Italian, like English, uses body parts in lots of expressions. Marika gives us some examples of expressions using the word capello or its plural capelli. Let's keep in mind that in English "hair" isn't usually countable, but in Italian it is!

Do you know all the expressions associated with hair? Marika explains some and gives us plenty of examples. Keep in mind that in Italian, i capelli is the plural, and hair is countable.

There are a great many expressions with la testa (the head) as the protagonist. Marika, gives us a first round of explanations and examples, many of them from Yabla videos.

Marika's explanations together with examples from video clips make it easy and fun to learn new expressions using la testa (the head).

There are various ways to talk about being obsessed, distracted, or crazy... Marika has some great examples from our favorite TV series.

Pimpa wakes up to a strange sight in her living room. Once she figures out the problem, she sets out to help resolve it.

Pimpa's lazy day is interrupted by a call from Bunny. He has a fun plan for the day but his call to Pimpa is suddenly disconnected. Not to worry, Pimpa has a solution.

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."

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.

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.

When you have plenty of confidence or trust someone, you might keep your eyes closed and do something "ad occhi chiusi" (with your eyes closed), but make sure to keep them open while watching this video about expressions featureing l'occhio (the eye).

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

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.

Learn 10 words having to do with the Easter season and springtime.

After saying Pronto? (hello), what do you say when calling someone, or when someone calls you? Marika has all the answers.