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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela tackles a verb that is tricky for English speakers: piacere (to delight, to please). Although when someone says mi piace, he or she is, in essence, saying "I like [it/him/her/them]," the verb piacere doesn't strictly mean "to like." Since, as you will see, this verb works so differently than "to like," we have used the verb "to delight" as a translation in some cases, not for its exact meaning, but in order to match the construction with that of piacere.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ti piace

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nella lezione di oggi Daniela ci insegna come usare il verbo "piacere" e ci spiega la differenza tra la forma singolare "mi piace" e quella plurale "mi piacciono". Buona lezione!

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Mi piace

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nella lezione di oggi Daniela ci insegna ad usare l'espressione: mi piace. Da notare è la differenza tra "mi piace", che si usa in singolare, "mi piacciono" per il plurale, e la forma negativa con il "non": non mi piace o non mi piacciono. Buon apprendimento!

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A Marsala - Sofia Calò

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Sicilian

Sofia ha otto anni e viene da Palermo. Le piace la scuola e le piace fare i compiti, oltre che uscire con la sua mamma e con le sue amiche. Ci racconta dell’ultimo film visto al cinema e ci fa vedere che sa a memoria l’alfabeto e che sa contare.

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Espressioni - Prendere 2 piccioni

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here's the story of the Italian version of "killing two birds with one stone."

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Caption 5 [it]: che piace molto ai piccioni.
Caption 5 [en]: something pigeons like a lot.

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Marika spiega - Adottare dei gatti - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adopting a dog means going through several steps. Marika describes what she and her family went through in attempting to realize their dream of having a puppy.

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Caption 25 [en]: how my partner reacted, how the space was in the house.
Caption 25 [it]: come reagiva il mio compagno, com'era lo spazio in casa.

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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 46 [en]: that the space in the apartment was too small
Caption 46 [it]: che lo spazio in casa era troppo piccolo

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Fino a e Finché - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

A student asked Daniela to explain the difference between finché and the adverb fino. In fact, these words are tricky for English speakers to grasp. We're talking about "until" and "as long as," and in questions, "how far" and "how long."

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Caption 35 [en]: the furthest point of distance in space
Caption 35 [it]: il termine ultimo di una distanza nello spazio

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The concept of liking and loving is nuanced in a particular way in Italian. Really grasping it takes time, practice, and experience, but this lesson should help to avoid embarrassing mistakes and misunderstandings when talking about relationships in Italian.

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Caption 10 [it]: "A Cesare piace moltissimo il suo lavoro".
Caption 10 [en]: "Cesare's job really pleases him." [Cesare likes his job a whole lot.]

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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 4 [it]: Quando dico: "Mi piace il gelato al cioccolato",
Caption 4 [en]: When I say, "Chocolate ice cream pleases me,"

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Sometimes the subject of a sentence can be a verb in the infinitive or an entire clause. Let's see how the verb piacere works in these cases, in both simple and perfect tenses.

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Caption 5 [it]: Esempio: "A mio padre piace sciare".
Caption 5 [en]: Example: "Skiing delights my father." [My dad likes skiing]

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Particella Ci e Ne - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We learn even more about the particle ci. This short word can stand for a preposition (such as "on," "about," "with," or "to") + an indirect object.

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Caption 47 [it]: e ai miei bambini piace molto giocarci".
Caption 47 [en]: and my kids really like playing with him."

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this lesson, Daniela discusses indefinite adjectives that refer to units or multiples. We're talking about adjectives such as "each," every," and "certain." Some have variable endings and others do not.

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Caption 47 [it]: Se non vi piace "ciascuno",
Caption 47 [en]: If you don't like "each,"

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. Daniela explains how that works, and also discusses how to use an apostrophe when the noun following the demonstrative adjective starts with a vowel.

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Caption 23 [en]: in space and in time,
Caption 23 [it]: nello spazio e nel tempo,

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Marika spiega - Saluti verbali e a gesti

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Greeting people is the first thing we do when we meet up with someone, so it's important to know how to do it right, especially when you don't know the person. Marika shows us how.

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Caption 5 [en]: If I enter a space that might be a store, an office,
Caption 5 [it]: Se entro in un ambiente che può essere un negozio, un ufficio,

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