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Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In quest'ultima parte, Marika ci parla di altre due espressioni sul mondo nautico. Una esprime un concetto profondo, l'altra più che una vera e propria espressione, è un proverbio che esprime un concetto universale. Andiamo a scoprire di cosa si tratta.

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Marika spiega - Articolo partitivo o preposizione articolata?

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

L’articolo partitivo indica una parte indeterminata di un insieme, una quantità imprecisata. Si tratta di una funzione particolare delle preposizioni articolate create con la preposizione semplice di.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi combinati - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Cosa sono i pronomi combinati? Non sono altro che l’unione di un pronome indiretto con un pronome diretto. Per capire meglio di cosa si tratta, seguite questa prima lezione di Daniela.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

In questa lezione Daniela continua a spiegarci le regole degli aggettivi possessivi e oggi tratta il plurale femminile. Buona lezione!

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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 40 [it]: Si tratta di un apprendimento automatico
Caption 40 [en]: This is machine learning

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con orecchie

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are quite a few expressions having to do with the ear and Marika gives us plenty of examples. Let's keep in mind that the plural of orecchio is orecchie, in other words, a masculine singular noun with a feminine plural. But in some places, people use the masculine plural orecchi.

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Caption 15 [it]: Si tratta del cuoco. -Secondo cuoco.
Caption 15 [en]: It's about the cook. -Second cook.

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

When you have plenty of confidence or trust someone, you might keep your eyes closed and do something "ad occhi chiusi" (with your eyes closed), but make sure to keep them open while watching this video about expressions featureing l'occhio (the eye).

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Caption 41 [it]: "Grazia tratta malissimo Pasquale davanti a tutti,
Caption 41 [en]: "Grazia treats Pasquale very badly in front of everyone,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 3) Proposizioni subordinate finali - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There is a certain kind of subordinate clause, called a "clause of purpose," that basically answers the question, "to what end?" Italian has a number of conjunctions that can be translated as "so that," and they take the subjunctive in most cases. So this kind of subordinate clause can be tricky.

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Caption 25 [it]: e quindi si tratta di delle subordi',
Caption 25 [en]: and so it regards subord'...

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Lettera formale - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

As you shall see, Italian has a range of salutations at the beginning of formal or business letters, where various adjectives are used in place of "dear." Not only that! They also have curious abbreviations to be familiar with.

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Caption 27 [it]: se si tratta di un ente o di un'azienda,
Caption 27 [en]: if it involves an organization or a business,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Modi Indefiniti - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela gives us some more examples of gerunds used in subordinate clauses. Asking ourselves what questions the gerund answers can help us understand its role in a sentence.

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Caption 24 [it]: Si tratta, comunque, di un costrutto letterario,
Caption 24 [en]: It has to do, however, with a literary construct

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Superlativo relativo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

With the relative superlative, we compare one element with an entire group, as for example, "She is the most beautiful of all." In English we distinguish between "more" and "most," but in Italian, the presence of the article before the noun or before the comparative word is what makes the difference.

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Caption 31 [it]: Si tratta, quindi, di un comparativo di maggioranza,
Caption 31 [en]: So, we're dealing with a comparative of majority,

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulle Marche

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We're going to school to learn about The Marches, the only Italian region to have a plural name! Let's find out if Anna has studied this time! Let's see how mean her maestra is today, too.

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Caption 47 [it]: Si tratta di olive verdi grandi,
Caption 47 [en]: We're talking about large green olives

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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 7 [it]: Si tratta del troncamento.
Caption 7 [en]: It's about truncation.

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