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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Magari

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

This wonderful word may be one of the first ones you learn while traveling in Italy. It's incredibly useful as a one-word answer and in many cases, very easy to use. Daniela explains everything we need to know. See also this lesson in English about magari.

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Marika spiega - Proverbi italiani - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika ci spiega qualche altro proverbio italiano, riguardo al tempo, al raggiungere uno scopo da solo, invece di farsi aiutare e anche riguardo al fatto che una persona che beve un pò troppo, magari racconta delle cose che da sobrio non farebbe.

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Marika spiega - Le bollette - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Ti sei mai ritrovato a dover firmare un contrato di locazione per un appartamento in Italia? Magari un giorno succederà e allora guarda questo video per scoprire tutto quello che c'è da sapere.

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni di luogo - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika explains when to use the prepositions: in (to), da (from), di (of, from), and per (for, to, by). There's no need to learn them all at once!

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Caption 7 [it]: Magari!
Caption 7 [en]: If only!

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Vocaboliamo - Le parole bello, buono e bene - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this second part dedicated to the word bene (fine, well, good), Marika explains other meanings of this multifaceted adverb. Let's see how it is used for emphasis and as encouragement.

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Caption 36 [it]: magari dopo un errore.
Caption 36 [en]: maybe after a mistake.

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Marika spiega - Pronomi allocutivi: Tu, Lei, Voi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this second part, Marika explains the use of "Lei". We'll see in which contexts it is used and which verbal form should be employed.

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Caption 16 [it]: Magari venga a trovarmi, eh.
Caption 16 [en]: Maybe come to visit me, huh.

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Marika spiega - Pronomi allocutivi: Tu, Lei, Voi - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this new episode of "Marika explains", we clarify the use of allocutive pronouns, that is, the pronouns used to address an interlocutor. Let's start with "tu" (you).

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Caption 33 [it]: Magari fossi cieco de [romanesco: di] {scena.}
Caption 33 [en]: I wish I were blind on stage.

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con naso

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika shares with us some very useful expressions using il naso (the nose) and the sense of smell, called l'olfatto in Italian.

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Caption 14 [it]: Soprattutto perché, magari,
Caption 14 [en]: Above all because, maybe,

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Marika risponde - Risposta 2 Rispondere al telefono

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.

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Caption 82 [it]: e magari dopo una coppia di numeri.
Caption 82 [en]: and maybe after a couple of numbers.

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la testa - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this last part, Marika provides some expressions to use when you're frustrated or when you forget what you were about to say. They all use la testa (the head) as the featured body part.

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Caption 30 [it]: Magari facessero tutti come Gianluca!
Caption 30 [en]: If only everyone would do as Gianluca did!

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la testa - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Italians scratch their heads when they are perplexed, just like English speakers do. It's grattarsi la testa. In this segment, Marika explains this and other expressions having to do with the head. Sometimes "testa" can be translated as "head" and other times, as "mind."

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Caption 13 [it]: E magari gli diciamo anche
Caption 13 [en]: And maybe we even tell him

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

After looking at simple prepositions, Marika talks about a special kind of preposition called una preposizione articolata. It just means that the preposition has a definite article attached to it. In this segment, she covers the ways the preposition di (of) combines with different articles to become a new complex preposition. For example, di + il = del.

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Caption 53 [it]: alcuni dei miei sogni si avverano... Magari!
Caption 53 [en]: Some of my dreams come true. If only.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ora - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Ora, the word for "now" can be combined with a number of other words to means something that has to do with time, but that indicates more precisely when a period begins or ends.

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Caption 32 [it]: magari il [sic: nel] linguaggio dei mass media
Caption 32 [en]: maybe in the language of mass media

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ora - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela looks at the various contexts for using the adverb ora (now) and its synonyms and variants.

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Caption 34 [it]: magari domani sì.
Caption 34 [en]: maybe tomorrow I can.

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Marika commenta -La Ladra - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

With examples from La Ladra, Marika explains some common but hard-to-translate, colloquial Italian expressions: pizzicare qualcuno, fare le corna and essere nei pasticci.

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Caption 11 [it]: Magari è uno di questi giovinastri del quartiere.
Caption 11 [en]: Maybe it's one of these neighborhood youngsters.

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