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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adottare un animale è una cosa seria! Marika lo sa bene e infatti in quest'ultima parte ci parla di come prendersi cura della salute e dell'igiene del proprio animale domestico.

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Marika spiega - La divisione in sillabe - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Si va sempre più a fondo nelle lezioni di Italiano per scoprire proprio tutto. In questo video Marika vi spiega come dividere in sillabe le parole. Buona visione.

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con i capelli - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Italian, like English, uses body parts in lots of expressions. Marika gives us some examples of expressions using the word capello or its plural capelli. Let's keep in mind that in English "hair" isn't usually countable, but in Italian it is!

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Caption 26 [it]: Questo gesto vuol dire proprio averne fin sopra i capelli.
Caption 26 [en]: This gesture really means having it up to above your hair [up to here].

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Marika spiega - Preposizioni semplici - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We look at a few more prepositions and see the contexts in which they are used.

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Caption 18 [it]: Causa: "Con questo rumore, non riesco proprio a dormire".
Caption 18 [en]: Reason: "With this noise, I really can't sleep."

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika shows us a series of items that make it easier to have cats in the house. In order to discourage the cats from destroying the furniture, rugs, and curtains, there are some handy remedies.

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Caption 8 [it]: Proprio come dice la parl'... la parola "disabituante",
Caption 8 [en]: Precisely, as the word suggests... the word "habit breaker,"

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What accessories do we need when we take a kitten into the family? Some are just for kittens themselves, and others are for us humans. Marika makes introductions.

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Caption 43 [it]: serv'... che servono proprio per assorbire i bisogni che potrebbero fare durante il viaggio
Caption 43 [en]: used... that are used for absorbing their business, which they might do during the trip

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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 65 [it]: ma se proprio succede e sei in Italia,
Caption 65 [en]: but if it ever happens and you are in Italy,

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika shares some of her childhood with us, specifically, her experience of having a puppy grow up beside her as part of the family. Now she has children of her own, and wants to give them that same special experience.

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Caption 59 [it]: delle associazioni che fanno proprio questo.
Caption 59 [en]: associations who do just this.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ora - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela looks at the various contexts for using the adverb ora (now) and its synonyms and variants.

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Caption 23 [it]: che vuol dire "proprio adesso".
Caption 23 [en]: which means "right now."

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika explains some of the idiomatic expressions used in the TV series, Commissario Manara. These expressions are ones Italians use every day in dealing with other people, so you won't want to miss this.

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Caption 16 [it]: Questa espressione si usa proprio per dire
Caption 16 [en]: This expression is specifically used to say

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Some idiomatic expressions need some explanation and Marika is here to do just that, this time using examples from the popular TV series, Commissario Manara. You'll be speaking Italian like a native in no time.

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Caption 76 [it]: oppure "Questa pettinatura ti dona proprio".
Caption 76 [en]: or "That hairstyle really flatters you."

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Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika and Daniela continue their conversation about making conversation in Italian. They even talk a little bit about baby talk, Italian style, including the vezzeggiativo (affectionate) form of adjectives.

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Caption 36 [it]: come dicevo, è il fatto di cambiare proprio i nomi alle cose
Caption 36 [en]: as I was saying, is the fact of really changing the names of things

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Modi Indefiniti - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela gives us some more examples of gerunds used in subordinate clauses. Asking ourselves what questions the gerund answers can help us understand its role in a sentence.

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Caption 9 [it]: oppure quando il gerundio ha un proprio soggetto distinto.
Caption 9 [en]: or else, when the gerund has its own distinct subject.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Modi Indefiniti - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela explains what are called "indefinite modes." They are indefinite because they don't refer directly to a person or object. They commonly occur in a subordinate clause, and we need the context of the main clause to give us that information. There are three forms: the infinitive, the past participle, and the gerund.

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Caption 14 [it]: Proprio per questo non è possibile
Caption 14 [en]: Precisely because of this, it's not possible

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Campania

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today, Anna is playing with fire because she has to describe the very region her teacher is from. Anna knows her subject pretty well, but so does her teacher. Who will triumph?

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Caption 59 [it]: Chi nel mondo non conosce la pizza, che è nata proprio a Napoli.
Caption 59 [en]: Who in the world isn't familiar with pizza, which was created right in Naples?

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