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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are two ways to use an indirect object pronoun with the verb piacere (to please, to be pleasing, to like). Daniela shows us how they work.

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Caption 27 [it]: Se, invece, ho la formula [sic: la forma] "mi dispiace",
Caption 27 [en]: If, instead, I have the form, "It displeases me,"

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Particella Ci e Ne - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela gives us plenty of examples of how to use ne and ci, those tricky little particles that mean so many different things and which can be quite a challenge for English speakers.

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Caption 73 [it]: "Mi dispiace per quello che è successo.
Caption 73 [en]: "I'm sorry for what happened.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Particella Ci e Ne - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela gives us some more examples of how the particle ci is used. Lots of times it's superfluous and could technically be omitted but hardly ever is.

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Caption 17 [it]: Non ci sento, mi dispiace".
Caption 17 [en]: I can't hear, I'm sorry."

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Marika spiega - Come - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this second part, you will master using come (how) in questions and exclamations.

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Caption 14 [it]: "Sai come mi dispiace"?
Caption 14 [en]: Do you know how sorry I am?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il passato remoto - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela discusses the verbs finire [to finish] and essere [to be] in the remote past tense.

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Caption 47 [it]: Mi dispiace.
Caption 47 [en]: I'm so sorry!

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il passato remoto - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela starts her four-part series on the passato remoto [remote or absolute past] verb tense. This tense is broadly used in the south of Italy, and infrequently in the north.

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Caption 57 [it]: mi dispiace per voi.
Caption 57 [en]: I'm sorry for you.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 11

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about a special case scenario in which a verb in the infinitive may replace the subjunctive form in the subordinate clause. Learning this rule can make using certain verbs easier. She goes on to talk about impersonal forms of verbs where we need the subjunctive. This scenario is quite different from English, so we need to pay close attention.

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Caption 53 [it]: e il mio amico dice: "Giovanni non c'è, mi dispiace.
Caption 53 [en]: and my friend says to me, “Giovanni isn't here, I'm sorry.

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Marika spiega - Il verbo venire - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika focuses on the verb venire [to come], providing lots of useful examples of how it is used, and also contrasting it with the verb andare [to go].

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Caption 60 [it]: Dico: "Mi dispiace, non posso venire a cena da voi".
Caption 60 [en]: I say, "I'm sorry, I can't come to dinner at your place."

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Marika spiega - I verbi intransitivi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's lesson is on intransitive verb and how to recognize them. She has some interesting things to say on southern Italian speech and the influence of Spanish.

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Caption 54 [it]: Mi dispiace poi lasciarti così.
Caption 54 [en]: I'm sorry to leave you like this, then.

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Marika spiega - La particella NE - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika discusses the particle "ne" and provides examples of how it is used as a partitive pronoun (some, none) among other uses.

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Caption 21 [it]: "No, mi dispiace, non ne conosco nessuna".
Caption 21 [en]: "No, I'm sorry, I don't know of any."

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Marika spiega - La particella CI - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's lesson concentrates on how the pronouns: mi [me], ti [you], vi [you, plural] are used in conjunction with the particle "ci."

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Caption 19 [it]: No, mi dispiace, non ce l'ho [sic], o non ce li ho.
Caption 19 [en]: No, I'm sorry. I don't have them, or I don't have them.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbo + Verbo all'infinito + preposizione DI - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela covers the verbs: ricordare (to remember), dimenticare (to forget), decidere (to decide), and dubitare (to doubt), showing how the preposition "di" is placed between conjugated and infinitive verbs.

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Caption 33 [it]: mi dispiace, dubito di arrivare in tempo.
Caption 33 [en]: "I'm sorry, I doubt I'll arrive in time.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbo + Verbo all'infinito - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this first of three segments on the infinitive, Daniela covers conjugated verbs followed directly by verbs in the infinitive, without the use of prepositions.

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Caption 60 [it]: E io dico: no, mi dispiace,
Caption 60 [en]: And I say, "No, I'm sorry.

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Marika spiega - Gli accenti - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's last segment on accents covers some fun homographs. She also provides advice on learning the correct pronunciation of words.

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Caption 66 [it]: Ti ho riempito la testa di parole e di regole, mi dispiace.
Caption 66 [en]: I've filled your head with words and rules, I'm sorry.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbi modali

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Modal verbs in Italian are potere (to be able to) volere (to want to) and dovere (to have to). Daniela explains how they work!

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Caption 44 [it]: che dovete imparare la coniugazione a memoria, mi dispiace,
Caption 44 [en]: that you have to learn the conjugation by heart, I'm sorry,

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