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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 14

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are some special conjunctions that take the subjunctive and then che (that). There are several of them but they're quite similar to one another. Little by little, as you hear them used, they'll become part of your vocabulary.

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Caption 37 [it]: "Ammesso che", lo abbiamo qui,
Caption 37 [en]: “Assuming that,” we have it here,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

We've come to the moment of truth for Luca and Lara. Neither of them is happy, but they both know, deep down, that it's the right thing to do.

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Caption 6 [it]: Guarda che se io mi impegno a non fare più lo stronzo, ce la posso fare.
Caption 6 [en]: Look, if I make an effort not to be a bastard any longer, I can do it.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is a great chance to practice bone and muscle vocabulary, since that's what the pairing is about in this episode. The first contestant is named Santo. "Santo" means "saint," so there's some joking about it being just his name, not a description. Carlo, contestant number two is a musician and works in music therapy. He sings a few phrases of an aria from the Puccini opera Tosca.

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Caption 88 [it]: che è, naturalmente per chi non lo sa, una, un'applicazione, diciamo, della musica,
Caption 88 [en]: which is, of course, for those who don't know, a field in, let's say, music,

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Professioni e mestieri - Belle Arti - La pasta modellabile

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Tamara uses a synthetic modeling clay in her shop to make necklaces, personalized plaques, and much more. She uses a special kind of glue for this material.

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Caption 5 [it]: poi il forno lo utilizzi per mangiare, quindi, evitiamo.
Caption 5 [en]: then you use the oven for food, so, we avoid it.

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Arianna e Marika - L'importanza di leggere

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika and Arianna discuss their favorite book genres, authors, and why they like to read.

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Caption 9 [it]: Io lo adoro.
Caption 9 [en]: I adore him.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 24

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla visits Marta to try and talk some sense into her, but then they both look out the window and see trouble coming in the form of two thugs Marta recognizes. Of course, Renzo is blithely reading the paper in the car, and has Camilla's cell phone. What to do?

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Caption 8 [it]: Eh, me lo domando anch'io.
Caption 8 [en]: Yeah, I ask myself that, too.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In the case, the sad truth comes out. Luca and Lara are both very somber for their own reasons. The only happy person seems to be Toscani who discovered traces of blood on the cane.

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Caption 7 [it]: Lo vedi che quando vuoi ci arrivi da solo?
Caption 7 [en]: You see that when you want to, you figure it out yourself?

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Confindustria - Assemblea Confindustria 2017 - Video di apertura

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Confindustria is the main trade association for Italy's manufacturing and service sectors. This inspirational video was produced for its annual meeting, and Italian luminaries from Marco Polo to Renzo Piano are invoked to tell the story of Italian innovation.

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Caption 2 [it]: soffermai lo sguardo al ponte e mi chiesi:
Caption 2 [en]: my gaze lingered on the bridge and I asked myself,

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Arianna e Marika - Il Progetto Erasmus - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika and Arianna discuss the Erasmus Program, a student exchange program that was founded in the late 1980s. It allows European university students to study at other EU country universities. The program is named after the Dutch humanist, Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536).

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Caption 59 [it]: Certamente, lo consiglio molto vivamente,
Caption 59 [en]: Surely, I highly recommend it,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 23

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla's husband and daughter watch the video recording of the missed game on TV while Camilla decides what to do the next day (with the help of her dog), and enlists her husband's help.

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Caption 16 [it]: Il nome lo so, l'indirizzo anche.
Caption 16 [en]: The name I know, the address, too.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 13

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The previous lesson ended with the verb essere (to be) plus adjectives. Now, Daniela goes on to tell us about the verb essere plus adverbs and then teaches us about a great shortcut for avoiding the subjunctive when using the word basta [it's enough, just]. Normally, basta signals the need for the subjunctive, but Daniela offers up some examples where the infinitive verb works best.

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Caption 53 [it]: Lo posso anche dire, ma posso accorciare il tutto
Caption 53 [en]: I could also say it, but I can shorten the entirety

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In this episode, we have the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as Lara is concerned. Toscani has a good moment.

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Caption 3 [it]: Ma, eh... veramente è da stamattina che non lo vedo.
Caption 3 [en]: But, uh... actually I haven't seen him since this morning.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla goes to the police station to identify the two thugs who had attacked her, and who sold the drugs to Marta. She also confronts Marta who has been brought in for questioning, and who is wondering who on earth Camilla is, and what she wants from her.

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Caption 8 [it]: Lo posso giurare. -Lui è quello che mi ha puntato il coltello.
Caption 8 [en]: I can swear to it. -He's the one who pointed the knife at me.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We can see that the battle against using "Lei," the common, formal, second-person form of address, was taken very seriously by the fascists. In fact they went too far when it came to a popular women's magazine called "Lei" (she, her).

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Caption 23 [it]: "io lo chiamo il morto che parla, perché vede,
Caption 23 [en]: "I call it the talking dead, because you see,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Toscani knows he's doing a good job, but is frustrated because Manara doesn't ever acknowledge it. Meanwhile, Luca must have an idea since he goes prancing around the office. In fact, he knows exactly what he's doing.

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Caption 20 [it]: Lei lo sa che non si può allontanare?
Caption 20 [en]: You know you can't leave town?

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