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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca finally gets to talk to Ridolfi, but the bank director is quite adept at dodging questions. Lara's aunt has been a bit more successful in getting information.

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Caption 3 [it]: Ammesso che Lei però ci spieghi un paio di cosette.
Caption 3 [en]: Under the premise that you explain a couple of little things to us, however.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The "murderer" comes in for questioning, and Manara asks him some questions point-blank. Meanwhile Lara's aunt goes to the bank for a new ATM card (called Bancomat in Italian), and learns something interesting pertinent to the case.

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Caption 20 [it]: E poi ci mettiamo d'accordo. La, la chiamo io. Vada, vada.
Caption 20 [en]: We'll set it up later. I'll call you. You can go, you can go.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Finally there's a bit of action.

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Caption 16 [it]: Ci provo.
Caption 16 [en]: I try.

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Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.

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Caption 72 [it]: perché ci ricorda la parola troncata e quindi "poco."
Caption 72 [en]: because it reminds us of the truncated word, that is, poco [little, bit].

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Corso di Italiano con Michela - L'imperfetto. - Part 4

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).

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Caption 59 [it]: Ci sono molti verbi irregolari.
Caption 59 [en]: There are many irregular verbs.

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Basilicata Turistica - Non me ne voglio andare - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The tour of Basilicata closes with verses of Isabella Morra and British travel writer, Norman Douglas. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Ionian coastline, the young traveler gives some tips on mastering the Lucan dialect.

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Caption 46 [it]: "Quando ci si è addentrati in quel labirinto verdeggiante,
Caption 46 [en]: "When one enters into that green labyrinth,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

A left-handed suspect turns up, and has a bad temper to boot. Luca offers Lara a ride home on his motorcycle...

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Caption 1 [it]: Signor Cirilli, la signora Pani ci ha detto che, di recente,
Caption 1 [en]: Mister Cirilli, Missus Pani told us recently, that

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Marika spiega - Il troncamento - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

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Caption 95 [it]: In realtà, ci sono tante altre cose da dire
Caption 95 [en]: In truth, there are many other things to say

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L'oro di Scampia - film - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Neapolitan

Everyone is in shock, and Enzo feels responsible.

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Caption 25 [it]: Non ci avevo pensato.
Caption 25 [en]: I hadn't thought of it.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Some left-handed patients have been found, and the questioning begins. *To understand captions 40 and 41 more fully, see this vocabulary insight.

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Caption 40 [it]: È meglio se ci andiamo noi.
Caption 40 [en]: It's better if we go there.

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Basilicata Turistica - Non me ne voglio andare - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Our guides bring us to the very old and picturesque Rabatana quarter of Tursi, and to Craco, where the ghost of Isabella Morra, a 16th century poet, is said to roam about the ruins.

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Caption 5 [it]: Dopo sessantuno scalini, finalmente ci riposiamo.
Caption 5 [en]: After sixty-one steps we finally rest.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca, as usual, has a run-in with his boss about the case, and then has a run-in with the bank director whose answers are anything but helpful.

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Caption 80 [it]: Allora ci dica quali sono le garanzie che Le ha dato il Bianciardi.
Caption 80 [en]: Then tell us what guarantees Bianciardi gave you.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - I tre porcellini - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The youngest piglet was right all along. Being a kind soul, he forgave his brothers.

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Caption 23 [it]: Il lupo ci martellò contro.
Caption 23 [en]: The wolf hammered against it.

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Marika spiega - L'elisione - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In some cases using an elision is not grammatically correct. Marika explains some of these cases.

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Caption 2 [it]: Ci sono anche dei casi in cui non si usa l'elisione
Caption 2 [en]: There are also cases in which you don't use an elision

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L'oro di Scampia - film - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Neapolitan

Toni and Sasà have an important conversation. This makes what happens next all the more poignant.

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Caption 4 [it]: e tu ci [gli] rompi il cazzo con questa storia?
Caption 4 [en]: and you break his balls with this story?

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