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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 24

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adriano tells Grazia his ideas for a new kind of city. Back at the factory, cuts are being made, and there is talk of layoffs. We also discover an ironic fact about Adriano.

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Caption 35 [it]: E perché?
Caption 35 [en]: And why?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The baptism is taking place, and it's clear that Sardi and Toscani have made up with each other. Luca and Marta, however still have some things to clear up. Ada is still hunting for the person who sent her flowers, but she gets a little help from the florist. The party favors, ugly as they are, seem to enlighten Manara about the case.

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Caption 38 [it]: Certo che lo so. -E perché non me lo dici?
Caption 38 [en]: Of course, I know. -And why don't you tell me?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Double negatives are, in fact, allowed in Italian. And Daniela shows us how there can be multiple negations in one phrase. In English, where double negatives are not allowed, we have extra words to get around this rule. We use, for example, "it's not anything" or" not ever," instead of the incorrect "not nothing" or "not never." But it's important to be able to manage all these negatives in perfect tenses where we have a conjugated auxiliary verb and a past participle, and that is what Daniela explains in this lesson.

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Caption 12 [it]: perché ho il "non" e il "nessuno".
Caption 12 [en]: because I have "not" and "nobody."

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The girls are in big trouble, and Gina is sleeping. It's hard to see how they will get out of this unscathed. But help comes in an unexpected way.

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Caption 24 [it]: Perché l'ho appena visto andare via.
Caption 24 [en]: Because I just saw him leave.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's time for the baptismal ceremony. Manara has reason to believe there's something going on between Marta and Fabrizio, and Toscani and Sardi have a tense moment before going into the church.

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Caption 30 [it]: E allora perché te la prendi tanto? Dimmelo!
Caption 30 [en]: And so why are you getting so riled up? Tell me!

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Living conditions were so different at the time of the cave dwellings. Imagine having a mule and rabbits running around the house! The government eventually put a stop to this type of dwelling, and much was gained, but much was lost. On the other hand, people had to live somewhere. The Civita, the oldest part of Matera, filled up quickly around the imposing cathedral, and there was no more room for building houses.

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Caption 49 [it]: visibile da ogni angolo della città, anche perché
Caption 49 [en]: visible from every corner of the city, also because

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Even though he is no longer leading the company, Adriano is as active as ever. Events come together that motivate him to put his theories into practice.

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Caption 29 [it]: Ma perché fa tutto questo per noi?
Caption 29 [en]: But why are you doing all this for us?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Sardi and Toscani are nervous about choosing the godparents for little Valeria's baptism. Later, Toscani gets lucky about finding some evidence. When speaking to Raimondi about it, he almost comes out with a colloquial expression but thinks better of it. The complete idiomatic expression would have been una botta di culo [a stroke of the butt]. Culo [ass] is often used to mean "luck," either good or bad. So he had a stroke of luck, or, in modern language, "he got lucky."

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Caption 5 [it]: So' [sono] un po' imbarazzato, perché non so' [sono] tanto capace, poi...
Caption 5 [en]: I'm a little embarrassed, because I am not very good at this, and then...

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In the last lesson we learned to place non (not) before the verb in a negative sentence, but when there are other words involved, it gets a bit more complicated, especially when we have object pronouns in the mix.

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Caption 20 [it]: perché abbiamo un pronome personale.
Caption 20 [en]: because we have a personal pronoun.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We see the inside of house built into the rock. It is fascinating to learn how families coped with the problems of water, humidity, and cramped quarters.

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Caption 68 [it]: perché in casa non c'erano dei forni.
Caption 68 [en]: because there were no ovens in houses.

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 21

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adriano decides to leave running the factory to Marcello and goes off on his own to work on his other projects. But country roads are dangerous in the pouring rain...

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Caption 30 [it]: Ecco perché li conosco quelli di città.
Caption 30 [en]: That's how I recognize the ones from the city.

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva hides at the beauty center in order to spy on Biagini. In the meantime, Lorenzo and Dante have a man-to-man talk.

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Caption 8 [it]: Perché non bevi?
Caption 8 [en]: Why aren't you drinking?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

They still don't really have a lead, but Manara is convinced the two murders — Viazzi and Ponti — are connected. They have to look into Ponti's past.

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Caption 18 [it]: perché questo ci porterà a scoprire chi ha ucciso Ponti.
Caption 18 [en]: because this will lead us to discover who killed Ponti.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela explains how to turn a positive statement into a negative one, and how to form a negative question and its negative answer. The magic word is non (not).

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Caption 43 [it]: O "italiana", nel mio caso, perché sono una donna.
Caption 43 [en]: Or "italiana" [Italian] in my case, because I'm a woman.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We enter a fascinating church carved right into the rock: the Church of the Madonna di Idris. There are some surprising discoveries awaiting us.

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Caption 19 [it]: ma anche... Matera, perché Matera
Caption 19 [en]: but also... Matera, because Matera

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