Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The imperfect tense is one of several past tenses in Italian. It can be tricky to use correctly because it doesn't always match up with one specific tense in English. Depending on the context, it is translated differently. Michela uses a timeline to help you understand.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The owner of the company Le Grotte di Sileno (The Grottoes of Silenus) continues to walk us through the steps necessary to produce high-quality extra virgin olive oil. Puglia produces more olive oil than any other Italian region.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Several Yabla users asked about elisions and contractions, and how, when, and where they're used. This is Marika's first of three videos on this essential topic.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela talks about adjectives that describe a person's personality.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The verb fare (to do, to make) is used in lots of expressions. Marika talks about some of the most common ones.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela goes over some common personal adjectives. In English adjectives generally don't change according to gender, but with blond (m), blonde (f), brown-haired (m), brunette (f) they do change.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika has more tips on how to divide syllables and some fun practice words, too.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
By popular request, Marika has a great lesson on dividing words into syllables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The adjective forms learned in the earlier two lessons are used for a wider selection of nationalities.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Gualtiero Marchesi describes both his old and the new versions of Pollo Kiev (Chicken Kiev). Relatively simple and tasty, especially if you like butter!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika has a nice group of Italian idiomatic expressions using the verb prendere (to take).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Where are you from? Michela explains how to answer the question in Italian, whether you're a man or a woman or in a group.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Being a man of culture as well as an expert chef, Gualtiero Marchesi has found himself being inspired by artists. He talks of dripping food onto a platter, much as Jackson Pollock would drip paint onto a canvas.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are plenty of idiomatic expressions connected with certain verbs. Marika tells us about expressions with dire (to say).
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Italian cuisine in the fifties reflected both the economic prospering, and the cultural growth of a population that had also begun opening up to new horizons through the birth of tourism.
Are you sure you want to delete this comment? You will not be able to recover it.