Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela covers irregular verbs in this last segment on the future tense. The rolling of the "r" and accented "ò" make the verb endings fun to pronounce.
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this first of three segments on the infinitive, Daniela covers conjugated verbs followed directly by verbs in the infinitive, without the use of prepositions.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on the all important verb andare [to go]. She includes a number of common expressions using this irregular verb.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela continues with more conjugated verbs that are immediately followed by verbs in the infinitive. The lesson covers the very commonly used verbs: piacere (to like), desiderare (to want), and occorrere (to need).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika, in her lesson on the verb mettere (to put, to set) includes some commonly used expressions.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika provides more useful expressions that employ the verb mettere [to put]. Mettere a posto [to put in order, to tidy up] is one that is used on a daily basis.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about combining verbs in the infinitive with conjugated verbs where no preposition is needed in between them. She also talks about using the conjugated verb "to be" followed by an adjective plus a verb in the infinitive, again, with no need for a preposition in the middle. For more on this, with examples, see this lesson.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about verbs that require the preposition di (to) before another verb in the infinitive.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika starts off her 3-part series on particles, otherwise known as function words. In this segment, she mostly concentrates on the locative function of the particle ci.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela covers the verbs: ricordare (to remember), dimenticare (to forget), decidere (to decide), and dubitare (to doubt), showing how the preposition "di" is placed between conjugated and infinitive verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson concentrates on how the pronouns: mi [me], ti [you], vi [you, plural] are used in conjunction with the particle "ci."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Pregare (to beg, to ask) and sapere (to know) are the last two verbs on Daniela's list of verbs that take the preposition di (of) and a verb in the infinitive.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika covers with the pronominal particle ci, this time providing examples as to how it is used with the direct pronouns: lo, la, li, and le.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela and her class work on conjugated verbs followed by infinitive verbs that require the preposition a [to] between them.
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