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Marika spiega - Il presente progressivo

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Sai rispondere alla domanda "cosa stai facendo"? Se non lo sai fare, devi assolutamente seguire questo video! Buona visione.

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Marika spiega - Il pronto soccorso

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 60 [it]: Se non stai molto male,
Caption 60 [en]: If you aren't too ill,

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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 22 [it]: Come stai?
Caption 22 [en]: How are you?

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Molise

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nobody in the class volunteers to talk about the Molise region, but by chance, Anna gets called on. And we get to learn all about this small region.

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Caption 39 [it]: Pigro, insomma, è pigro questo sta dice'... stai dicendo. -Eh, sì.
Caption 39 [en]: Lazy, in other words, they're lazy, you're saying... you're saying.

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Marika spiega - Cosa - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The word cosa (thing) in Italian is an extremely useful word, especially when you don't know the real word for something. Marika tells us about how it's used in Italian everyday conversation.

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Caption 4 [it]: Cosa stai facendo adesso?
Caption 4 [en]: What are you doing right now?

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Marika spiega - Saluti verbali e a gesti

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Greeting people is the first thing we do when we meet up with someone, so it's important to know how to do it right, especially when you don't know the person. Marika shows us how.

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Caption 30 [it]: Possiamo anche dire: "Ciao, come stai?"
Caption 30 [en]: We can also say "Hi, how are you?"

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Parole ripetute

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are a couple of words in particular that Italians like to repeat over and over again to forcefully encourage an action. Marika talks about these and other repeated words in the Commissioner Manara series.

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Caption 27 [it]: Andiamo. -Toscani, vai, però, no. Stai qui impalato, su.
Caption 27 [en]: Let's go. -Toscani, go on, though. Don't just stand there stock-still, come on.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today the lesson is about Lombardy. Anna is well-prepared, but her maestra seems to be affected by la nebbia (the fog). Is it the Milanese climate? Or could it be something else?

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Caption 13 [it]: Visto che stai parlando tanto, Anna,
Caption 13 [en]: Since you are talking so much, Anna,

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Toscana

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna knows all about Tuscany, one of her favorite regions. Tuscany was very important for the evolution of the Italian language, and is one of the areas of Italy most frequented by tourists.

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Caption 30 [it]: Significa: ma che cosa stai dicendo, stupidello?
Caption 30 [en]: It means: but what are you saying, stupid?

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi di modo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It may come as a relief to see that Italian adverbs of manner are similar to English ones. But when Marika starts giving us some [very useful] idiomatic adverbial phrases using adjectives, it's slightly more complicated.

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Caption 10 [it]: "Ti stai comportando male".
Caption 10 [en]: "You are behaving badly."

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 13

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The previous lesson ended with the verb essere (to be) plus adjectives. Now, Daniela goes on to tell us about the verb essere plus adverbs and then teaches us about a great shortcut for avoiding the subjunctive when using the word basta [it's enough, just]. Normally, basta signals the need for the subjunctive, but Daniela offers up some examples where the infinitive verb works best.

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Caption 21 [it]: perché stai male ed è meglio che tu riposi".
Caption 21 [en]: because you're ill and it's best that you rest.”

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 8

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela highlights two verbs that do not call for the present subjunctive—the verbs vedere [to see] and sentire [to sense, to hear, to feel].

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Caption 63 [it]: "Vedo che stai male".
Caption 63 [en]: “I can see that you're unwell.”

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Marika spiega - Il verbo mancare

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika features the verb mancare [to miss] and provides numerous expressions using the verb.

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Caption 45 [it]: Finalmente arrivi a casa... stai per aprire la porta,
Caption 45 [en]: Finally, you get home... you're about to open the door,

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Marika spiega - I verbi venire e andare - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika goes over the verbs andare [to go] and venire [to come], verbs that are often mistakenly interchanged. She also highlights the expression, va bene, which can indicate that things are going nicely or can be used to voice agreement.

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Caption 44 [it]: vuol dire chiedergli "come stai?".
Caption 44 [en]: means asking them: “How are you?”

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Marika spiega - Il verbo venire - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika continues her lesson on the all-important verb venire [to come], providing many useful examples of its use.

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Caption 17 [it]: dicendogli: "Ma quanta cioccolata stai mangiando?",
Caption 17 [en]: saying to him, "But how much chocolate are you eating?,”

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