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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Luca and Marta finish their conversation but get interrupted. Later, Luca looks after Alice so that Toscani and Sardi can have an evening out. While he is there he makes a phone call.

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Caption 56 [it]: non lo so, una giraffa e un panda, però c'ha gli occhiali, penso.
Caption 56 [en]: I don't know, a giraffe and a panda, but he wears glasses, I think.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Particella Ci e Ne - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It's time to talk about particelle (particles). These short, two or three-letter words, such as ci and ne have many functions as well as meanings, and can even represent an indirect object pronoun plus its preposition. Particles can be freestanding or attached to a verb, depending on how the verb is conjugated (or not). Let's see how they work.

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Caption 26 [it]: Come vedete, il "ci" con l'indicativo lo metto sempre prima del verbo.
Caption 26 [en]: As you can see, in the indicative, I always put "ci" before the verb.

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora and Ugo are living in close quarters, and there is a list of eight rules nailed to the back of the door that they are already arguing about.

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Caption 19 [it]: magari lo incorniciamo.
Caption 19 [en]: maybe we can frame it.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano's investigation takes him to the school where Camilla and Vanda teach. Camilla, taking her cue from something Gaetano brings up, can't help doing a bit of investigating on her own.

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Caption 8 [it]: Non lo so.
Caption 8 [en]: I don't know.

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's hard to be in two places at once. Guia has work commitments in Milan, but things are coming apart at the farmstead, too, so she has to make another trip.

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Caption 6 [it]: Lo so.
Caption 6 [en]: I know.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.

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Caption 35 [it]: e Giacomo non lo era.
Caption 35 [en]: and Giacomo was not rich.

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Aunt Clo shows Ugo and Nora around the shop and house and leaves after giving them a few rules to follow. They run off to the attorney to make sure they can go ahead with their separation.

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Caption 27 [it]: Lo so che siete ai ferri corti, non me ne importa niente.
Caption 27 [en]: I know that you are at loggerheads. I couldn't care less.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Bettina and Gaetano are supposed to go to the movies together, but Camilla shows up and Gaetano chooses work over fun. At school, everyone is rejoicing at the news that Mazzeo is on leave of absence.

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Caption 19 [it]: E tu come lo sai?
Caption 19 [en]: And how do you know that?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Both the victim's wife and his lover are questioned at the same time, one by Luca, and one by Marta. Each has a very different memory of what Fello was like.

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Caption 1 [it]: Lei lo sapeva che suo marito aveva un'amante?
Caption 1 [en]: Did you know that your husband had a lover?

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Marika spiega - Cosa - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The word cosa (thing, something, what) is used a great deal in Italian. In speech, it's especially used in questions to mean "what." Marika explains how this works.

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Caption 33 [it]: lo facciamo piano e con criterio.
Caption 33 [en]: we do slowly and thoughtfully.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.

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Caption 15 [it]: ed ha lo stesso significato di "simile", "siffatto".
Caption 15 [en]: and has the same meaning as "similar," "such."

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Franco shows us some infused salts that we would never think of off hand. His descriptions are colorful and make us want to try out these delicacies.

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Caption 12 [it]: Quando lo pesterete nel mortaio, diventerà veramente bagnato.
Caption 12 [en]: When you crush it in the mortar, it will become really wet.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Two geniuses left their indelible marks on civilization: Leonardo with the Last Supper and Michelangelo with his David.

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Caption 5 [it]: ma fortunatamente non lo si è fatto.
Caption 5 [en]: but fortunately it was not done.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Kids have livelier imaginations than adults sometimes, and in fact, Livietta can see something in Mazzeo's aunt's drawing that Camilla totally misses.

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Caption 24 [it]: Ma tu il mio cellulare lo puoi usare quanto vuoi perché sei stata bravissima.
Caption 24 [en]: You can use my cell phone as much as you want because you were brilliant.

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Pino is very active in the church, it seems, and helping out at the funeral is no exception, as far as he is concerned.

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Caption 12 [it]: Lo immagino. Anche a me. -Anche a me.
Caption 12 [en]: I can imagine. Mine too. -Mine too.

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