Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika continues her lesson on the all-important verb venire [to come], providing many useful examples of its use.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela covers three modal or auxiliary verbs that are followed by nouns and not by the usual infinitive verbs. The verbs are: voglio [want], potere [can], and dovere [must].
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika focuses on the verb venire [to come], providing lots of useful examples of how it is used, and also contrasting it with the verb andare [to go].
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Naïf Hérin is an Italian singer-songwriter from the Valle D'Aosta Region. She's accompanied by her band, CarbonWorks.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela recaps the modal verbs: potere [can], volere [want], and dovere [must], which are placed immediately before infinitive verbs. Modal verbs are also known as auxiliary verbs or helping verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on intransitive verb and how to recognize them. She has some interesting things to say on southern Italian speech and the influence of Spanish.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela continues with the conditional, showing how it's used to express a desire, provide advice, or express possibility.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on transitive verbs, or verbs that take direct objects, known as complemento oggetto in Italian.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In today's lesson on the conditional tense, Daniela covers the verbs: tenere [to keep], venire [to come], and sentire [to feel], among others. Modal verbs, as in volere [to want, would like] in the conditional are also discussed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Francesco Gabbani performs the hit that won at the Festival di Sanremo in 2017. It's also a great song for workouts.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika focuses on the verbs cavare and togliere, both of which mean to remove. She also provides some expressions for both verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela continues with conditional verbs. This time she focuses on the key verbs: essere [to be], avere [to have], stare [to stay], rimanere [to remain], and dare [to give].
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Tuscan
Natale is proud of his fava beans, which he plans to harvest in time for the holiday family gathering on May first. Other featured produce includes artichokes and wild asparagus.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Naif Hérin is an award-winning singer, songwriter, bassist, pianist, and guitarist. Originally from Valle d'Aosta, Italy, Naif has released five CDs in Italian and French and recently recorded with CarbonWorks, a diverse group of musicians from different countries.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika shows us her balcony, highlighting its utilitarian and pleasure sides. Washing machines are often placed on balconies. This is because Rome's climate is mild and there is little danger of frozen pipes.
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