Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Orazio gets an unexpected visit at the office. The police pay a visit to Orazio's priest friend, Don Agostino.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
If you have never been tested for Covid-19, Giuditta and Marino give a good description of the process. And their youngest son had to be very brave.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lorenzo is working hard at winning Malù's heart back again. He has a talk with his Mom about Dante. Eva gets an anonymous package, hoping it's from Dante.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gaetano is at Bettina's but gets a phone call and has to go. Camilla, who is already at the crime scene, watches him from the window.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melody and Dino get along very nicely, but Dino clearly has feelings for her and wonders about how she feels. Nora is at the skating rink with Cecilia to discuss wedding plans. Ugo is on the phone with Dida.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Orazio goes to see his priest friend, Don Agostino, to talk about his problems, but it doesn't seem like Don Agostino is really tuned in to the problem at hand.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Coronavirus affects people in different ways. Marino and Giuditta share their experiences and recount what they did on their own, to try to get better.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The girls discuss the plan. By now, they know what their options are. Groucho shows up, and Eva takes some decisive action.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Nora and Ugo discuss Cecilia's having given up a chance of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Ugo is making great progress as a skater, and his teacher is proud of him. They get around to talking about love and relationships.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Orazio is back at the office with some clients, and gets interrupted. His patience is growing thin with both his clients and his wife.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva meets up with Max to discuss the plan. Later she meets with the girls with hopes of involving them. And finally, Eva goes to see Augusto.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ancient culture merged with "modern" culture, especially after Constantine created the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. Near Matera in Basilicata, even caves built into the rock face became churches. The frescoes on those walls are quite stunning.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Nora discovers that Ugo is taking skating lessons on his own. She meets up with Cecilia to choose some wedding accessories, but clearly, Cecilia is distracted and finally confides in Nora about her feelings. Naturally, Nora compares every relationship to the one she has or had with Ugo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Orazio has a conversation with his doctor and Anna has a conversation with her friend. Both Anna and Orazio are frustrated but don't know what to do.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After summing up about the passive voice, Daniela goes on to talk about some other related constructions. It's important to remember that the passive is formed with transitive verbs only. But when we don't have a named subject or agent, we have a few other ways to make a sentence passive-like. One way uses the famous particella (particle) si. Si is used for so many things in Italian that it is bound to create confusion for learners, even advanced learners. Don't worry, part 3 of the lesson will explain further. Another way uses the verb andare (to go) to indicate something that must be done. Here too, the stress is on the action, not the subject or agent.
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