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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Puglia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here we go with a new series with Anna and Marika. Each video will feature an oral quiz — just like in actual Italian schools — about a region of Italy. A separate cooking video will feature a recipe from that region. We start in the "heel of the boot": Puglia.

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Caption 62 [it]: e altrimenti in macchina, ma sono tante ore perché è molto lunga.
Caption 62 [en]: and otherwise by car, but it's many hours because it's very long.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Francescopaolo, the contestant, is presented with a long list of Italian winners of either a Nobel Prize or an Academy Award Oscar, and has to choose which prize they were awarded.

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Caption 29 [it]: ma perché comprare un libro quando si ha una biblioteca pubblica a disposizione?
Caption 29 [en]: but why buy a book when you have a public library at hand?

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Italiano commerciale - Cominciare un nuovo lavoro - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna starts work at Phones and More. Her first task is to call a list of publications to find out about ad space. When she gives her email address, she uses the word chiocciola [snail] for the @ sign. Koreans also say "snail shell" when they see an @ sign, while the Dutch see a monkey's tail, and the Norwegians see a pig's tail.

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Caption 30 [it]: Bene. Giusto perché tu lo sappia,
Caption 30 [en]: Great, just so you know,

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara is doing some thinking, and confides in Sardi. Meanwhile, there is a definite lead in the case about the burglarized villas.

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Caption 70 [it]: Perché, quando ha scoperto che gli derubavi i clienti, ha minacciato di denunciarti
Caption 70 [en]: Because, when he discovered that you burglarized his clients, he threatened to report you

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 10

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela focuses on verbs and expressions that express uncertainty or doubt, and require the use of the subjunctive.

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Caption 28 [it]: perché sto esprimendo un'incertezza o un dubbio.
Caption 28 [en]: because I'm expressing an uncertainty or a doubt.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A harmless waste paper basket fire in the classroom gives our Professor an idea. She engages the help of one of her students.

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Caption 41 [it]: Mah, così, perché voglio saperne di più su quelli
Caption 41 [en]: Well, just like that, because I want to know more about those

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

L'Eredità [Inheritance] is an immensely popular daily quiz show on the RAI [pronounced rye], the Italian public TV and radio network. This episode benefits the Telethon Foundation, which provides funds for research into genetic diseases, and is based on Jerry Lewis's Telethon. To understand the play on words they use at a certain point, see the various meanings of macchina here. Learn more about this Italian game show here.

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Caption 21 [it]: con dei concorrenti speciali, perché ci saranno Leonardo Pieraccioni,
Caption 21 [en]: with special competitors because there'll be Leonardo Pieraccioni,

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Professioni e mestieri - Belle Arti -Tecniche di decorazione - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Tamara and Tania show some of the items that can be bought either unfinished or decorated in their shop. They demonstrate the use of glass paints and outline the steps used in decoupage.

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Caption 13 [it]: le nostre cosine, anche perché, insomma, hanno anche un costo queste cose.
Caption 13 [en]: our little things, also because, ultimately, these things also have a cost.

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Italiano commerciale - Cominciare un nuovo lavoro - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna is on tenterhooks waiting for the phone call that could change the course of her life. When she can't bear it any longer, the phone rings. No caller ID.

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Caption 24 [it]: Giusto perché tu lo sappia, le ore di lavoro sono standard:
Caption 24 [en]: Just so you know, the hours are standard:

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla has gotten quite a scare, but fortunately, she's fine. She has two conversations, one with the police inspector and one with her husband.

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Caption 4 [it]: Eh, perché ero qua non posso dirglielo.
Caption 4 [en]: Uh, the reason I was here, I can't tell you.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Not much information is cropping up from the investigation, but Lara has an unusual meeting with Casadio.

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Caption 36 [it]: ed io ho scelto Lei, non perché fosse un uomo.
Caption 36 [en]: and I chose you, not because you are a man.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 9

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela continues with verbs that require the present subjunctive, calling attention to the all-important verb sperare [to hope].

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Caption 20 [it]: perché nella frase [sic: proposizione] principale ho il verbo "aspettarsi".
Caption 20 [en]: because in the main phrase [sic, clause] I have the verb "to expect."

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In World War I, Italians who up until then had spoken their regional dialects, found themselves fighting side by side against a common enemy. But Mussolini was interested in fighting the internal enemy.

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Caption 32 [it]: perché sono in divisa.
Caption 32 [en]: because I'm in uniform.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's a busy day for the police. A prime witness ends up in the emergency room at the hospital, and there have been three burglaries, one after another.

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Caption 22 [it]: Ecco perché era vestito così elegante.
Caption 22 [en]: That's why he was dressed so elegantly.

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Italiano commerciale - Colloquio di lavoro - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna goes to her job interview. How did she do? Should she have answered any questions differently? Are there some important questions she neglected to ask? Do you think she will get the job?

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Caption 54 [it]: perché stiamo ancora intervistando dei candidati.
Caption 54 [en]: because we are still interviewing other candidates.

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