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Marika spiega - La forma impersonale View Series

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Italy

The third person "impersonal" has mostly gone out of fashion in English, but in Italian it's used all the time. Although in English it's common to use "you" or the passive voice, we've used the impersonal "one" here, in order to understand better how it works.

Marika spiega - Le preposizioni di luogo - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika explains when to use the prepositions: in (to), da (from), di (of, from), and per (for, to, by). There's no need to learn them all at once!

Marika spiega - Le preposizioni di luogo - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Using the prepositions "to" and "at" in Italian can be tricky, because there's one Italian word for both: a. Marika gives us some tips.

Marika spiega - Il presente progressivo View Series

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Italy

Can you answer the question, cosa stai facendo (What are you doing)? If not, take a look at this video where Marika explains the presente progressivo (present continuous tense).

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

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Italy Neapolitan

Daniela has already explained about leaving out the article when talking about one's family members, but attenzione! This only holds for the singular. She explains how things work in the plural.

Marika spiega - Le parole alterate View Series

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Italy

It's a very Italian thing to alter a word to make it mean something bigger, smaller, or worse. You just need to know the right suffix to add to the word. Marika shows you how.

Marika spiega - I verbi riflessivi e reciproci View Series

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Italy

Marika introduces us to an area where Italian and English have some important differences: reflexive and reciprocal verbs. For extra help, see: Reflections on the Reflexive and Ci Gets Around: Part 1

Marika spiega - La formazione degli aggettivi View Series

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Italy

Marika explains how to form adjectives from nouns, by using various suffixes.

Marika spiega - La formazione dei contrari View Series

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Italy

To form the opposite of a word in Italian, there are different kinds of prefixes. Marika explains how they work.

Marika spiega - Le parole composte - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

There are lots of ways to form compound nouns, and lots of different ways to form their plurals. Marika fills us in.

Marika spiega - Le parole composte - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Just as in English, Italian has a great many compound nouns. Marika explains the different types. A proposito, this time she greets us a new way, saying buondì. It's simply another way of saying buongiorno. is another way of saying giorno (day). Diurno is its relative adjective, meaning "daytime."

Marika spiega - La formazione dei nomi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika tells us more about suffixes, and this time explains how to form nouns from adjectives. There's homework to do, too!

Marika spiega - La formazione dei nomi - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Many nouns are formed by adding suffixes to another word. If you know the original word, you can guess the noun. If you know the noun, you can guess the original word. Marika shows you how!

Marika spiega - Il plurale - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Some nouns are the same in the singular and the plural. Marika makes it easy by dividing them into categories. She also gives us some important advice regarding nouns from other languages.

Marika spiega - Il plurale - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika introduces the three classes of plural nouns. She even has a tiny assignment for you!

Marika spiega - Il genere maschile View Series

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Italy

Marika gives us helpful hints for recognising masculine nouns, as well as some important exceptions.

Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbi in "infinitivo" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela teaches us something very important! When you have two verbs in the infinitive, one after another, they get connected by the preposition "a" (to). Most of the time one of those verbs is andare (to go). She gives us some examples.

Marika spiega - Il genere femminile View Series

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Italy

Dealing with gender in Italian can be tricky. Most feminine nouns do end in "a," but not all. If it were only that easy! Marika tells us some of the main types of exceptions, putting them into categories to help us remember.

Marika spiega - Le doppie View Series

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Italy

Double letters are taken very seriously in Italian, so pay careful attention as Marika shows us how they work. You'll see why they're so important!

Marika spiega - La pronuncia - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Once you know the rules, pronouncing Italian words correctly is not so hard. Some consonants change their pronunciation depending on what vowel follows them. Marika helps you get started.

Marika spiega - Fare lo spelling View Series

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Italy

Often, when making a phone reservation for a restaurant, theatre, or museum, you'll be asked to spell your name. Marika gives us an example of how it's done in Italian.

Marika spiega - L'alfabeto View Series

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Italy

You can't learn a language without knowing its alphabet. Here's Marika to teach you the Italian one. Pay special attention when she gets to J! It's one of the letters that wasn't in the original alphabet of 21 letters.

Marika spiega - Il nome dei negozi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

Italy

Join Marika as she walks around the city pointing out different kinds of shops. Learn where to get that flat tire on your bicycle fixed. And discover the unlikely name of the place you go to get your dry cleaning done.

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