Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're in the final phase of the game. Will Francescopaolo have written the right word?
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Arianna takes us around Florence. In this part, we walk from the main train station to the famous San Lorenzo market, where it's time to find some lunch.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika form the Calabrian ricotta balls and cook them in tomato sauce. The ricotta balls can also be fried and served without sauce.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
All the ingredients are ready, and Anna and Marika go to work, making the ricotta ball mixture. They share with us a common saying about prezzemolo (parsley).
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela discusses how the imperfect is used to describe actions in the past that are happening contemporaneously.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's one contestant left, but the questions keep on coming.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The narrator goes over the vanishingly small number of expressions coined during Mussolini's time that are still in use today. The song that gives the series its name is provided in full.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
How much is too much? Marika explains about quantity, and shares some common idioms about quantity and degree that can come in very handy.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika provide the list of necessary ingredients for this Calabrese specialty. This recipe calls for sheep's milk ricotta. When you go to buy ricotta in Italy, storekeepers will ask if you want cow, sheep, or goat ricotta. You can also specify a mix.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
After the war came TV. It changed everything, and provided a new way to unify the Italian language and teach people reading and writing.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Daniela concentrates on the modal verbs essere [to be] and avere [to have] in the imperfect tense.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
We're down to two contestants: Agnese and Francescopaolo. Carlo's seven questions are pretty tough and involve international material.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The segment looks at the Royal Academy of Italy's dictionary of Italian, which was filled with quotes from Mussolini. By the end of World War II, the dictionary had gotten to the letter “C.”
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Erica and Martina talk about their friendship, which started in the first year of high school and continues today.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
It's time to talk about Calabria, a southern region with both sea and mountains. Let's hope Anna did some studying.
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