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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: Adv 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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COVID-19 - 1) Il contagio

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marino and Giuditta tell us how they ended up getting Covid, and what their symptoms were.

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Caption 58 [it]: mmm, perché qualcosa, istintivamente mi ha detto
Caption 58 [en]: mmh, because, instinctively, something told me

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio confides in his psychiatrist friend and confesses to his present feelings about his wife and women in general. They stop off to see a patient of Giovanni's.

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Caption 6 [it]: perché secondo me Anna, co' 'sta [romanesco: con questa] storia de [romanesco: di] questo figlio... -Uh-uhm.
Caption 6 [en]: because I think that Anna, with this story about having a baby... -Uh-huh.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how color and images can be more important than the story itself. There are clips from interviews with them when they were much younger, and the director of photography contributes some thoughts, as well. The movie featured in this segment is Good Morning, Babylon from 1987.

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Caption 54 [it]: perché la preparazione è stata più lunga,
Caption 54 [en]: because the preparation took more time

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Parking is a problem in medieval hilltop towns and cities (especially those attractive to tourists), so one solution is to build an elevator to get from parking further down the hill, up to the center of town. But, you never know what you are going to find when excavating. In Assisi, they certainly hit the jackpot, right in the center of town: A roman domus.

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Caption 37 [it]: perché vedete queste colonne si sono conservate perfettamente
Caption 37 [en]: because as you see, these columns have been perfectly preserved,

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo has no interest in learning to ice skate, and Nora is not a big help. Back at the villa, Melody brings Dino some coffee as he works, and he asks her for a favor.

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Caption 23 [it]: Tu lo sai perché non imparerai a pattinare?
Caption 23 [en]: You know why you won't learn to skate?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla goes to lunch at Virginia's house (quite a house) and they talk about Virginia's personal situation. Then there's a phone call.

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Caption 32 [it]: perché è il mio migliore amico, quindi...
Caption 32 [en]: because he is my best friend, so...

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