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Anna e Marika - Il verbo avere - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna and Marika finish explaining the tenses of the verb "avere" (to have). They give examples of present and past participles, present and past gerunds, as well as the simple future and future perfect.

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Caption 4 [it]: Essere o avere, chi lo diceva, Anna?
Caption 4 [en]: To be or to have, who used to say that, Anna?

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Francesco De Gregori - La donna cannone

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Roman

Francesco De Gregori's inspiration for La donna cannone [The Cannonball Lady] came from a newspaper article about a circus performer who quit the circus for love.

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Caption 3 [it]: Giuro che lo farò
Caption 3 [en]: I swear that I'll do it

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Dixiland - La voce del pancino - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Dixi goes to a party to celebrate spring, where his hungry little tummy gets plenty of attention. In Italian, a hungry tummy growls, using the verb "brontolare." Both a "growl" and a "brontolio" are onomatopoeic.

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Caption 35 [it]: E mentre lo pensava, scivolò.
Caption 35 [en]: And while he was thinking it, he slipped.

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Marika spiega - Il salone

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika gives us a tour of her living room, where the family is entertained, and where she has lunch and dinner parties for guests.

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Caption 28 [it]: Io lo uso per conservare tantissimi oggetti.
Caption 28 [en]: I use it to store many objects.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Lara is in quite a quandary about the roses. She's got some tough decisions to make! Meanwhile Toscani and Manara get up to speed on the investigation.

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Caption 23 [it]: Non c'è pericolo, ma non dormo lo stesso.
Caption 23 [en]: There's no danger, but I still don't sleep.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Milan, as it became an important center for gastronomy and publishing, relinquished, at the same time, part of its regional identity.

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Caption 38 [it]: E lui lo prende, perché il suo cuoco Berna' [sic], Bergamaschi mi dice:
Caption 38 [en]: And he takes it, because his cook, Berna', Bergamaschi, says to me,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Things don't add up regarding the buttero, and Brigadiere, Lara's aunt's dog, has gone missing.

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Caption 9 [it]: ma... ma lo sai che Brigadiere è scomparso?
Caption 9 [en]: but... but you know, Brigadiere has disappeared?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi oggetto diretto - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

You won't want to miss this lesson, where Daniela introduces direct object pronouns, as in: I buy the book - I buy it.

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Caption 25 [it]: In italiano abbiamo tre tipi di articoli maschile singolare: il, lo, l apostrofo.
Caption 25 [en]: In Italian we have three types of masculine singular articles: "il, lo, l apostrophe."

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Dixiland - Cometa caduta

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Dixieland airborne emergency squad rescues a comet and Dixi receives a wonderful ride through the sky as thanks.

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Caption 11 [it]: "Ehi!" -lo chiamava.
Caption 11 [en]: "Hey!" -called out to him.

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Marika spiega - La camera da letto

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika shows us her apartment's master bedroom.

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Caption 3 [it]: Io lo faccio qui,
Caption 3 [en]: I do it here,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

A buttero is an Italian working cowboy from the Maremma part of Tuscany. And one was just found—morto (dead)!

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Caption 13 [it]: Me lo dici che ci fai qua?
Caption 13 [en]: Will you tell me what you're doing here?

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Susanna Cutini - Dolci delle tradizioni di Pasqua

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In Italy, there are some very special desserts made especially for Easter. Gastronomical expert Susanna Cutini recounts their origins, their points in common, their symbolism. Whether you celebrate Easter or not, spring is a time of rebirth and fertility, and so there's plenty to celebrate!

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Caption 56 [it]: dolce al formaggio. -Che però, lo vedi,
Caption 56 [en]: sweet with cheese. -Which, however, you can see,

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Lucio Dalla - Anna e Marco

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this song from 1979, Lucio Dalla sings of two young people who wish they could change their lives for the better.

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Caption 6 [it]: Se chiude gli occhi lei lo sa
Caption 6 [en]: If she closes her eyes, she knows

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Here we are at the beginning of a new episode. Lara has been on the boat with Massimo, but now she's got to get right back to work, because someone seems to have fallen off a horse!

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Caption 14 [it]: Sì, lo so, ho avuto una settimana di tempo ma... tadan...
Caption 14 [en]: Yes, I know, I had a week's time, but... ta da...

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Chiedere informazioni - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela goes over the very important words and phrases that help you to understand directions and navigate around Italy. She covers verbs such as "to cross," and adjectives such as "opposite," and "behind," as well as the simple and articulated prepositions used with place names.

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Caption 45 [it]: a più "l" apostrofo, a più lo.
Caption 45 [en]: "a" plus "l" apostrophe, "a" plus "lo."

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