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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessio and Martina, while working on the renovations of the beach club, start fooling around and making faces at each other. They're clearly having fun until Alessio goes one step further...

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Caption 11 [it]: Ma che sta combinando Tonino lo Befaro?
Caption 11 [en]: But what's Tonino lo Befaro up to?

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La Ladra - EP. 1 - Le cose cambiano - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La ladra (The Thief) is a television series starring Veronica Pivetti, who plays Eva Marsiglia, a high level chef. But that's not all she does!

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Caption 12 [it]: Cambio vita, te lo giuro.
Caption 12 [en]: I'm changing my life, I swear.

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Anna e Marika - Fruttivendolo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna and Marika sit on a park bench musing about how much they like real fruits and vegetables, and then they actually go to the market where a farmer tells them about typically Roman produce.

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Caption 10 [it]: non ha lo stesso sapore, sei d'accordo?
Caption 10 [en]: don't have the same flavor, do you agree?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After a fruitless search in the rain, Luca and Brigadiere head home, but all of a sudden the dog starts sniffing around a hunter's shack, and sure enough, Luca discovers Marcuccio hiding inside, but the big man is not talking. And if that weren't enough, Manara's boss continues to put pressure on him and his team to bring in the perpetrator.

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Caption 21 [it]: Signora, il medico lo sta aspettando per gli accertamenti.
Caption 21 [en]: Ma'am, the doctor is waiting for him for a check up.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Piacere - Coniugazione

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela teaches us how to talk about liking something in each of the persons, using the verb piacere (to please, to be pleasing). Don't miss this very important lesson! And don't forget that spaghetti is the plural of spaghetto. Spago means string, so spaghetti are little strands of string! Italians will use the plural when talking about spaghetti.

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Caption 16 [it]: Adesso lo scrivo sopra perché non ho spazio, uh...
Caption 16 [en]: Now I'll write it above, because I have no room, ah...

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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessio invites everyone he knows to the party at the Serenella beach club, and asks Martina to invite her friends, too, but she's not thrilled about that...

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Caption 3 [it]: Tu pensa, se me lo vedrebbe [sic] il padre a quello.
Caption 3 [en]: Just think, if his father would see me.

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Anna e Marika - Un negozio di scarpe - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Anna and Marika take you to a special shoe store that sells only Italian footwear, and only women's shoes.

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Caption 6 [it]: Certo! E che me lo chiedi?
Caption 6 [en]: Of course! And what, you're asking me?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marcuccio has gotten hungry, and so he's gone to see the only person he could trust, Lara's zia Caterina. But by the time anyone could come to help her, he'd disappeared again, leaving his jacket behind. Lara's dog, Brigadiere, gets a good whiff and goes off with Luca to look for Marcuccio. A storm has come up, making things more difficult.

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Caption 7 [it]: tua madre lo sa che sei qui? -No.
Caption 7 [en]: Does your mother know you're here? -No.

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Linea Blu - Sicilia - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Discover the underwater marvels of the Strait of Messina. Flyingfish, multicolored sponges, predator viper fish, and much more.

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Caption 10 [it]: Lo Stretto ha una forma ad imbuto.
Caption 10 [en]: The Strait is in the form of a funnel.

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Serena - vita da universitari

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lucano

Studying is not the only thing students do at the university. They like to have fun, too. Being from out of town, but too far away for a commute, Serena and Elena rent an apartment with other students. Find out what they like to do in the evenings!

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Caption 11 [it]: Sì, lo diciamo a tutti e dopo andiamo a ballare.
Caption 11 [en]: Yes, we'll tell everyone, and afterwards we'll go dancing.

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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessio has a very creative idea for saving the beach club. Tonino is skeptical, but gradually warms to the idea.

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Caption 24 [it]: perché Tonino lo Befalo i giovani ce l'ha, e pure tanti.
Caption 24 [en]: because Tonino lo Befalo has the young people, and lots of them.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Ti piace

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela shows us how to ask people if they like something. And don't forget: the thing you like is the subject of the sentence and will govern the conjugation of the verb "piacere."

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Caption 4 [it]: Il verbo rimane sempre lo stesso,
Caption 4 [en]: The verb always stays the same,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara and Luca go to interrogate a suspect whose only alibi for the night of the murder depends on Marcuccio, who is still missing. Meanwhile, Giulia intercepts a cryptic phone call.

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Caption 9 [it]: Insomma, mi pare di capire che non lo stimava molto.
Caption 9 [en]: All in all, I get the feeling you didn't respect him much.

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Linea Blu - Sicilia - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Messina was completely destroyed in a terrible earthquake and then completely rebuilt. But there's lots to see there. Don't miss the largest organ in Italy, and an incredible mechanical clock with a crowing rooster and roaring lion!

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Caption 2 [it]: ci fu lo spaventoso terremoto che distrusse completamente la città di Messina,
Caption 2 [en]: there was the terrifying earthquake that completely destroyed the city of Messina,