Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Autumn is coming and it's time to paint all the leaves on the trees. Pimpa goes out to see how it works and then goes into the woods to visit her friend the Dormouse. They both go to school together.
Difficulty: Beginner
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Pimpa and her friend go out to the vegetable garden to find out what primizie are and find themselves watching a race.
Difficulty: Beginner
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
If you have ever wondered what conjugation (first -are, second -ere, or third -ire) verbs that end in -arre, -orre, or -urre belong, you will find the answer in this video!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's a beautiful day and Pimpa invites her cat friend Rosita to go on a picnic. They don't always agree on what to have for lunch.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika shares with us some very useful expressions using il naso (the nose) and the sense of smell, called l'olfatto in Italian.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Pimpa goes ice skating with some friends. She even finds some food in the middle of the sea. Armando is skeptical.
Difficulty: Beginner
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Emilia, the mail-stork is sick and unable to deliver a letter to Dino the elephant and Pimpa volunteers. Pimpa's readiness to do a favor took her on quite an adventure.
Difficulty: Beginner
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
When you have plenty of confidence or trust someone, you might keep your eyes closed and do something "ad occhi chiusi" (with your eyes closed), but make sure to keep them open while watching this video about expressions featureing l'occhio (the eye).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this last part, Marika provides some expressions to use when you're frustrated or when you forget what you were about to say. They all use la testa (the head) as the featured body part.
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