Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
After looking at simple prepositions, Marika talks about a special kind of preposition called una preposizione articolata. It just means that the preposition has a definite article attached to it. In this segment, she covers the ways the preposition di (of) combines with different articles to become a new complex preposition. For example, di + il = del.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Nora is surprised to discover who Cicci is, and she gets a few more surprises the same day. Ugo is happy with his purchases at the fabric shop, but Nora not so much... Iside has some advice for her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Carolina Raspanti plays Dafne, a 35-year-old who has Down's syndrome and faces life with strength and a positive outlook.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This crime story is set in the city of Matera in the Basilicata region, where Immacolata (Imma) Tataranni is the deputy prosecutor. She's on vacation at the beach when she finds something odd in the water.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Little Lele, all of a sudden, feels ill. Libero, knowing he had been distracted by talking to Fausto, goes into panic mode. Maria keeps her calm and calls the doctor at the health center to find out what to do.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Tommaso tells the whole story of what happened that fateful night. As usual, Camilla is way ahead of Gaetano in figuring things out.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
When they get to his hometown, there's one person Mimmo doesn't want to see and one person he does want to see. Later on, he talks to Franca about how frustrated he is about his career.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
We look at the preposition a combined with different definite articles. This preposizione articolata is used, for example, in talking about the time: alle otto (at eight o'clock); about a manner or style: alla francese (French-style), al dente (not too cooked).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ugo calls the divorce lawyer. Nora shows her new potential client some wedding gowns, while discovering some details about the future bride and groom.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne is out dancing, but her parents are there, too. The next morning she has a little argument with her mother.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma tells her husband about the finger she saw, but he seems skeptical. She is none too happy about her daughter's bathing suit, and also gives the barman a hard time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Grandma Enrica goes to see Libero and her grandchildren. But who knew what she would propose? Libero almost has another heart attack, and has to think fast.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Bettina is trying on bathing suits for her vacation with Gaetano, but things get unusually quiet and Camilla is a bit alarmed. Later on at home, Camilla gets a phone call.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Mimmo goes to Paris and hears some great music, but doesn't have much success with his songs. That leaves him little choice but to go to Canada. It's cold there! He keeps in touch with Franca during his travels.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
In this video, the preposition we combine with a definite article is da. It can mean "from," but also "to" and "at." So, combined with the different definite articles, it's going to mean "from the," "to the," or "at the."
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