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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pythagoras, after leaving Croton, brought his school of philosophy to Metapontum. This key city of Magna Graecia [Greater Greece] brings the series on Basilicata to a close.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Here we are in the final phase of this delicious pasta recipe from Sardinia. This is the fun part, for sure.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela discusses the imperfect tense for verbs ending in -are, -ere, and -ire.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Famous battles, movie roles, and 60s pop songs are some of the subject that the contestants get quizzed about.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Mussolini inveighs against the middle class, saying that it is the enemy of fascism. Much of the footage in this segment features EUR, the Rome district that was built in the 30s and 40s.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this phase, Marika and Anna roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. They start making the dough by hand, and are very excited about using their new pasta machine.
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