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Warmup Workout

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 9 [it]: A dire la verità', non lo so neanche io!
Caption 9 [en]: Tell the truth, I don't know either!

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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 52 [it]: lo spazio, fobia, la paura,
Caption 52 [en]: the space, phobia, the fear,

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Corso di Italiano con Michela - L'imperfetto. - Part 3

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.

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Caption 9 [it]: Quindi, già lo sappiamo che per io... io mangiavo.
Caption 9 [en]: So we already know that for "I"... I ate.

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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 3 [it]: Lo diceva il poeta Albino Pierro,
Caption 3 [en]: The poet Albino Pierro said it,

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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 17 [it]: Lo sa che quando parlo con Lei,
Caption 17 [en]: You know, when I talk with 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 68 [it]: non lo fate mai entrare.
Caption 68 [en]: never let him in.

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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 44 [it]: se hai bisogno di qualche curiosità... non lo so,
Caption 44 [en]: if you need to have some curiosity... I don't know,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Federica remembers some "insignificant" details, and Lara discovers a highly significant detail.

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Caption 4 [it]: Lo so, lo so, lo so. -Non sono stata io.
Caption 4 [en]: I know, I know, I know. -It wasn't me.

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Basilicata Turistica - Non me ne voglio andare - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The southern Italian region of Basilicata, also known as Lucania, is shown to us by a woman who was born there, and her young son. The Sanctuary of the Madonna in Anglona is where they start off.

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Caption 16 [it]: Ma tu lo sai che quando mamma era piccola, più o meno alla tua età,
Caption 16 [en]: But, do you know that when Mom was little, more or less your age,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara and Luca are trying to get more information about Bianciardi and about the girl who suffers from memory loss. On a romantic level, Lara isn't making things easy for Luca! It is interesting to notice that in Italian, the terms "Dottore" (abbr. Dott.) and Dottoressa (abbr. Dott.ssa) can also be used for people who have undergraduate degrees or no degree at all. They are used as a formal and obsequious title. It is difficult to find an equivalent in English and many people simplify the title by using Ms./Mrs./Miss. or using no term at all.

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Caption 32 [it]: Non lo so, ma è meglio che lo faccia da sola.
Caption 32 [en]: I don't know, but it's better if I do it alone.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - I tre porcellini - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this telling of the late 19th century British fairy tale, the wolf is bad but not big.

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Caption 9 [it]: lo spazio diventò piano, piano troppo stretto.
Caption 9 [en]: the space slowly, slowly became too tight.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The case has just begun and we've already found the murderer. Too easy!

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Caption 2 [it]: Lo conoscevano tutti in paese, pare fosse molto in gamba.
Caption 2 [en]: Everyone in the town knew him, it seems he was very capable.

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Corso di Italiano con Michela - L'imperfetto. - Part 1

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.

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Caption 18 [it]: ma lo uso in modo diverso.
Caption 18 [en]: but I use it is a different way.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Here we go with an exciting new episode! There are both joys and sorrows in this first segment.

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Caption 49 [it]: Sì, s', ah, allora, allora lo aspetto. OK.
Caption 49 [en]: Yes, y', uh, well, then I'll wait for him. OK.

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Ligabue - Tu sei lei

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Ligabue wrote the love song Tu sei lei (You're Her) for his wife. The video was filmed largely along the Tiber in Rome.

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Caption 9 [it]: Ma non te lo vuoi sentire dire
Caption 9 [en]: But you don't want to hear it said

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