Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Luca Zingaretti, known for his playing Salvo Montalbano in the TV series based on Camilleri's detective novels, makes an appeal to prevent drilling in the Mediterranean. The World Wildlife Fund message was prepared for the 2016 referendum. Voters chose to ban drilling.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Ada brings coffee to the room where the new guest is staying. But it's Ada who gets a rude awakening.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There's a departure, for sure. Lara gets on that big blue bus and says goodbye, but there is an arrival, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika are going to make a delicious recipe from Puglia. They explain what panzerotti are and the necessary ingredients and utensils for making them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Claudio is given a list of Italian places and has to say whether they're in the north or the south of Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marta goes to the police with Camilla and realizes it was the right thing to do. As agreed upon, Berardi takes Camilla to dinner, where he tells her how the case was resolved. They get a surprise visit, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marta tells Camilla what actually happened the night Nicola was killed. Lots of things start to make sense.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela goes over words or expressions that trigger the use of the subjunctive, including affinché (so that), a meno che (unless), and senza che (without).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Here are some great lyrics for learning Italian. The video clip is actually a song within a short, inane, comedy. Just about every Italian knows the name Gianni Morandi. He's a very famous and well-loved singer-songwriter and entertainer, and even starred in a TV series called Voglia di Volare (the desire to fly), so the song may very well be a thinly veiled reference to that show. The original song Volare is one of the most famous Italian pop songs of all time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Arianna tells us about her months of study in Potsdam and how beneficial the Erasmus experience was for her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla finally proves to Marta, at great risk, that she just wants to help. And Marta tells her the truth.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are some special conjunctions that take the subjunctive and then che (that). There are several of them but they're quite similar to one another. Little by little, as you hear them used, they'll become part of your vocabulary.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We've come to the moment of truth for Luca and Lara. Neither of them is happy, but they both know, deep down, that it's the right thing to do.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is a great chance to practice bone and muscle vocabulary, since that's what the pairing is about in this episode. The first contestant is named Santo. "Santo" means "saint," so there's some joking about it being just his name, not a description. Carlo, contestant number two is a musician and works in music therapy. He sings a few phrases of an aria from the Puccini opera Tosca.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Tamara uses a synthetic modeling clay in her shop to make necklaces, personalized plaques, and much more. She uses a special kind of glue for this material.
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