Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela has already taught us the singular definite articles in Italian. Today she starts teaching us the masculine plural definite articles.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
If the masculine article seemed a bit complicated, rest easy. The feminine singular definite article is much simpler. Daniela will explain.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There's still more to know about the masculine singular definite article. After IL and L with an apostrophe, there's a third kind, LO. Daniela explains two simple rules to follow.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela tells her students about the masculine singular definite article in its three forms, "Il, L' and Lo."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
What's one of the first things you think of when talking about Italy? Food! Daniela tells us about the sagre (festivals) having to do with every kind of food imaginable.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela discusses with her class the opening hours of stores in different regions of Italy as well as Germany. They go on to talk about the differences in school systems between the two countries.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela shows her class how to use the verb, rimanere(to remain, to stay) and she also conjugates this partly regular, partly irregular verb.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika and Daniela discuss their problems with friends and neighbors, and go on to plan their vacation. At the same time, they discreetly conjugate the verb chiedere (to ask) in the past perfect, future, and conditional.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Whose keys are these? Marika explains how to answer this kind of question and more. Occhio! (look out!): his and hers are the same!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela finishes explaining about the opening hours of shops, comparing those of Italy with those of Germany.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela and her pupils compare the opening hours of shops in their country to those in Italy where, traditionally, the midday break has always had particular importance. Over the past ten years, tradition has gradually given way to convenience, and the rules governing opening hours have become less and less strict.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela talks about verbs having to do with shops, and whether they close at lunchtime or not.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
When we speak of an unspecified quantity of food items, objects, etc. we use the indefinite or partitive article, which changes according to the gender of the noun in question (singular: del, della, dello, and plural: dei, delle, degli). In the second part of the lesson, you'll notice that Italian uses the equivalent of "of" or "of it" where English doesn't. Feel free to absorb the first part of this lesson before tackling the second part.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika and Anna present the verb avere (to have) in the subjunctive mood, which, in Italian, as you'll see, is used when the word che is used as a conjunction. This mood has practically disappeared from the English language.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about the conjugation of the verb "to have," and gives us some important information about pronunciation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela started out dubbing films. Now she works as a voice-over artist, narrating documentaries. Marika and Daniela talk about common errors in pronunciation and how much of a difference they can make!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
What would you wear if you had to do sports, go to the beach, or if it were cold? Marika teaches you the names for items of clothing, as well as an Italian saying on the subject.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
In this lesson, Daniela talks about the two most important verbs in Italian: essere (to be) and avere (to have).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika talk about their love lives, using the remote past and the remote past perfect, as well as the present and past conditional.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Join Daniela's class where we learn more about how to greet people in Italian.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
How many hand movements and gestures can an Italian make during a totally normal conversation? Have a look at Marika and Francesca!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
What do you say when you meet someone for the first time? Daniela discusses introductions.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Arianna gives us more insights on the gestures used by Italians in everyday life, and talks about what body language can reveal about a person.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Gestures are part of body language, and we all know that Italians are particularly famous for communicating with their hands. Arianna shows us how to "speak" Italian without words.
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