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Silvana e Luciano - Il nostro incontro

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Falling in love doesn't follow scientific rules. Silvana and Luciano tell us about how they met and their plans, now that they are of a certain age.

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Caption 9 [it]: Sì. Sì, perché fai sempre domande interessanti.
Caption 9 [en]: Yes. Yes, because you always ask interesting questions.

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Samuele Bersani - Lato Proibito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Samuele Bersani relives the past when he was still a pre-teen, starting to have secret thoughts. The video contains plenty of illustrations of the words he is singing.

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Caption 23 [it]: Sopra all'armadio perché in fondo
Caption 23 [en]: On top of the closet because, deep down,

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora and Ugo are living in close quarters, and there is a list of eight rules nailed to the back of the door that they are already arguing about.

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Caption 8 [it]: Comunque, vado a farmi una doccia perché questo profumo mi dà la nausea.
Caption 8 [en]: Anyway, I'm going to take a shower because this perfume is making me nauseous.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano's investigation takes him to the school where Camilla and Vanda teach. Camilla, taking her cue from something Gaetano brings up, can't help doing a bit of investigating on her own.

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Caption 3 [it]: Perché abbia chiesto l'aspettativa
Caption 3 [en]: As to why he asked for a leave of absence,

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's hard to be in two places at once. Guia has work commitments in Milan, but things are coming apart at the farmstead, too, so she has to make another trip.

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Caption 38 [it]: Meglio così, anche perché non ne vale la pena.
Caption 38 [en]: Better that way, huh, also because it's not worth it.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.

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Caption 4 [it]: Ma [sic] perché?
Caption 4 [en]: Why?

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Aunt Clo shows Ugo and Nora around the shop and house and leaves after giving them a few rules to follow. They run off to the attorney to make sure they can go ahead with their separation.

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Caption 16 [it]: E invece gli [sic: le] va male perché lei resta qui,
Caption 16 [en]: But that's not going so well because she is staying here,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here is the last group of indefinite adjectives: qualunque, qualsiasi, and qualsivoglia (whichever, any). Luckily for us, they are generally interchangeable and invariable.

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Caption 32 [it]: perché c'... sta collegando due proposizioni.
Caption 32 [en]: because... it is connecting two clauses.

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Both Guia and her fiancé start working towards selling the farmstead. Guia has a few things to say to Renzo.

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Caption 13 [it]: E perché ho la valigia?
Caption 13 [en]: And why do I have a suitcase?

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Ferzan Özpetek directed this video of images from his movie La Dea Fortuna, for which the song "Luna Diamante" (diamond moon) is part of the soundtrack. The song was written by Ivano Fossati and sung by Mina.

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Caption 24 [it]: E tu perché non parli?
Caption 24 [en]: And you, why aren't you talking?

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Franco shows us some infused salts that we would never think of off hand. His descriptions are colorful and make us want to try out these delicacies.

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Caption 26 [it]: perché non è né da signorine, né troppo romantico,
Caption 26 [en]: because it is neither for ladies, nor is it too romantic,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The autopsy report comes, and Manara goes to talk to the victim's widow. Marta goes to talk to his lover. Marta gets a phone call, and her colleagues realize, with surprise, who her father is.

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Caption 31 [it]: Che è quella faccia, Quattroni? Perché mi guarda così?
Caption 31 [en]: What is that face, Quattroni? Why are you looking at me like that?

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Marika spiega - Cosa - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The word cosa (thing) in Italian is an extremely useful word, especially when you don't know the real word for something. Marika tells us about how it's used in Italian everyday conversation.

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Caption 8 [it]: perché oggi parliamo di cose molto importanti.
Caption 8 [en]: because today we're going to talk about some very important things.

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The exasperated lawyer comes up with a plan for the dog who happens to be named Uno (one). As they are taking care of this, they each get a phone call and have to hurry off.

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Caption 34 [it]: Perché di giorno che fai?
Caption 34 [en]: Because what do you do during the day?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this lesson, Daniela discusses indefinite adjectives that refer to units or multiples. We're talking about adjectives such as "each," every," and "certain." Some have variable endings and others do not.

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Caption 14 [it]: che non ha il femminile perché è uguale al maschile,
Caption 14 [en]: which doesn't have the feminine because it's the same as the masculine,

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