Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are a lot of Italian expressions using la bocca (the mouth) in a literal or figurative way. Marika tells us about some of them
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Autumn is coming and it's time to paint all the leaves on the trees. Pimpa goes out to see how it works and then goes into the woods to visit her friend the Dormouse. They both go to school together.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are quite a few expressions having to do with the ear and Marika gives us plenty of examples. Let's keep in mind that the plural of orecchio is orecchie, in other words, a masculine singular noun with a feminine plural. But in some places, people use the masculine plural orecchi.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Pimpa and her friend go out to the vegetable garden to find out what primizie are and find themselves watching a race.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
You will find out in this video that there are really a lot of expressions using la lingua (the tongue). The tongue can be lunga (long), sciolta (loose), biforcuta (forked) and more. We use the tongue when we speak, so lots of these expressions involve speaking.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
If you have ever wondered what conjugation (first -are, second -ere, or third -ire) verbs that end in -arre, -orre, or -urre belong, you will find the answer in this video!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's a beautiful day and Pimpa invites her cat friend Rosita to go on a picnic. They don't always agree on what to have for lunch.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Pimpa goes ice skating with some friends. She even finds some food in the middle of the sea. Armando is skeptical.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika explains a one-word expression that many learners are curious about: figurarsi. It basically means "to imagine," but it has many nuances depending on the context.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Emilia, the mail-stork is sick and unable to deliver a letter to Dino the elephant and Pimpa volunteers. Pimpa's readiness to do a favor took her on quite an adventure.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Navigating the adjectives or pronouns che (what), cosa (what), and quale (what, which) is confusing to most learners, but Marika helps us make sense of it all.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this last part, Marika provides some expressions to use when you're frustrated or when you forget what you were about to say. They all use la testa (the head) as the featured body part.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
As Pimpa is having her breakfast, she hears a song on the radio about a sombrero. To find out what a sombrero is, she ventures out on another exciting adventure.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Italians scratch their heads when they are perplexed, just like English speakers do. It's grattarsi la testa. In this segment, Marika explains this and other expressions having to do with the head. Sometimes "testa" can be translated as "head" and other times, as "mind."
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