Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela teaches us something very important! When you have two verbs in the infinitive, one after another, they get connected by the preposition "a" (to). Most of the time one of those verbs is andare (to go). She gives us some examples.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Dealing with gender in Italian can be tricky. Most feminine nouns do end in "a," but not all. If it were only that easy! Marika tells us some of the main types of exceptions, putting them into categories to help us remember.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This fascinating segment is about rivers, aqueducts, caves, and perhaps the dwellings of the earliest prehistoric man.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
What are the words we use in Italian to talk about regular actions? Daniela takes you through them.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano introduces us to his best friend, Oscar.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
What did people eat in Ancient Rome? Paolo, the owner of the restaurant, tells us about the history of the place and talks about the most popular dishes on the menu based on actual recipes from Roman times.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Visit beautiful Syracuse and the island of Ortygia, the ancient part of the city, with its unique panoramas and rich history of Greek theater.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes us to another part of the music store. This time she shows us the percussion instruments.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Gualtiero Marchesi is an artist, using food to express his creativity. He's also headstrong, and doesn't easily accept other people's ideas. Step by step, he shows us how to make his famous open ravioli, beautiful to look at, and wonderful to taste!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Find out what's so special about the restaurant where Anna and Marika are about to have lunch.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Augusta is famous for the castle where Frederick II had his court in the thirteenth century. Every year in September, there is a medieval festival recreating the court, with authentic food, costumes and dancing.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Double letters are taken very seriously in Italian, so pay careful attention as Marika shows us how they work. You'll see why they're so important!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Italians are very attached to tradition. In fact, although eating habits have changed, many traditional dishes, rather than being discarded, have been transformed. This means more variety and smaller portions, so that a diner will eat more than just a plateful of pasta.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes you to a music store in Rome. The first instrument she shows us is the piano.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Augusta is a port city on the eastern coast of Sicily. There are two ancient fortresses and a tower built to defend it in the sixteenth century, and later on, it became a base for dirigibles and seaplanes during World War II.
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