In some cases using an elision is not grammatically correct. Marika explains some of these cases.

The youngest piglet was right all along. Being a kind soul, he forgave his brothers.

Michela shows us how to conjugate verbs in the imperfetto (imperfect past tense). She covers -are verbs and -ere verbs. It's easy once you get the idea.

Niccolò Fabi's road song, Lontano da me ["Far from Myself"] came out in 2012.

Beauty and the Beast is a French 18th century fairy tale. It was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Her tale, which is as long as a novel, has been adapted numerous times. This nice retelling of the tale is more dependent on the Walt Disney Company.

In the last part of this miniseries, Michela works on verbs ending in ire with her class. She also spends time on the all-important irregular verb essere (to be).

Kindness triumphs over looks in this tale of love. The Beast does, however, turn into a handsome Prince.
Practice some passato remoto verbs in the vocabulary review!

The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale with some fun changes in Italian. The wicked queen's rhyme for the mirror is different, and when one of the dwarfs beholds Snow White, he exclaims, "Mamma mia."

The vocabulary review is dedicated to passato remoto verbs in the third person singular!

Fiorella Mannoia sings her 1987 hit song about women. It's a recent live performance and the audience sings along with Mannoia.

The first of Daniela's four segments on the future tense. She explains when it's used and how the present tense is sometimes used in its place.

For more on using the future tense for probability, see this lesson.

Marika's opening segment on accents and accentuation in Italian.

The vain queen's wickedness has its limits.

Daniela's lesson on future tense verbs ending in: -are, -ere, and -ire.

Marika covers the grave and acute accents, providing examples of words that have entirely different meanings because of their accentuation.

Daniela moves on to some naughty irregular verbs that are also very common, verbs such as andare (to go) and avere (to have).