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Marika e Daniela - Il verbo chiedere - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika and Daniela are chatting in Rome, with the Colosseum in the distance. The focus of their chat is the word chiedere (to ask) in its different conjugations.

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Caption 7 [it]: No, non lo so pilotare e non l'ho mai fatto.
Caption 7 [en]: No, I don't know how to fly one and I've never done it.

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Luciano Ligabue - Viva

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Singer-songwriter Luciano Ligabue sings a love song, Viva (Alive), dedicated to the woman who at that time was his wife. The song is from his 1995 album "Buon Compleanno Elvis" (Happy Birthday Elvis).

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Caption 3 [it]: È per te che lo sai di chi sto parlando, dai
Caption 3 [en]: It's for you, you who know who I'm talking about, come on

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara's aunt Caterina goes to police headquarters to show Commissioner Manara a painting she found at a flea market, that could help with the investigation.

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Caption 7 [it]: ma non c'è bisogno che tu me lo faccia notare.
Caption 7 [en]: but you don't need to point it out to me.

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After the war, when eating had to do with survival, tastes started to change and to branch out towards different regions. Now, once again cucina tipica (traditional local cooking) or prodotti tipici (local products) have practically become magic words.

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Caption 40 [it]: perché [ce lo] abbiamo anche noi,
Caption 40 [en]: because we have it, too.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - I negozi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela talks about verbs having to do with shops, and whether they close at lunchtime or not.

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Caption 25 [it]: Jürgen... e il verbo "aprire" e "chiudere", [lo] sapete coniugare?
Caption 25 [en]: Jürgen... and the verb "to open" and "to close," do you know how to conjugate [it]?

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP2 - Il mistero di Cetinka - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Martini family isn't getting along so well with the new housekeeper. She doesn't give them enough time for breakfast and spends too much money on supplies.

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Caption 66 [it]: Lei sempre dico [sic: Io le dico sempre]: lascia [lo] ospedale e fai [la] colf.
Caption 66 [en]: Her [sic] always tell : leave [sic] hospital and become [sic] cleaning lady.

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Anna e Marika - Il verbo pensare

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We are at the beautiful botanical gardens of Rome. Marika and Anna are sitting on a bench talking. In their conversation they take us through the different conjugations of the verb pensare (to think).

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Caption 50 [it]: Hai proprio ragione, Anna. Il problema è che se non lo [le] faccio io queste cose, chi ci penserà?
Caption 50 [en]: You are so right, Anna. The problem is that if I don't do these things, who will take care of them?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The murder weapon has been identified by Inspector Rubino, and she has a nifty program to discover the password for the victim's handheld organizer, found at his house.

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Caption 3 [it]: Be', visto che me lo chiedi, clarinetto non penso che sia la risposta esatta.
Caption 3 [en]: Well, since you're asking me, I don't think "clarinet" is the right answer.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Articolo indefinito

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

When we speak of an unspecified quantity of food items, objects, etc. we use the indefinite or partitive article, which changes according to the gender of the noun in question (singular: del, della, dello, and plural: dei, delle, degli). In the second part of the lesson, you'll notice that Italian uses the equivalent of "of" or "of it" where English doesn't. Feel free to absorb the first part of this lesson before tackling the second part.

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Caption 3 [it]: Quando mia mamma va al negozio, "ah, non lo so quanto". "Del", "del".
Caption 3 [en]: When my mom goes to the store, "Oh I don't know how much." "Some," "some."

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Andromeda - in - Storia del gelato - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who doesn't love ice cream? Andromeda gives us her take on the history of gelato (ice cream), from Mount Etna in Sicily to Paris.

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Caption 7 [it]: Lo sapevate che il gelato è stato inventato in Italia?
Caption 7 [en]: Did you know that ice cream was invented in Italy?

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP1 - Casa nuova - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lele and Sandra talk about the pregnancy and about her future. Lele and Maria have a heart to heart talk about what's been happening in the family.

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Caption 14 [it]: Loro non se lo sarebbero mai perdonato
Caption 14 [en]: They would never have forgiven themselves

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Into the fifties, many Italians would stop at trucker restaurants, knowing they'd eat huge portions for little money. With prosperity, Italians began to search for authentic and higher quality foods. One of Marchesi's signature dishes is the open tortello, a deconstructed filled pasta.

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Caption 6 [it]: insomma, quello che lo fa andare inconsciamente alla ricerca di una cucina altra
Caption 6 [en]: all in all, what makes them go looking, unconsciously, for a different kind of cuisine

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Commissioner Manara goes to the victim's house with Inspector Rubino, and meanwhile two police officers summon the band leader for questioning.

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Caption 5 [it]: se lo fai in modo sincero, leale e col consenso dell'interessata.
Caption 5 [en]: if you do it in a sincere, loyal way and with the consent of the person in question.

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Anna e Marika - Il verbo avere - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika and Anna present the verb avere (to have) in the subjunctive mood, which, in Italian, as you'll see, is used when the word che is used as a conjunction. This mood has practically disappeared from the English language.

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Caption 7 [it]: Ma sì, che voi lo abbiate o lo abbiate avuto...
Caption 7 [en]: But yes, whether you [plural] have one or have had one...

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Nek - Laura non c'è

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The smash hit, "Laura non c'è" (Laura isn't here) was sung by Nek at the Sanremo Festival in 1997 and is featured on the album, Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto (Her, my friends, and everything else). The song became famous all over the world, making Nek one of the best loved Italian singers abroad.

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Caption 6 [it]: Fa male e non lo sa che non mi è mai passata
Caption 6 [en]: It hurts and she doesn't know that I haven't gotten over her

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