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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The centerpiece of this segment is dinner. Pasta. In Italian, spaghetti is the plural of spaghetto (a strand of spaghetti), and Italians like their pasta al dente which literally means "to the tooth." In other words, it should be cooked just enough to be bitten, therefore firm, not hard, but by all means not soft.

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Caption 6 [it]: Non viene. -Perché?
Caption 6 [en]: She's not coming. -Why not?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

A Palermo doctor discusses the Integration of immigrants in Sicily and highlights the successes in healthcare. Medical assistance is provided for all immigrants, whether lawful or not.

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Caption 11 [it]: In sanità siamo riusciti a favorire l'integrazione, perché [la] sanità è un bel mezzo,
Caption 11 [en]: We've succeeded in promoting integration in healthcare, because health is a good means,

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Antonella - La mia storia - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonella talks about her work history, at first in the family business, and later for an American corporation in the cosmetics industry.

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Caption 31 [it]: E in questi dieci anni, però, la mia curiosità, perché sono peggio di una scimmia,
Caption 31 [en]: And in these ten years, however, my curiosity, because I'm worse than a monkey,

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PsicoVip - Il topo - Ep 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip is called in by a lady in distress over a mouse. He also masters the doctor's line on eighty euros.

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Caption 32 [it]: Pe', perché non va Lei?
Caption 32 [en]: Wh'... why... why don't you go?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

A Palermo doctor is interviewed about his practice and the African and Southeast Asian immigrant patients that he treats.

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Caption 9 [it]: Perché? -Perché non trova [sic: trovo].
Caption 9 [en]: Why? -Because I can't find.

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Francesco Gabbani - Tra Le Granite E Le Granate

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are too many plays on words in this song to describe here, but one stands out in particular: e state (and you stay) and estate (summer). The song pokes fun at Italians on vacation, all the while being very Italian itself. Yabla Italian wishes you a great summer. Buona estate!

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Caption 39 [it]: Perché al ritorno sembri nuova
Caption 39 [en]: So that upon our return, it will be just like new

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Francesca Vitalini - Fare la giornalista pubblicista - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Francesca Vitalini describes her training in journalism and her work for a newspaper in Garbatella, a neighborhood of Rome.

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Caption 3 [it]: Perché ho scelto questo lavoro?
Caption 3 [en]: Why did I choose this work?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP1 - Matrimonio con delitto - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

By popular request, Manara is back with some new adventures. Everything is in place for a joyous celebration, with wedding bells, but is it too good to be true?

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Caption 2 [it]: Ma perché, hai visto la sposa? Porta sfortuna!
Caption 2 [en]: But why, did you see the bride? It brings bad luck!

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla's mother is after her to do her a favor, and Sammy shows up asking a favor, as well.

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Caption 19 [it]: Si può sapere perché non sei venuta a scuola?
Caption 19 [en]: Do you mind telling me why you didn't come to school?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Palermo faces the sea and has a very long history of immigration. The narrator interviews a young woman whose great grandfather came to Sicily from Sudan. She is involved in educating immigrants from Africa and Asia. Pitrè was also highly involved in education.

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Caption 25 [it]: perché possiamo uscire da schematismi
Caption 25 [en]: for us to be able to leave behind the schemas

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La Tempesta - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Emotions run high in this part of the story. Manuela has no idea what Paolo is going through, but they have to go to the adoption interview, so stress is running high, too. As often happens, Natoli provides some relief in his own inimitable way.

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Caption 34 [it]: Ma perché non mi dite veramente come vi siete conosciuti?
Caption 34 [en]: But, why don't you really tell me how you met?

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Professioni e mestieri - Rivenditore per parrucchieri - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonella talks about her relationship with the people who come into the shop, especially older women who still care about being beautiful, and who are beautiful, inside and out.

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Caption 10 [it]: e perché ne entrano tutti i giorni anche di diverse.
Caption 10 [en]: and because lots of people come in here every day.

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PsicoVip - Il vigile - Ep 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip's good deed of saving a dog is rewarded with multiple tickets from a traffic cop. His big brother, once again, saves the day.

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Caption 19 [it]: I'... io? Pe'... Pe'... Perché?
Caption 19 [en]: Me... me? Wh'... wh'... why?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla had a hard time of it after seeing what she saw the night before. And she had a hard time in class, too, with students who hadn't studied.

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Caption 11 [it]: Ma perché, l'hai visto proprio... visto?
Caption 11 [en]: But why, did you see one, actually see one?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè loved attending performances of chivalric folk plays in Palermo. This segment follows a marionette player at Palermo's Opera dei Pupi, the same theater where Pitrè went to see folk epics.

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Caption 19 [it]: Non è perché faccio uno spettacolo che ho fatto sempre,
Caption 19 [en]: It's not because I do a show, one that I've always done,

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