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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Although their films weren't overtly political, the Taviani brothers saw and heard what was "in the air" in Italy, and somehow captured some the essence of it, without even being aware of it.

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Caption 16 [it]: che era in noi e perché, eh, s', in genere si...
Caption 16 [en]: that was in us, and because, uh, in general, one...

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico goes to the Experimental Center where there is a sea of candidates waiting their turns to go in and take the entrance exam. He meets a friendly guy named Riccardo Pazzaglia. He also meets a girl who is rather nervous and feeling insecure.

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Caption 13 [it]: No, eh, ma perché lu [pugliese: il] profondo sud, scusa?
Caption 13 [en]: No, uh, why the deep south, sorry?

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora and Ugo discuss Cecilia's having given up a chance of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Ugo is making great progress as a skater, and his teacher is proud of him. They get around to talking about love and relationships.

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Caption 7 [it]: perché lui non sa niente
Caption 7 [en]: because he doesn't know anything

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COVID-19 - 3) La quarantena

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Giuditta and Marino give us details about what life was like in isolation. Challenging for sure, but with some good aspects, too!

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Caption 6 [it]: perché, eh, Marino doveva stare isolato in una stanza e, eh,
Caption 6 [en]: because Marino had to be isolated in a room and, uh,

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio has a conversation with his doctor and Anna has a conversation with her friend. Both Anna and Orazio are frustrated but don't know what to do.

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Caption 27 [it]: perché è in esso
Caption 27 [en]: because, it's there

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The political vision of the Taviani brothers comes through in their movies, especially Allonsanfàn. The choices they made in the story were simply a reflection of their thinking at the time, not because the movies themselves were affiliated with a particular political party.

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Caption 47 [it]: è cinema politico, ma è cinema politico perché
Caption 47 [en]: it's political cinema, but it's political cinema because

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora discovers that Ugo is taking skating lessons on his own. She meets up with Cecilia to choose some wedding accessories, but clearly, Cecilia is distracted and finally confides in Nora about her feelings. Naturally, Nora compares every relationship to the one she has or had with Ugo.

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Caption 31 [it]: Perché piangono i Marchesi e La Colonna? -Non voglio sposarmi...
Caption 31 [en]: Why are the marquises and Miss Colonna crying? -I don't want to get married...

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La Ladra - EP. 12 - Come ai vecchi tempi - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva meets up with Max to discuss the plan. Later she meets with the girls with hopes of involving them. And finally, Eva goes to see Augusto.

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Caption 18 [it]: E allora perché devo occuparmi del catering?
Caption 18 [en]: And so why do I have to take care of the catering?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - La forma passiva - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

After summing up about the passive voice, Daniela goes on to talk about some other related constructions. It's important to remember that the passive is formed with transitive verbs only. But when we don't have a named subject or agent, we have a few other ways to make a sentence passive-like. One way uses the famous particella (particle) si. Si is used for so many things in Italian that it is bound to create confusion for learners, even advanced learners. Don't worry, part 3 of the lesson will explain further. Another way uses the verb andare (to go) to indicate something that must be done. Here too, the stress is on the action, not the subject or agent.

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Caption 27 [it]: perché parliamo in generale,
Caption 27 [en]: because we're talking in general.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This segment explains the title of the movie, Saint Michael Had a Rooster. The Taviani brothers, as well as the lead actor, talk about some aspects of the story, and Nanni Moretti comments on the camera technique.

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Caption 45 [it]: Perché sono io che ho deciso di parlare ad alta voce.
Caption 45 [en]: Because I am the one who decided to talk out loud.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

If you have ever visited Italy, you have probably run across the term pinacoteca describing a picture gallery, and wondered where it came from. You will find out in this video about a room called the "tablinum" in the Assisi domus, discovered because they wanted to build an elevator!

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Caption 48 [it]: perché abituato a attività esterne,
Caption 48 [en]: because he's accustomed to outdoor activities,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In Sicily, at one time, horses would work in the sulfur mines and slowly become blind. The story is told through a Sicilian ballad, sung by Domenico Modugno. Mimì's mother sits with him as he prepared his bags, but she struggles to understand why he would want to leave. See complete lyrics (in Sicilian) here.

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Caption 24 [it]: Perché non ti sei arruolato nei carabinieri?
Caption 24 [en]: Why didn't you enlist in the carabinieri [military police]?

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Perhaps as an apology, Ugo makes some sketches for the wedding on ice. The wedding couple practices at the rink, but there is a visitor. Dino and Melody have a moment, but his mother may not be so thrilled about that.

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Caption 13 [it]: perché l'altro giorno alla lezione ho un po'... esagerato,
Caption 13 [en]: because the other day at the lesson, I went a bit... too far,

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La Ladra - EP. 12 - Come ai vecchi tempi - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lorenzo and Dante meet up at the park and commiserate a bit. Dante asks Lorenzo for a favor.

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Caption 7 [it]: Perché? -Be', certo, un po' me la so' [romanesco: sono] cercata, eh.
Caption 7 [en]: Why? -Well, of course, I kind of went looking for it, huh.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - La forma passiva - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Are you ready for the passive voice? In many ways, the Italian passive works as it does in English. If we have a subject, a transitive verb and a direct object, we can form either an active phrase or a passive one. But there are some rules, and Daniela sets out to explain them.

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Caption 18 [it]: perché deve esserci un'azione che passa dal soggetto all'oggetto.
Caption 18 [en]: because it has to be an action that passes from the subject to the object.

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