Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Join Francesca for her first driving lesson! She learns the various important things to do before starting off, like putting on her seat belt, checking the mirrors, and putting the car into gear.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika names some of the delicious fruits available in Italy. In general the fruits themselves are feminine, while the plants on which they grow take the masculine form.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika goes over the names of farm animals, what their young are called, and the onomatopoetic calls of the animals.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika takes us through the vegetables used in Italian cooking. Buon appetito!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Francesca and her travelling companion have just gotten a flat tire. Learn the steps for changing a tire along with Francesca.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika shows us the various pots and pans, plates and silverware used every day in Italian kitchens, dining rooms and restaurants.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika tells us about the euro in Italy. Learn or review the names of the coins and bills, and go with Anna to buy some items she needs for school.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francesca finds a note on the windshield of her car. Her driving instructor has to explain that it's not a note, but a parking ticket.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika takes us to Rome, and talks about all the different ways we can get around--trains, scooters, and even hydrofoils.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika gives us a helpful guide to describing your feelings in any given moment.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika and Anna conjugate the verb to be in the simple present, present perfect, and simple past.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika give examples of the past tense of the verb to be.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika and Anna go over the future and conditional tenses for the verb essere (to be). The vocabulary review covers the future and the conditional conjugations for this verb.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika gets to help a friend in need, and at the same time, show off her skill at using a hammer and nails. She tells us how she put together a chest of drawers and put up a shelf all in a morning's work, and had fun doing it.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika take us through the imperative, the subjunctive and the gerund forms of the verb, essere (to be). The subjunctive is used less and less in modern English, so it can be tricky to learn in Italian, but little by little even these forms will become part of your Italian language skills.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Big or small, thick or thin? Marika gives you a jump start to some of the most common opposites used in everyday Italian. You'll get the picture!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika introduce the verb avere (to have) and show us the conjugation in the present, present perfect, simple past and past perfect.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
What time is the right time to say "Buongiorno?" Marika explains it and talks about how Italians tell time.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika is with Francesca, and together they present the verb "andare" (to go) in the present, past, imperfect, as well as the conditional and the future. Go for it!
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela teaches us the Italian way to say hello and goodbye, to both our friends and to people we don't know.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika tells us about the clothes people wear, from underwear to winter coats.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Daniela explains when to use the different forms of greetings in Italian: "buongiorno," "buonasera," "buonanotte," and "salve."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Gestures are part of body language, and we all know that Italians are particularly famous for communicating with their hands. Arianna shows us how to "speak" Italian without words.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Francesca and Marika are sitting in a park conversing, using the verb potere (able/can). Why not join them?
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