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Marika spiega - Pronomi allocutivi: Tu, Lei, Voi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this second part, Marika explains the use of "Lei". We'll see in which contexts it is used and which verbal form should be employed.

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Caption 28 [it]: Mi dica. -Vorrei confessarmi.
Caption 28 [en]: Tell me. -I would like to confess.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Campania

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today, Anna is playing with fire because she has to describe the very region her teacher is from. Anna knows her subject pretty well, but so does her teacher. Who will triumph?

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Caption 30 [it]: E mi dica una frase, anzi, dimmi una frase tipica
Caption 30 [en]: And tell me something, I mean, tell me a typical sentence

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today the lesson is about Lombardy. Anna is well-prepared, but her maestra seems to be affected by la nebbia (the fog). Is it the Milanese climate? Or could it be something else?

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Caption 39 [it]: Mi dica una frase in dialetto milanese.
Caption 39 [en]: Tell me a sentence in Milanese dialect.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Toscana

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna knows all about Tuscany, one of her favorite regions. Tuscany was very important for the evolution of the Italian language, and is one of the areas of Italy most frequented by tourists.

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Caption 27 [it]: Mi dica una frase tipica in dialetto toscano.
Caption 27 [en]: Tell me a typical expression in the Tuscan dialect.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Lazio

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna volunteers to be questioned about Lazio. The teacher seems to be in a good mood, so Anna is encouraged. What grade will she receive?

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Caption 40 [it]: E va bene, allora mi dica un'espressione tipica.
Caption 40 [en]: Oh, all right, so tell me a typical expression.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Piemonte

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The teacher has a different look today, as she quizzes Anna about the Piedmont region of Italy. Anna tries to get on the good side of her irritable maestra.

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Caption 33 [it]: Mi dica una frase tipica in piemontese.
Caption 33 [en]: Give me a typical sentence in Piedmontese.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulle Marche

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We're going to school to learn about The Marches, the only Italian region to have a plural name! Let's find out if Anna has studied this time! Let's see how mean her maestra is today, too.

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Caption 98 [it]: Mi dica una ricetta molto conosciuta delle Marche.
Caption 98 [en]: Tell me a very well-known recipe of the Marches.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Calabria

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It's time to talk about Calabria, a southern region with both sea and mountains. Let's hope Anna did some studying.

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Caption 27 [it]: Mi dica una frase tipica in calabrese.
Caption 27 [en]: Tell me a typical phrase in Calabrese.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sardegna

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna is quizzed on Sardinia and can easily identify the capital and its major cities, its nuraghes (characteristic low towers), its cantu a tenore (traditional singing), but comes up short on providing the name of a typical Sardinian dish.

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Caption 40 [it]: Mi dica un'espressione tipica in Sardo.
Caption 40 [en]: Tell me a typical Sardinian expression.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sicilia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna gets grilled on Sicily by Marika. Oral quizzes are very frequently used in Italian schools. Grading is done on a scale from 1-10 for primary and secondary schools, and from 1-30 at the university level.

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Caption 29 [it]: Mi dica un'espressione tipica in siciliano.
Caption 29 [en]: Please tell me a typical Sicilian expression.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Puglia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here we go with a new series with Anna and Marika. Each video will feature an oral quiz — just like in actual Italian schools — about a region of Italy. A separate cooking video will feature a recipe from that region. We start in the "heel of the boot": Puglia.

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Caption 77 [it]: anzi, mi dica, perché Le do del Lei,
Caption 77 [en]: or rather, tell me, because I'm addressing you formally,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela covers the present subjunctive of these three verbs: rimanere [to remain, to stay], venire [to come], and dire [to say].

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Caption 23 [it]: Io dica, tu dica, lui/lei dica,
Caption 23 [en]: I say, you say, he/she say,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbo + Verbo all'infinito + preposizione DI - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Pregare (to beg, to ask) and sapere (to know) are the last two verbs on Daniela's list of verbs that take the preposition di (of) and a verb in the infinitive.

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Caption 7 [it]: e io voglio che lui mi dica la verità,
Caption 7 [en]: and I want him to tell me the truth,

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Una gita - al lago - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

At last, we arrive at the lake. We ask to rent a sunbed in order to relax and we lie in the sun to rest, but only after having put on some suntan lotion.

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Caption 4 [it]: Certo, mi dica.
Caption 4 [en]: Sure, tell me [what you need to know].

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