Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Not much information is cropping up from the investigation, but Lara has an unusual meeting with Casadio.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika covers these super tricky combined pronouns: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliene, and gliele.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Gigi Proietti, a Rome actor who is widely known in Italy for his TV work, is in this advertisement for Kimbo Coffee.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela continues with verbs that require the present subjunctive, calling attention to the all-important verb sperare [to hope].
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In World War I, Italians who up until then had spoken their regional dialects, found themselves fighting side by side against a common enemy. But Mussolini was interested in fighting the internal enemy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It's a busy day for the police. A prime witness ends up in the emergency room at the hospital, and there have been three burglaries, one after another.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Tamara shows us the acrylic water-based paints that the family uses to decorate ornaments, frames, and masks, among other things.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Arianna goes to her job interview. How did she do? Should she have answered any questions differently? Are there some important questions she neglected to ask? Do you think she will get the job?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla isn't capable of saying no, even when she says no. But she's taking a huge risk for her student, Sammy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A romantic moment gets rudely interrupted by another murder. But do Luca and Lara have the same idea about living together?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika, in response to Yabla user requests, begins her 3-part lesson on those pesky little words (Me plus lo, la, li, le, and ne, together with Ti plus lo, la, li, le, and ne), otherwise known as combined pronouns or double pronouns.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela highlights two verbs that do not call for the present subjunctive—the verbs vedere [to see] and sentire [to sense, to hear, to feel].
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Mussolini forbade the use of dialects and the minority languages that were spoken in the regions bordering the countries to the north in favor of one language for all. Italians were bombarded by fascist propaganda and Mussolini's very frequent speeches.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Even though the case has been solved, Luca gets yelled at by Casadio. To understand their parting words, there's an idiomatic expression to learn. Chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare (He who goes around with a lame person learns to limp). A similar expression in English is "bad company brings bad habits."
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