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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

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

Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

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

Marika spiega - Parole con più significati - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika talks about three words — piano, credenza, and tempo — that have something important in common. They all have multiple meanings, not just nuances, not just connotations. Technically, they are called polysemous or polysemic words.

Marika spiega - Parole con più significati - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Ready for some more Italian words with various different meanings? Marika talks about albero, batteria, and dado.

Marika spiega - Parole con più significati - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Find out the various different meanings of these words: campo, squadra, and verso.

Marika spiega - Articolo partitivo o preposizione articolata? View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Marika gives us a trick for how to know if del, della, or degli (all meaning "of the") are articulated prepositions or partitive articles. Sounds complicated, but isn't really. See her previous videos about these grammar topics: preposizioni articolate - articoli partitivi.

Marika spiega - Omofoni - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

One tricky thing in lots of languages is when words sound the same but are written differently and have different meanings. In English, these are called, "homophones," part of the larger group, "homonyms."

Marika spiega - Omofoni - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Two words can sound the same because in one, there is an article beginning with L connected to the noun by way of an apostrophe (such as l'ago [the needle]) and in the other one, the first letter is L, such as lago [lake]. When we hear them, we distinguish them from the context, because otherwise, there is no way to know.

Marika spiega - Gli omonimi View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Omonimi (homonyms) look and sound the same but have different meanings, sometimes wildly different meanings!

Marika spiega - Verbo tenere - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

As promised, Marika talks about the verb tenere (to keep, to hold), beginning with its conjugation. Let's keep in mind that Italian tenses don't always correspond to the English ones. For example, the passato prossimo is conjugated like the English present perfect tense, but is used differently in expressing events in time. The imperfetto is translated various ways in English. See this lesson about the imperfetto.

Marika spiega - Verbo tenere - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

We learn in this segment that the verb tenere can mean not only "to hold," but also "to keep" or "to have."

Marika spiega - Verbo tenere - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Here's the last segment about the verb tenere where Marika provides several expressions using the verb. In some cases, we can use "to keep" and "to hold" when translating, but not always.

Marika spiega - Il verbo vedere - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

We take a deep dive into the common and very useful verb vedere (to see). First of all, we look at how it is conjugated. Then we go on to its meaning, as well as some expressions.

Marika spiega - Il verbo vedere - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy

Are you ready for plenty of expressions using the verb vedere (to see)? Andiamo a vedere (let's go see)!

Marika spiega - Il verbo vedere - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Here are some more expressions featuring the verb vedere (to see). For non-native speakers, a few of them might be a little tricky to understand, but others might be very useful to learn and use.

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