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Espressioni - Prendere 2 piccioni

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Here's the story of the Italian version of "killing two birds with one stone."

Marika spiega - Verbi in arre, orre, urre View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

If you have ever wondered what conjugation (first -are, second -ere, or third -ire) verbs that end in -arre, -orre, or -urre belong, you will find the answer in this video!

Marika spiega - Espressioni con i capelli - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Do you know all the expressions associated with hair? Marika explains some and gives us plenty of examples. Keep in mind that in Italian, i capelli is the plural, and hair is countable.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con i capelli - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Italian, like English, uses body parts in lots of expressions. Marika gives us some examples of expressions using the word capello or its plural capelli. Let's keep in mind that in English "hair" isn't usually countable, but in Italian it is!

Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika explains what partitive articles are all about and gives us some helpful examples.

Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Articoli partitivi, or partitive articles look like articoli articolati because they are formed with a preposition plus an article. But their function is different. Most of the time they are a way to say “some.” This lesson is about how to form them, and in future lessons, we will learn how to use them.

Marika spiega - Preposizioni semplici - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

We look at a few more prepositions and see the contexts in which they are used.

Marika spiega - Preposizioni semplici - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

We continue with simple prepositions, starting off with da (from). But da can also mean "to" or "at," so you won't want to miss this. Marika also explains when to use in or a regarding cities, countries, etc.

Marika spiega - Preposizioni semplici - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

This video lesson is about simple prepositions, especially di (of, from, about) and a (to, at).

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Adopting an animal is a serious undertaking! Marika is fully aware of that fact and in this final segment, she gets down to the nitty-gritty of keeping cats at home.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika shows us a series of items that make it easier to have cats in the house. In order to discourage the cats from destroying the furniture, rugs, and curtains, there are some handy remedies.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

What accessories do we need when we take a kitten into the family? Some are just for kittens themselves, and others are for us humans. Marika makes introductions.

Marika spiega - Il pronto soccorso View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

Italy

With the term pronto soccorso, what's usually meant is the emergency room of a hospital. Marika takes us through who to call if you have an accident, and how an emergency room works in Italy.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Adopting a dog means going through several steps. Marika describes what she and her family went through in attempting to realize their dream of having a puppy.

Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marika shares some of her childhood with us, specifically, her experience of having a puppy grow up beside her as part of the family. Now she has children of her own, and wants to give them that same special experience.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ora - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ora - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

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

Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika explains some of the idiomatic expressions used in the TV series, Commissario Manara. These expressions are ones Italians use every day in dealing with other people, so you won't want to miss this.

Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Some idiomatic expressions need some explanation and Marika is here to do just that, this time using examples from the popular TV series, Commissario Manara. You'll be speaking Italian like a native in no time.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Fino a e Finché - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In English, the difference between "until" and "as long as" is quite distinct, but in Italian, it's a little blurry because the presence of the negative word non (not) might change the meaning of a phrase or it might not. When the meaning is not altered by its presence, the word, in this case non (not), is "pleonastic." We're talking about finché and finche non.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Fino a e Finché - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

A student asked Daniela to explain the difference between finché and the adverb fino. In fact, these words are tricky for English speakers to grasp. We're talking about "until" and "as long as," and in questions, "how far" and "how long."

Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika and Daniela continue their conversation about making conversation in Italian. They even talk a little bit about baby talk, Italian style, including the vezzeggiativo (affectionate) form of adjectives.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Modi Indefiniti - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Daniela and Marika show us the basics of making conversation between 2 people who know each other as well as between strangers, or people of different ages.

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