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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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 90 [it]: Mica lo sono.
Caption 90 [en]: I'm not at all.
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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Lazio

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Anna volunteers to be questioned about Lazio. The teacher seems to be in a good mood, so Anna is encouraged. What grade will she receive?
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Caption 10 [it]: mica diamo del Lei.
Caption 10 [en]: we don't use formal address at all.
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Marika spiega - Gli scioglilingua

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

What in English is called a tongue-twister, in Italian is a scioglilingua, or tongue loosener. The Trentine one, with the alliterated Ts, is the most successful in English translation.
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Caption 82 [it]: Non è mica facile.
Caption 82 [en]: It's not at all easy.
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4:38

Marika spiega - La forma impersonale

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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.
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Caption 3 [it]: Non riesco mica a vedere oltre lo schermo.
Caption 3 [en]: I can't see beyond the screen at all.
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Marika spiega - Il presente progressivo

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

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).
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Caption 46 [it]: Non ti sarai mica stancato?
Caption 46 [en]: You didn't tire yourself out, did you?

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