Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
If you have never been tested for Covid-19, Giuditta and Marino give a good description of the process. And their youngest son had to be very brave.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
It was a tough 72 days, but, as the title suggests, the family recovered, luckily. They think back on their time in isolation and what it felt like to come out the other side. Their story even made it into a local newspaper.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika introduces a mini-series devoted to the story of a family that has decided to share their Covid-19 experience.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela's lesson on nationality also concerns intonation, which is so important in signaling a question.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Where are you from? Michela explains how to answer the question in Italian, whether you're a man or a woman or in a group.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The adjective forms learned in the earlier two lessons are used for a wider selection of nationalities.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela goes over some common personal adjectives. In English adjectives generally don't change according to gender, but with blond (m), blonde (f), brown-haired (m), brunette (f) they do change.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela talks about adjectives that describe a person's personality.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The imperfect tense is one of several past tenses in Italian. It can be tricky to use correctly because it doesn't always match up with one specific tense in English. Depending on the context, it is translated differently. Michela uses a timeline to help you understand.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela shows us how and when imperfect verbs are used to describe actions, people, weather, and time.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Michela shows us how to conjugate verbs in the imperfetto (imperfect past tense). She covers -are verbs and -ere verbs. It's easy once you get the idea.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In the last part of this miniseries, Michela works on verbs ending in ire with her class. She also spends time on the all-important irregular verb essere (to be).
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela teaches us the Italian way to say hello and goodbye, to both our friends and to people we don't know.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Daniela explains when to use the different forms of greetings in Italian: "buongiorno," "buonasera," "buonanotte," and "salve."
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
When two people meet, it's important to ask them how they are. Daniela explains the different ways to ask, and also how to answer.
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