms and is a component of various categories of artificial intelligence. Marika explains it.

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Caption 58 [it]: "Cosa ti piace di più e cosa di meno
Caption 58 [en]: "What do you like most and what do you like least

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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 37 [it]: e a lei non piace perdere il controllo".
Caption 37 [en]: and she doesn't like to lose control."

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Marika spiega - Il verbo vedere - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Here are some more expressions featuring the verb vedere (to see). For non-native speakers, a few of them might be a little tricky to understand, but others might be very useful to learn and use.

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Caption 58 [en]: write it in the space dedicated to comments
Caption 58 [it]: scrivilo nello spazio dedicato ai commenti

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

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika shares some of her childhood with us, specifically, her experience of having a puppy grow up beside her as part of the family. Now she has children of her own, and wants to give them that same special experience.

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Caption 46 [en]: that the space in the apartment was too small
Caption 46 [it]: che lo spazio in casa era troppo piccolo

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L'Italia a tavola - Polpette di ricotta - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

All the ingredients are ready, and Anna and Marika go to work, making the ricotta ball mixture. They share with us a common saying about prezzemolo (parsley).

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Caption 69 [it]: Se volete aggiungere un po' di sapore, e se vi piace il pepe,
Caption 69 [en]: If you want to add a bit of flavor, and you like pepper,

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi - Avverbi di tempo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].

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Caption 29 [it]: Non mi piace essere un pasto facile!"
Caption 29 [en]: I don't like being an easy meal!"

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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 76 [en]: Feel free to write other examples in the space for comments, if you feel like it.
Caption 76 [it]: Scrivi pure altri esempi nello spazio dei commenti, se ti va.

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Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika covers these super tricky combined pronouns: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliene, and gliele.

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Caption 26 [it]: "Gli piace la tua musica. Pensa un po'".
Caption 26 [en]: “He likes your music. Just think.”

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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 66 [it]: "Mi piace da morire la tua torta".
Caption 66 [en]: “I love your cake to death.”

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Marika spiega - Gli scioglilingua

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What in English is called a tongue-twister, in Italian is a scioglilingua, or tongue loosener. The Trentine one, with the alliterated Ts, is the most successful in English translation.

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Caption 45 [it]: Ovviamente se vi piace e volete altri scioglilingua,
Caption 45 [en]: Naturally, if you enjoy it and you'd like more tongue-twisters,

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Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

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Caption 82 [it]: "Non mi piace nessun gelato."
Caption 82 [en]: "I don't like any ice cream."

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Marika spiega - L'elisione - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Several Yabla users asked about elisions and contractions, and how, when, and where they're used. This is Marika's first of three videos on this essential topic.

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Caption 9 [it]: cosa ti piace mettere sull'insalata?
Caption 9 [en]: What do you like to put on salad?

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Francesca - alla guida - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Everything you need to know about buying a used car! Join Francesca as she talks to the dealer, and get up to speed on your automobile vocabulary.

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Caption 42 [it]: L'importante è che la macchina ti piace.
Caption 42 [en]: The important thing is that you like the car.

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