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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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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca finds out some important information from the housekeeper, and he also finds out, quite by accident, about Lara's course in Milan.

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Caption 5 [it]: Lo posso vedere?
Caption 5 [en]: Can I see him?

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Italiano commerciale - Difficoltà con colleghi e contratti - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna has been made the head of a new marketing team. Too bad the woman reporting to her let things go sideways.

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Caption 37 [it]: Non lo so davvero. Stiamo avendo difficoltà nel trovare una baby sitter,
Caption 37 [en]: I really don't know. We're having a hard time finding a babysitter,

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Sara, an attractive girl from the province of Perugia, is up next. In the pairing game, she has to determine whether a traditional dish is cooked or raw.

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Caption 29 [it]: Eh, casua'... [casualmente] non lo so. È una convenzione internazionale,
Caption 29 [en]: Uh, randomly... I don't know. It's an international convention,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla gets her husband to help with the case by invoking her dead father and concocting a story about playing Lotto.

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Caption 4 [it]: Lo capisci, Potty?
Caption 4 [en]: Get it, Potty?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The case is discussed at the dinner table among Lara, Luca and Aunt Caterina. As usual, Caterina knows a lot about the people involved. She also gives Lara some advice.

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Caption 2 [it]: Guardi che qualche ritocchino ai conti lo fanno tutti.
Caption 2 [en]: Look, everyone fiddles the books a bit.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 11

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about a special case scenario in which a verb in the infinitive may replace the subjunctive form in the subordinate clause. Learning this rule can make using certain verbs easier. She goes on to talk about impersonal forms of verbs where we need the subjunctive. This scenario is quite different from English, so we need to pay close attention.

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Caption 3 [it]: il soggetto è lo stesso della frase [sic: proposizione] secondaria,
Caption 3 [en]: the subject is the same as in the subordinate clause,

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A great deal of effort went into purging foreign words from the Italian language under the fascist regime. Newspapers, magazines, and book publishers were at the forefront of the effort and were tasked with finding Italian replacements for foreign words and expressions. Many fascist-era terms have fallen by the wayside, but some succeeded and are still in use today. As an example, the word manifesto [poster] was successfully introduced to replace the French term affiche.

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Caption 34 [it]: Ma c'è anche chi, come lo scrittore accademico d'Italia Alfredo Panzini,
Caption 34 [en]: But there are also others, such as the Italian academic writer Alfredo Panzini,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara has a hard time resisting Luca's charms. Sardi and Toscani don't seem to be on the same wavelength. But somehow, they are getting closer to having some interesting information, if not concrete evidence.

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Caption 28 [it]: Be', bel metodo. Ferma, che fai? Stai su, te lo passo io.
Caption 28 [en]: Well, nice method! Stay there. What are you doing? Stay up, I'll pass it to you.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Francescopaolo, the contestant, is presented with a long list of Italian winners of either a Nobel Prize or an Academy Award Oscar, and has to choose which prize they were awarded.

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Caption 3 [it]: Eh, un po' come lo vedi...
Caption 3 [en]: Uh, he's a bit as you see him...

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Italiano commerciale - Cominciare un nuovo lavoro - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna starts work at Phones and More. Her first task is to call a list of publications to find out about ad space. When she gives her email address, she uses the word chiocciola [snail] for the @ sign. Koreans also say "snail shell" when they see an @ sign, while the Dutch see a monkey's tail, and the Norwegians see a pig's tail.

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Caption 14 [it]: Ottimo. Bene. Lo archivierò temporaneamente,
Caption 14 [en]: Great. Good. I'll file it temporarily,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This evening Camilla's mother will take care of Livia, who is complaining about the dog again. Camilla and her husband go to the opening of an art gallery, where they have a hard time finding the appropriate words when meeting the artist.

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Caption 26 [it]: lo sai che il cioccolato per me è veleno.
Caption 26 [en]: you know that chocolate is poison for me.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara is doing some thinking, and confides in Sardi. Meanwhile, there is a definite lead in the case about the burglarized villas.

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Caption 7 [it]: No, lui è sempre lo stesso.
Caption 7 [en]: No, he's always the same.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 10

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela focuses on verbs and expressions that express uncertainty or doubt, and require the use of the subjunctive.

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Caption 24 [it]: Non lo so, non ne sono sicuro.
Caption 24 [en]: I don't know, I'm not certain of it.

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