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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbi che finiscono in "ere"

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela takes us through the conjugation of verbs ending in "ere," and explains how easy it can be if we remember some simple rules.

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Caption 13 [it]: Questo è semplice perché è come i verbi in -are:
Caption 13 [en]: This is simple because it's like the verbs in "-are:"

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 20

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini talks about Rimini, his hometown, and how his memories, dreams and fantasies of that place are connected to his films.

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Caption 10 [it]: È una città che è completamente cambiata, anche, dico, perché...
Caption 10 [en]: It's a city that has changed completely, even though, I mean, because...

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara and Giulia have some catching up to do, but how candid are they being with each other? Do we detect a bit of jealousy? Meanwhile Commissioner Manara has to deal with both Romei, the chicken guy, and his buxom, brassy wife, who keeps trying to catch Luca's eye.

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Caption 36 [it]: Oh, questo diceva lui, perché io non so 'na [una] sega!
Caption 36 [en]: Oh, this is what he said, because I don't know shit!

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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessio discovers why Tonino was so upset. The beach club is in danger of being demolished.

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Caption 11 [it]: Ecco perché ce l'aveva tanto con Rimini. -Eh.
Caption 11 [en]: That's why he was so angry with Rimini. -Yeah.

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Pino Daniele - Quando

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Pino Daniele with his unmistakable, magical voice, performs his hit song "Quando" (When) from 1991. It's featured on the album Sott' o sole and was part of the soundtrack of Pensavo fosse amore... invece era un calesse (I thought it was love, but it was a barouche), a 1991 film directed by and starring Massimo Troisi. In this live performance, the audience sings along on the refrain, and so can you!

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Caption 12 [it]: Perché penso al futuro
Caption 12 [en]: Because I'm thinking of the future

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Domande

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

When you're getting to know someone, you ask them their name and where they're from. Join Daniela's class as her students ask their first questions in Italian.

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Caption 8 [it]: perché prima dovete chiedere "di dove sei?",
Caption 8 [en]: because before that, you have to ask "where are you from?",

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The arrival of Giulia Chiamparini, the expert in Cultural Heritage, makes quite a hit at headquarters!

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Caption 2 [it]: Ma perché? -Ma, ma non lo so... -Mah!
Caption 2 [en]: But why? -But, but I don't know... -Huh!

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? That's what they say--but to Gualtiero Marchesi, that's not necessarily so. Sometimes beautiful is beautiful, period. As we've seen in other segments, cooking as an art form is a topic that's close to this chef's heart.

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Caption 7 [it]: Perché... purtroppo è buono ciò che ci piace.
Caption 7 [en]: Because... unfortunately what's good is what one likes.

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Acqua in bocca - Allarme gita - Ep 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A cartoon in which two aquarium fish worry about the kids of the house who are going on a school trip.

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Caption 5 [it]: E perché? -Partono, per la gita scolastica!
Caption 5 [en]: And, why? -They're leaving on a school trip!

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Manara goes to see the mother of Fazi's missing assistant, Marcuccio. It turns out he's "different" but with a phenomenal capacity for numbers. He's also a big guy, with big feet! Meanwhile, Lara and Luca are called to their boss's office. He wants results, fast, and so he's called in an expert in Cultural Assets from Rome to work alongside them.

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Caption 7 [it]: Eh, un bel numero: quarantanove! Perché?
Caption 7 [en]: Uh, a nice number: forty-nine! Why?

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 19

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

To please a reporter, Fellini sits and describes a typical day spent at Chianciano Terme, where he has gone for its healing thermal waters. Chianciano happens to have inspired one of his best known films, and he still sees it as a movie set. Fellini goes on to reminisce about Sundays in Rimini, and admits that his memories are a mix of fact and fantasy.

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Caption 30 [it]: e di solito mi inguaio in queste ore vuote, perché
Caption 30 [en]: and usually I get into trouble in these empty hours, because

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Le parole: bello, buono e bene - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

This lesson is about bene (well, fine). An important difference between bene and bello (beautiful) and buono (good) is that it's an adverb, and therefore doesn't have to agree with nouns. It always stays the same.

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Caption 10 [it]: Non posso dire "Il tempo è bene" perché io ho bisogno di un aggettivo,
Caption 10 [en]: I can't say "the weather is well" because I need an adjective,

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Nina Zilli - 50 mila

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

You'll want to sing along with Nina Zulli as she cries her heart out in "Cinquantamila lacrime" ("Fifty-Thousand Tears"), a hit song from 2009, made even more famous as the theme song from a 2010 film by Ferzan Özpetek, Mine vaganti (English title, Loose Cannons). Great lyrics, great melody, great rhythm!

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Caption 1 [it]: Cinquantamila lacrime non basteranno perché
Caption 1 [en]: Fifty-thousand tears won't be enough because

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi talks about the chef as an artist, and how different chefs can be recognized by their distinctive artistic styles. In defending the choice of simple, genuine food, he goes on to talk about the art of slicing, and how it used to be "performed" right in the dining room.

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Caption 12 [it]: perché hanno un taglio artistico.
Caption 12 [en]: because they have an artistic angle.

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Adriano - Giornata

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Find out how Adriano spends his day, and how he stays in shape, even though he works in an office.

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Caption 9 [it]: Ecco perché, vado in terrazza non appena svegliato
Caption 9 [en]: That's why I go onto the terrace as soon as I wake up

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