Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena is still shopping for clothes, and looks at some pretty flashy shoes. In the end, though, she goes for the jacket, and she fishes in her bag for the cash. She gives us a good example of how the plural is used when talking about euros. Euro is both singular and plural in Italian. So whether we're talking about soldi (money) or euro (euros), Italians think in the plural!
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 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 takes us to visit her house, where besides all the things her mother collects, there's a fireplace, and a view of the sea.
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 takes you to a music store in Rome. The first instrument she shows us is the piano.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes us to another part of the music store. This time she shows us the percussion instruments.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena finishes showing us the music store by guiding us through the guitar section, as well as the section dedicated to the instruments of the orchestra. She closes by a quick visit to the sheet music department.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The chef shows us how how to prepare a simple and delicious dessert in just a few steps. The ingredients are: chocolate balls [hollow], custard sauce, whipped cream and berries. And the Chocolate balls are ready to be eaten.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Denitza shows us how to make Monte Bianco, the Italian Christmas dessert “par excellence”. Enjoy, courtesy of uChefpuntoit.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Clarissa, Sofia and Edoardo are in the kitchen and they are going to prepare pasta with zucchini for us. For this recipe, they will also need the help of their mother, who will do the cutting. Video provided by uChefpuntoit.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this video Sofia and Edoardo show us how to prepare breaded vegetables the way children like them. Naturally, they allow their mother to help them. Video provided by uChefpuntoit.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Ricarda, a young Apulian singer, sings a love song written by Carlo Palmas. The song involves plucking the petals of a flower.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Renzo Rubino made a hit at the Sanremo Festival 2013 in the new talent section, performing his Il Postino (Amami uomo) [The Postman (Love me, Man], about love between two men. It was written by Renzo Rubino and Andrea Rondini.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
“Voglio una donna” [I Want a Woman], first sung by Roberto Vecchioni, is presented here in a rock version by Radio Smile, a band from Como. It was a big summer hit in 2010. It's about a guy wanting a woman in a skirt, not a big brain.
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