During a walk in the country, Federico explains what summer is to his little brother Piggeldy.

Marika divides the types of pasta into different categories and explains their characteristics, ranging from ingredients to shelf life, to cooking time, and consistency.

There are different kinds of flour used to make pasta. "Flour" is a generic term but it's not always accurate. Marika explains it all.

There is an amazing variety of fresh and dried pasta shapes and sizes in Italy, referred to as formati (shapes and sizes). Their names have to do with their surface (smooth, rough, grooved), their size, expressed with a suffix, such as -one, -etto, -ino, etc, and/or what they resemble. Marika makes some sense of the vast assortment of pasta found in Italian supermarkets.

Marika explains some terms related to the world of economics. In this first part, we learn terms like "demand" and "supply", as well as concepts such as "surplus" and "deficit".

In this second part, Marika teaches us more terms related to the world of economics. This time she does it with a text that encompasses the words learned so far on this interesting topic.

In today's video, we explore the most common terms related to international politics and relations between nations. Words like diplomacy, treaty, sovereignty, and alliance will be explained with practical examples to help you easily incorporate them into your Italian conversations.

In this video, you'll discover terms such as armed conflict, humanitarian crisis, embargo, and nuclear threat, to better understand international politics. Don't miss the next one!

In this final part of the vocabulary dedicated to international politics, Marika proposes two texts to review all the words and to send a message of peace and hope to everyone.

In this first part dedicated to finance, we begin to familiarize ourselves with terms related to this topic. We will see that in Italian financial language, there are also some anglicisms present.

A representation of the Yabla Italian team wants to surprise Yabla friends with many good wishes and nice messages. Thank you for being with us this year too! Happy Holidays!

In this second part dedicated to financial terms, we'll look at the words commonly used in Italy and also at the most discussed topics on economic culture at the moment.

In this final part, we look at terms related to the financial world and particularly those concerning the Stock Exchange. At the end, a short text summarizes the vocabulary to allow for a good review.

In this new episode of "Marika explains", we clarify the use of allocutive pronouns, that is, the pronouns used to address an interlocutor. Let's start with "tu" (you).

In this second part, Marika explains the use of "Lei". We'll see in which contexts it is used and which verbal form should be employed.