Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika has a nice group of Italian idiomatic expressions using the verb prendere (to take).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Where are you from? Michela explains how to answer the question in Italian, whether you're a man or a woman or in a group.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are plenty of idiomatic expressions connected with certain verbs. Marika tells us about expressions with dire (to say).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela's lesson on nationality also concerns intonation, which is so important in signaling a question.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela concludes this very important lesson about direct object pronouns. This time she explains about the feminine singular, and the plurals of both genders: Did you eat the apples? Yes, I ate them.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika finish explaining the tenses of the verb "avere" (to have). They give examples of present and past participles, present and past gerunds, as well as the simple future and future perfect.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
You won't want to miss this lesson, where Daniela introduces direct object pronouns, as in: I buy the book - I buy it.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela goes over the very important words and phrases that help you to understand directions and navigate around Italy. She covers verbs such as "to cross," and adjectives such as "opposite," and "behind," as well as the simple and articulated prepositions used with place names.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela teaches us the essential verbs and phrases for asking directions in Italy.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela has her students practice conjugating a verb of movement in the passato prossimo (present perfect). There are plenty of details to watch out for: plural or singular, masculine or feminine, "to be" or "to have" as helping verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela teaches us about conjugating one of the past tenses, the passato prossimo, for action verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela takes us through the steps to construct the passato prossimo (present perfect) of verbs. Attenzione! Even though it looks similar to the English present perfect tense, the passato prossimo is used for actions completed at a specific time in the past, so in many cases it corresponds to the simple past in English, not the present perfect!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Modal verbs in Italian are potere (to be able to) volere (to want to) and dovere (to have to). Daniela explains how they work!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika shows us the rules about using direct object pronouns. Don't be discouraged if you don't absorb it all at once. It takes plenty of practice, and plenty of trial and error. See first part: Marika spiega - Pronomi diretti
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika gives us an overview on how to use direct object pronouns, which take the place of direct objects when the object has already been referred to. Here's an example of this in English:
"Do you know the answer [direct object noun]?" "Yes I know it [direct object pronoun]."
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