The 3 highschool kids tell us more about their types of schools and the subjects they are taking. Two of them give younger students some advice.

Everyone loves the summer, the hottest time of year. But make sure to protect yourself from the sun.

This song by the Milanese band is about trying to keep a romantic relationship going. It has had huge success in Italy.

Here they are again! Have fun dancing with this new song from Ligabue!

Ligabue wrote the love song Tu sei lei (You're Her) for his wife. The video was filmed largely along the Tiber in Rome.

"Baciami ancora" (Kiss Me Again) by Jovanotti, is the main song on the soundtrack of the 2010 film of the same title, directed by Gabriele Muccino. The song won the David di Donatello award in 2010 as best original song.

The great Luciano Pavarotti, accompanied by a children's choir, sings the most famous Italian Christmas song of all, Tu scendi dalle stelle (You come down from the stars), composed in 1754 in the province of Naples. Buon Natale!

In this song from 1979, Lucio Dalla sings of two young people who wish they could change their lives for the better.

Lucio Dalla and Francesco De Gregori perform the song that was originally titled “Gesù Bambino” [Christ Child] but was changed to Dalla's date of birth after censure from the Sanremo music festival.

Maria Inglese, an Italo-German artist, sings a famous song by Lucio Dalla, dedicated to the Neapolitan opera singer Enrico Caruso. Even though the song uses ti voglio bene, the generally less romantic version of "I love you," it was likely meant romantically here, as Caruso had fallen in love with and married a younger woman shortly before his death.

There are a couple of words in particular that Italians like to repeat over and over again to forcefully encourage an action. Marika talks about these and other repeated words in the Commissioner Manara series.

Some idiomatic expressions need some explanation and Marika is here to do just that, this time using examples from the popular TV series, Commissario Manara. You'll be speaking Italian like a native in no time.

Marika explains some of the idiomatic expressions used in the TV series, Commissario Manara. These expressions are ones Italians use every day in dealing with other people, so you won't want to miss this.

Idiomatic expressions are often difficult to translate or to find in a dictionary. Marika helps us out, using clips from La Ladra already present in Yabla's library.

Here are some more idiomatic expressions from La Ladra. They involve music, horses, and sweets.