Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela shows us how to ask people if they like something. And don't forget: the thing you like is the subject of the sentence and will govern the conjugation of the verb "piacere."
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's important to know how to talk about what you like and what you don't like. Daniela explains how in this lesson, and if you remember that when you like something, it pleases you, you'll get it!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela takes us through the conjugation of verbs ending in "ere," and explains how easy it can be if we remember some simple rules.
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
When you're getting to know someone, you ask them their name and where they're from. Join Daniela's class as her students ask their first questions in Italian.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Pino Daniele with his unmistakable, magical voice, performs his hit song "Quando" (When) from 1991. It's featured on the album Sott' o sole and was part of the soundtrack of Pensavo fosse amore... invece era un calesse (I thought it was love, but it was a barouche), a 1991 film directed by and starring Massimo Troisi. In this live performance, the audience sings along on the refrain, and so can you!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
This lesson is about bene (well, fine). An important difference between bene and bello (beautiful) and buono (good) is that it's an adverb, and therefore doesn't have to agree with nouns. It always stays the same.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela goes into more detail about the difference between bello (beautiful) and buono (good) and clears up any doubts you may have.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
If you know the rules regarding masculine and feminine articles, word endings, and plurals in Italian, you'll get it right most of the time. But there are some important exceptions which Daniela addresses in this lesson. They just have to get memorized!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The great Domenico Modugno, best known for his hit song, Nel blu dipinto di blu [Volare], came in first at the San Remo Festival in 1966 with the song, Dio come ti amo. The Italian lyrics are very clear, and very romantic!
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 Neapolitan
It can be challenging for non-native Italian speakers to really understand the difference between these three common words: bello (beautiful, nice, pretty), buono (good) and bene (well, fine). In this first part of three, Daniela explains the difference between bello and buono.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
More spring cleaning! Marika shows us how to dust, and what materials to use. She goes on to wash the windows, and then the dishes.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
How do three buddies, who happen to be oxen, get eaten by a lion? Adriano tells the tale, complete with the lesson to be learned. Have you guessed? It's one of Aesop's Fables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano shares with us the story of the fox and the cicada. Apart from the usefulness of the story itself, there's a good selection of verbs in tenses we don't use every day, but which are used in storytelling.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Spring is here and Cettina is enjoying the outdoors. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are getting leaves, and the sunshine is warm enough to go without a jacket.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
It's time for spring cleaning. Marika shows us how, and more importantly, she gives us the names of the tools we'll need.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela explains how easy it is to form the plurals of feminine nouns, even if you don't know their meaning.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
What are the rules for the masculine plural articles? Daniela explains them to her class, and to us!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela has already taught us the singular definite articles in Italian. Today she starts teaching us the masculine plural definite articles.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Davide Merlini sings about what love is and what love isn't. He's got 100,000 words of love. 100000 parole d'amore written by Max Pezzali Merlini was third runner up in the 2012 X Factor Italy competition.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
If the masculine article seemed a bit complicated, rest easy. The feminine singular definite article is much simpler. Daniela will explain.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There's still more to know about the masculine singular definite article. After IL and L with an apostrophe, there's a third kind, LO. Daniela explains two simple rules to follow.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Cettina shows us how to make a very basic nativity scene.
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