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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulle Marche

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Tutti a scuola ad imparare di più sulle Marche. Perché questa regione ha il nome al plurale? Dove si trova? Vediamo un po' se Anna ha studiato ed è in grado di risponderci.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Approfondimento Verbi Modali - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

I verbi potere, dovere e volere sono considerati verbi modali o servili perché servono all'infinito che di solito li segue aggiungendo un'idea di possibilità, volontà, obbligo o necessità.

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Marika spiega - Numeri moltiplicativi, distributivi - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

I numerali moltiplicativi sono chiamati così perché indicano quante volte è stata moltiplicata una quantità. Invece, i numerali distributivi sono chiamati così perché indicano la distribuzione.

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Milena e Mattia - Al ristorante - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Lucano

Milena e Mattia stanno aspettando le ordinazioni e nel frattempo parlano di quello che fanno la sera. Milena andrà a passeggiare e Mattia vorrebbe accompagnarla, perché non gli va di andare a ballare con i suoi amici. Si mettono d'accordo e si danno appuntamento.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 15

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela goes over words or expressions that trigger the use of the subjunctive, including affinché (so that), a meno che (unless), and senza che (without).

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Caption 16 [it]: "perché",
Caption 16 [en]: “perché” [so that],

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela has her students do some exercises to make sure they've understood the use of articles with possessive adjectives. You'll see that being part of family or not makes quite a difference, as does being just one or more than one!

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Caption 20 [it]: Perché?
Caption 20 [en]: Why?

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Marika spiega - Verbi in arre, orre, urre

Difficulty: 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!

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Caption 38 [it]: perché i verbi della seconda e terza coniugazione
Caption 38 [en]: because the verbs of the second and third conjugations

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con i capelli - Part 1

Difficulty: 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!

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Caption 43 [it]: perché nessuno si è fermato per farmi attraversare la strada".
Caption 43 [en]: because nobody stopped to let me cross the street."

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Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

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

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Caption 36 [it]: perché aiutano gli articoli indeterminativi
Caption 36 [en]: because they help indefinite articles

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Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 1

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 6 [it]: Perché si chiamano così?
Caption 6 [en]: Why are they called that?

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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 6 [it]: perché noi le utilizziamo molto spesso
Caption 6 [en]: because we use them very often

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 2

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 14 [it]: perché Lara non si è presentata alla cena con lui.
Caption 14 [en]: Because Lara didn't show up for dinner with him.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Fino a e Finché - Part 1

Difficulty: 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."

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Caption 5 [it]: perché alcuni studenti me lo hanno chiesto.
Caption 5 [en]: because some students asked me about it.

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Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 2

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 29 [it]: sì. -Perché si rifà alla parola "bambino"
Caption 29 [en]: yes. -Because it imitates the word "bambino" [child]

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Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 1

Difficulty: 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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Caption 50 [it]: Ah, ecco perché.
Caption 50 [en]: Ah, that's why.

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