This time Mirò and his friends want to make music. Magic Box furnishes some everyday objects and the friends need to figure out how to transform them into musical instruments.

Mirò and his friends want to have a party. All they get from Magic Box are some paper bags, but they figure out how to have fun and be creative with them.

Marika explains what partitive articles are all about and gives us some helpful examples.

Mirò and his friends find wonderful clothing and fabrics from the olden days in the magic box. They use these for their games of make believe.

Articoli partitivi, or partitive articles look like articoli articolati because they are formed with a preposition plus an article. But their function is different. Most of the time they are a way to say “some.” This lesson is about how to form them, and in future lessons, we will learn how to use them.

Marika adds the preposition con (with) to the list of prepositions that combine with definite articles.

A charming cat called Mirò and his many animal friends are featured in this beautiful animation for kids. The circle of friends get caught in a rainstorm and use colorful umbrellas to keep themselves dry.

Marika concentrates on the preposition su [on] in combination with various articles to form the very useful sul, sui, sugli, sulla, sulle and sull'.

Dafne and her father are waiting for her mother. When Dafne goes looking for her mother, she gets an ugly surprise.

We look at a few more prepositions and see the contexts in which they are used.

Permeating the song are images of a Sicilian beach in the hot summer and the waves that could carry you out to sea.

We continue with simple prepositions, starting off with da (from). But da can also mean "to" or "at," so you won't want to miss this. Marika also explains when to use in or a regarding cities, countries, etc.

This video lesson is about simple prepositions, especially di (of, from, about) and a (to, at).

In this part of the lesson about subordinate clauses, Daniela talks about analogies or hypothetical situations. The English equivalent would be when we say, "as if..."

This song is one side of a phone call made to someone after meeting her at a party. But is there anyone on the other end?