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Vocaboliamo - Perdita di una persona cara - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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There are two words for condolences in Italian: condoglianze, which was covered in part 1 and cordoglio, covered in the present video. Marika also talks about the Italian custom of posting bills or posters announcing the death of someone in the community.

Vocaboliamo - Perdita di una persona cara - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

When someone dies, it's not always easy to find the words to express sympathy, especially in a language not your own. Marika has some tips.

Vocaboliamo - Dieta - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Did you know there are two different words for "snack" in Italian? Find out about this and more in this second and final video about diet vocabulary with Marika.

Vocaboliamo - Dieta - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Many of us have worried about our weight at some point or we have friends or family members in that situation. Marika gives us some essential vocabulary for navigating the world of diet and nutrition.

Vocaboliamo - Capodanno View Series

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Italy

You never know when you will be celebrating the new year with Italian friends. Here is some vocabulary that will be useful to you.

Vocaboliamo - Natale - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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How to exchange greetings at Christmastime? What is the Italian equivalent of Christmas cookies? Marika helps us out with some good words and expressions to know.

Vocaboliamo - Natale - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

While providing us with some Christmas vocabulary, Marika explains a bit about how Christmas works in Italy.

Marika risponde - Avanti, davanti e di fronte - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Adverbs davanti and di fronte have to do with a position in relation to something or someone. In contrast, avanti [forward], discussed in part 1, is primarily about motion.

Marika risponde - Avanti, davanti e di fronte - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika answers a question about some tricky adverbs of place: avanti, davanti, and difronte. She begins, in this segment, with avanti (forward), an adverb that is mostly used with verbs of motion, such as andare (to go) and venire (to come)

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika finishes up with two more expressions related to seafaring. The first one is very similar in meaning to an expression Marika mentioned in an earlier video. Perhaps you will recognize it.

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika explains some super common expressions Italians use all the time. After watching the video, try using them to describe a situation in your life.

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika discusses two final expressions linked to the nautical world. One of the two is more of an Italian proverb, and a very important one.

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Here are some more expressions having to do with seafaring. In general, they are used figuratively, in a similar way to how they're used in English.

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

When you pull your oars back in the boat, you stop rowing and sometimes this means you are giving up. Italians have an expression for this: Tirare i remi in barca. Marika explains this and other expressions using nautical terms.

Marika spiega - Espressioni legate al mare e al mondo nautico - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Italia's peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides, so the topic of the sea creeps into the conversation easily. Marika explains some expressions inspired by the sea and the nautical world.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con la bocca - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

In this video, Marika explains plenty of expressions with the word bocca (mouth). Listen for the double C!

Marika spiega - Espressioni con la bocca - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

There are a lot of Italian expressions using la bocca (the mouth) in a literal or figurative way. Marika tells us about some of them

Marika spiega - Espressioni con orecchie View Series

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Italy

There are quite a few expressions having to do with the ear and Marika gives us plenty of examples. Let's keep in mind that the plural of orecchio is orecchie, in other words, a masculine singular noun with a feminine plural. But in some places, people use the masculine plural orecchi.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con la parola lingua View Series

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Italy

You will find out in this video that there are really a lot of expressions using la lingua (the tongue). The tongue can be lunga (long), sciolta (loose), biforcuta (forked) and more. We use the tongue when we speak, so lots of these expressions involve speaking.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con naso View Series

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Italy

Marika shares with us some very useful expressions using il naso (the nose) and the sense of smell, called l'olfatto in Italian.

Marika risponde - Risposta 3 Figurati e figuriamoci View Series

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Italy

Marika explains a one-word expression that many learners are curious about: figurarsi. It basically means "to imagine," but it has many nuances depending on the context.

Marika risponde - Risposta 2 Rispondere al telefono View Series

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Italy

After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.

Marika risponde - Risposta 1 Pronomi e aggettivi interrogativi View Series

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Italy

Navigating the adjectives or pronouns che (what), cosa (what), and quale (what, which) is confusing to most learners, but Marika helps us make sense of it all.

Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

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Italy

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

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