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Anna e Marika - Il verbo pensare

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We are at the beautiful botanical gardens of Rome. Marika and Anna are sitting on a bench talking. In their conversation they take us through the different conjugations of the verb pensare (to think).

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Caption 37 [it]: Spero che non abbia cambiato idea, perché è bellissimo.
Caption 37 [en]: I hope she hasn't changed her mind, because it's beautiful.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The murder weapon has been identified by Inspector Rubino, and she has a nifty program to discover the password for the victim's handheld organizer, found at his house.

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Caption 39 [it]: Perché sennò che fa? Mi fa trasferire?
Caption 39 [en]: Because if not, what will you do? Will you transfer me?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Articolo indefinito

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

When we speak of an unspecified quantity of food items, objects, etc. we use the indefinite or partitive article, which changes according to the gender of the noun in question (singular: del, della, dello, and plural: dei, delle, degli). In the second part of the lesson, you'll notice that Italian uses the equivalent of "of" or "of it" where English doesn't. Feel free to absorb the first part of this lesson before tackling the second part.

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Caption 26 [it]: Dei, perché la parola finisce con "i".
Caption 26 [en]: Some, because the word finishes with "i."

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Andromeda - in - Storia del gelato - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who doesn't love ice cream? Andromeda gives us her take on the history of gelato (ice cream), from Mount Etna in Sicily to Paris.

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Caption 13 [it]: sull'Etna, perché l'Etna era ricca di, delle cosiddette neviere.
Caption 13 [en]: on Mount Etna, because Etna was rich in, in so-called ice houses.

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP1 - Casa nuova - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lele and Sandra talk about the pregnancy and about her future. Lele and Maria have a heart to heart talk about what's been happening in the family.

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Caption 7 [it]: Non capisco perché.
Caption 7 [en]: I don't get why.

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Into the fifties, many Italians would stop at trucker restaurants, knowing they'd eat huge portions for little money. With prosperity, Italians began to search for authentic and higher quality foods. One of Marchesi's signature dishes is the open tortello, a deconstructed filled pasta.

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Caption 14 [it]: perché il camion fermo vuol dire, in parole povere,
Caption 14 [en]: because a parked truck means, to put it simply,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Commissioner Manara goes to the victim's house with Inspector Rubino, and meanwhile two police officers summon the band leader for questioning.

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Caption 46 [it]: Perché lui stava esagerando... -Serena?
Caption 46 [en]: Because he was going overboard... -Serena?

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Nek - Laura non c'è

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The smash hit, "Laura non c'è" (Laura isn't here) was sung by Nek at the Sanremo Festival in 1997 and is featured on the album, Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto (Her, my friends, and everything else). The song became famous all over the world, making Nek one of the best loved Italian singers abroad.

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Caption 3 [it]: E te che sei qua e mi chiedi perché
Caption 3 [en]: And you who are here and you're asking me why

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The band members are interrogated one by one at police headquarters.

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Caption 25 [it]: perché questi giovani portan solo scarpe da ginnastica.
Caption 25 [en]: because these youngsters only wear tennis shoes.

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Anna e Marika - Un Ristorante a Trastevere - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna and Marika are having lunch in the Trastevere quarter of Rome. Join them as they order traditional Roman pasta dishes and talk about Italian eating habits.

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Caption 56 [it]: perché se vogliamo fare la scarpetta,
Caption 56 [en]: because if we want to do the "little shoe,"

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Marika e Daniela - Daniela Bruni, voice over - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela started out dubbing films. Now she works as a voice-over artist, narrating documentaries. Marika and Daniela talk about common errors in pronunciation and how much of a difference they can make!

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Caption 7 [it]: perché io lavoro con un grande dono prezioso che ognuno di noi ha,
Caption 7 [en]: because I work with a precious gift that each one of us has,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Essere e avere - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about the conjugation of the verb "to have," and gives us some important information about pronunciation.

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Caption 33 [it]: perché dovete impararli benissimo, essere e avere.
Caption 33 [en]: because you have to learn them very well, "to be" and "to have."

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Juventus - La ricetta del 31esimo scudetto

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

An animated video showing how the Juventus have won an amazing thirty-one championships.

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Caption 42 [it]: Perché ci crede sempre, fino alla fine. -Giaccherini!
Caption 42 [en]: Because they always have faith, up to the end. -Giaccherini!

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP3 - Rapsodia in Blu - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

As soon as Ginevra arrives at the scene of the crime, she seems to feel ill. It also seems that Poggiali had been quite a ladies' man.

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Caption 37 [it]: Che però è illeggibile perché è tutta bagnata.
Caption 37 [en]: Which is, however, illegible because it's all wet.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini discusses the reception of 8½ in Russia, and his hopes for the film at the 1964 Oscars.

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Caption 5 [it]: perché... per esempio io ho parlato con tutti i giovani cineasti sovietici
Caption 5 [en]: because... for example, I spoke with all the young Soviet filmmakers

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