Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pippo is listening to a bit of music on his shell headphones and is pretty much oblivious to what's going on around him. But Palla, who is still not used to the sounds of the house, gets alarmed by all the strange sounds he hears.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Sara reads in a newspaper that there is a ferocious killer fish that is wandering about the city, ready to eat little fish in fish tanks. The family becomes suspicious of Palla, the newly arrived fish, but fortunately the TV news says the story is false.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Palla teaches Pippo how to make little farts and explains that they can be smelled outside the aquarium. Chris gets blamed for them, but he's playing his video game and is oblivious to everything.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Each member of the family passes along the task of feeding Pippo and Palla, and sure enough everyone forgets. How are they gonna do it?
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Sara wants to eat the fridge because of boyfriend trouble and Palla has a ringing stomach.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Chris doesn't want to talk about his flunked math test, only about his date with Margherita at the pizzeria. Chris's infatuation makes Palla remember his own love affair with Sardy. Pizza Margherita is named after an Italian queen, who loved her pizza with just tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The two kids want to go on strike because their father won't raise their allowance. But they are having a hard time finding something to strike over, and decide to take advice from the fish in the acquarium.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A cartoon in which two aquarium fish worry about the kids of the house who are going on a school trip.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Summer heat brings on unnerved parents, a power failure, chaos, and amused fish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The parents are arguing and Palla worries that it will end in divorce, and this could mean being flushed down the toilet. Luckily, the parents patch things up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Somehow Pippo and Palla get kidnapped and they begin to worry about ending up in a can!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Mondello is where the people of Palermo go to the beach. Adriano tells us about how the place came to be, and about a gastronomical specialty called the arancina.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
The seasons divide up the solar year. In astronomical terms, a season is the interval of time between an equinox and a solstice, which is why there are four seasons, each of which lasts three months independently of geographical location. Adriano describes the seasons in Sicily, where he lives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano, a big Palermo soccer fan, highlights important dates and the many name changes for Palermo's beloved stadium.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano and his girlfriend Vladi demonstrate Jive dancing, a dance that in Italy goes by the name "Boogie Woogie".
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Learn Italian and how to tango at the same time! Adriano, with the help of his girlfriend, Vladi, a professional dancer, explains the basic steps of this dance, which has its origins in the ghettos of Buenos Aires.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
How do three buddies, who happen to be oxen, get eaten by a lion? Adriano tells the tale, complete with the lesson to be learned. Have you guessed? It's one of Aesop's Fables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano shares with us the story of the fox and the cicada. Apart from the usefulness of the story itself, there's a good selection of verbs in tenses we don't use every day, but which are used in storytelling.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Find out how Adriano spends his day, and how he stays in shape, even though he works in an office.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Yabla students wrote in with some questions for Adriano. He answers them in this video, with the help of his mamma.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
It's a very special day for Adriano and Anita. We hear Adriano's mother read a famous passage on love from First Corinthians 13 (New Testament of the Bible).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano and Anita exchange wedding vows on this special day for them.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Adriano shows us the place where the reception will take place. It will include dining and dancing, complete with deejay.
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