Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
We continue getting acquainted with Marika's apartment. This time she shows us the hall with its furnishings.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika shows us the entryway of her apartment, from the intercom to the coat rack.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In fairy tales, good triumphs over evil in the end. This one's no exception.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here's one of the most famous fairy tales of all, "Cinderella." The Italian, "La Cenerentola" comes from the noun la cenere (ash, ashes, cinder). See how much you can understand without the English subtitles!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Being a fairy tale, there's a happy ending. Maybe you'll understand it even without the subtitles!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There's plenty of new vocabulary in the well-known story of "Sleeping Beauty". And since there are both a king and a queen, and twelve fairies, many verbs are in the third person plural of the passato remoto! Make the most of it!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Many of us know how this story ends. That's why it will be easy to understand. And there are still plenty of verbs to learn in the passato remoto!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here are the last three signs of the Zodiac, with new expressions and new vocabulary. The signs Marika talks about are Capricorno (Capricorn), Acquario (Aquarius), and Pesci (Pisces).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
"The Frog Prince" is a famous fairy tale—nothing new! But what an opportunity to learn and practice the passato remoto! In everyday conversations this tense is rare in much of Italy, but when we're talking about "once upon a time..." it's a mainstay.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
This time Marika talks about Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. There's lots of good vocabulary having to do with personality!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika explains the next three signs of the zodiac, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo. Learn plenty of adjectives that describe people's personalities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Whether or not you take stock in astrology, Marika gives you plenty of new vocabulary for talking about personality, while describing the characteristics attributed to the first three signs of the zodiac: Aries, Taurus and Gemini.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano introduces us to his best friend, Oscar.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
The traditional Anglo-Saxon holiday, Halloween, has gradually taken hold in Italy and is now an occasion for partying, wearing costumes, and having fun. Serena opens up the door to her apartment and...
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena goes in to a shop with a friend to buy some beauty cream. She pays by carta di credito, and makes sure she walks out of the store with lo scontrino (the receipt), which is obligatory in Italy! As an afterthought, she would like Gerarda, the proprietor, to gift-wrap the beauty cream for her, so she asks for un pacchetto regalo.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena and Martina take you to a shop that sells both home health care products and beauty aids. This kind of shop is called a sanitaria, coming from the word, sanità (health). If you ever (heaven forbid!) need a wheelchair, ace bandage, neck brace, or even orthopedic shoes, this is the place to go. Today, Serena and Martina are shopping for more glamorous items.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
How do three buddies, who happen to be oxen, get eaten by a lion? Adriano tells the tale, complete with the lesson to be learned. Have you guessed? It's one of Aesop's Fables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano shares with us the story of the fox and the cicada. Apart from the usefulness of the story itself, there's a good selection of verbs in tenses we don't use every day, but which are used in storytelling.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Spring is here and Cettina is enjoying the outdoors. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are getting leaves, and the sunshine is warm enough to go without a jacket.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Cettina shows us how to make a very basic nativity scene.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Cettina and Alex show us how they decorate their Christmas tree.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Francesca takes us to Mount Terminillo, a range of mountains whose highest peak is over two thousand two hundred meters high. It's easy to get to from Rome and there's lots to do there.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Are you ready to go skiing? Sure you haven't forgotten anything? Review with Francesca the kind of clothing you should wear if you're going to spend a nice day in the snow.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Although it rarely snows in Rome, there are mountains nearby where it does snow. Francesca takes us to the Abruzzese Apennines and while driving, she tells us about her passion for sledding, and how to deal with winter temperatures.
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