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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

This is the beginning of a very important series of lessons because possessive pronouns or adjectives work a little differently in Italian. You need to add an article before the possessive pronoun. Daniela will explain it all.

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Caption 3 [it]: Così così. Perché, Tommaso?
Caption 3 [en]: So-so. Why, Tommaso?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Zia Caterina might have found herself a gardener/handyman, and Luca and Lara locate the reels of film left by the film maker.

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Caption 69 [it]: Va be', adesso vi lascio perché io ho un po' di giri da fare. -Lara?
Caption 69 [en]: OK, I'll leave you because I have some things to do. -Lara?

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 8

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero put some very fancy lamps in his new restaurant, but it stayed almost empty for a good while. He didn't give up, nor did he stoop to using the techniques a New York restaurant used when it opened.

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Caption 8 [it]: perché era una cosa molto particolare.
Caption 8 [en]: because it was a very singular thing.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - La Bella Addormentata nel Bosco - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There's plenty of new vocabulary in the well-known story of "Sleeping Beauty". And since there are both a king and a queen, and twelve fairies, many verbs are in the third person plural of the passato remoto! Make the most of it!

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Caption 15 [it]: Il re non l'aveva invitata, perché si diceva che avesse un cuore cattivo.
Caption 15 [en]: The king hadn't invited her, because it was said she had an evil heart.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - I colori - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this final video on colors as adjectives, Daniela's students practice using all three types (static, positive and neutral) in sentences. As you'll see, it can be tough putting all the pieces together, but little by little, you'll get it!

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Caption 20 [it]: Perché? Perché gonna è femminile, quindi dico grigia.
Caption 20 [en]: Why? Because "gonna" (skirt) is feminine and I say "grigia."

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Anna e Marika - in TG Yabla Italia e Meteo - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What's going on in Italy? Marika, Guido, Serena, and Anna give you the latest.

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Caption 53 [it]: perché abbiamo la presenza di forti banchi di nebbia un po' dappertutto.
Caption 53 [en]: because we have the presence of thick mantles of fog just about everywhere.

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Professioni e mestieri - Silvia D'Onghia, giornalista

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Silvia is an editor (in real life) for Il Fatto Quotidiano (The Daily Event), a national newspaper with some special characteristics. Silvia tells us what kind of news she covers, and some of the problems she encounters.

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Caption 11 [it]: Il Fatto Quotidiano era una sfida perché è l'unico giornale sul panorama nazionale
Caption 11 [en]: "Il Fatto Quotidiano" was a challenge, because it's the only newspaper on the national scene,

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fashion designer Chiara Boni talks about Milan in the seventies. Gualtiero Marchesi talks about combining tradition with innovation in both his art and his kitchen. Gastronomer Eugenio Medagliani talks about how at the beginning, people understood very little about this "nouvelle cuisine."

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Caption 11 [it]: perché, anche non c'era neanche un fatto generazionale, tra l'altro,
Caption 11 [en]: because there was also no generational factor, besides,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - I colori - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela teaches us the colors and how to use them as adjectives. There are three different categories, so pay close attention!

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Caption 54 [it]: perché sono due, ho bisogno del plurale.
Caption 54 [en]: because they're two, I need the plural.

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

The sixties and seventies were magical years for Milan. Fashion design started undergoing important changes, and people started talking about food!

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Caption 26 [it]: Perché prima, quando io ero piccola,
Caption 26 [en]: Because beforehand, when I was little,

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Il Principe Ranocchio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

"The Frog Prince" is a famous fairy tale—nothing new! But what an opportunity to learn and practice the passato remoto! In everyday conversations this tense is rare in much of Italy, but when we're talking about "once upon a time..." it's a mainstay.

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Caption 19 [it]: "Principessa, perché piangi?"
Caption 19 [en]: ”Princess, why are you crying?”

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbi che finiscono in ire - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela finishes showing us how to conjugate verbs that end in "ire," like "finire." Get the whole story!

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Caption 3 [it]: Qui, abbiamo una "a" perché è un verbo in "are".
Caption 3 [en]: Here we have an "a" because it's a verb in "are."

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero's friends continue telling the story of the 1970s, when he finally opened his restaurant, on the via Bonvesin de la Riva in Milan. It was rough.

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Caption 30 [it]: con la gente che scappava perché aveva paura dei rapimenti,
Caption 30 [en]: with people who'd leave because they were afraid of kidnapping,

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Neffa - Cambierà

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Neffa sings about how things are going to change. "Cambierà" (It will change) is a single from his 2006 album Alla fine della notte. Great opportunity to practice the future tense!

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Caption 8 [it]: Perché tutto cambierà -Cambierà
Caption 8 [en]: Because everything will change -It will change

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP5 - Il Raggio Verde - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This episode comes to a close with a pizza party at sunset among Lara's colleagues. Certain people are able to see a beautiful green ray in that sunset, making the famous legend come true.

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Caption 10 [it]: perché solo lei poteva evitare che lui, -Certo.
Caption 10 [en]: because only she could prevent him from, -Of course.

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