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In cucina con Antonino - Episodio 3 - La mamma

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Today Antonino cooks special, grooved spaghetti, with garlic, oil and hot peppers. It's a classic pasta recipe, but our chef adds some extra ingredients to give it a different twist.

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Caption 23 [it]: Abbiamo tagliato il pane a piccoli quadrati
Caption 23 [en]: We've cut the bread into little cubes

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Espressioni toscane

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The popular TV series Commissioner Manara takes place in Tuscany, so in this video, Marika explains some of the peculiarities of Tuscan speech. She also gives some important tips about using articles when referring to family members.

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Caption 12 [it]: ed è grande circa cinquemila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 12 [en]: and is about five thousand square kilometers in size.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today the lesson is about Lombardy. Anna is well-prepared, but her maestra seems to be affected by la nebbia (the fog). Is it the Milanese climate? Or could it be something else?

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Caption 27 [it]: Circa ventiquattromila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 27 [en]: About twenty-four thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Toscana

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna knows all about Tuscany, one of her favorite regions. Tuscany was very important for the evolution of the Italian language, and is one of the areas of Italy most frequented by tourists.

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Caption 16 [it]: Ventitremila chilometri quadrati circa.
Caption 16 [en]: About twenty-three thousand square kilometers.

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela, well-known presenter of historical TV documentaries, takes us on a journey to discover some of the "wonders" — both man-made and natural — of this "treasure peninsula" called Italy. The journey begins at the Royal Palace in Caserta.

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Caption 43 [it]: Copre più di sessantunomila metri quadrati
Caption 43 [en]: It covers over sixty-one thousand square meters

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Lazio

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna volunteers to be questioned about Lazio. The teacher seems to be in a good mood, so Anna is encouraged. What grade will she receive?

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Caption 27 [it]: Circa diciassettemila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 27 [en]: About seventeen thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Piemonte

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The teacher has a different look today, as she quizzes Anna about the Piedmont region of Italy. Anna tries to get on the good side of her irritable maestra.

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Caption 23 [it]: Circa venticinquemila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 23 [en]: It's about twenty-five thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulle Marche

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

We're going to school to learn about The Marches, the only Italian region to have a plural name! Let's find out if Anna has studied this time! Let's see how mean her maestra is today, too.

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Caption 21 [it]: Circa novemilaquattrocento chilometri quadrati.
Caption 21 [en]: Around nine thousand four hundred square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Liguria

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Because Anna knows the subject backwards and forwards, she volunteers to take the teacher's quiz on Liguria, but that doesn't help much with her grade.

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Caption 25 [it]: Cinquemilaquattrocento chilometri quadrati, è
Caption 25 [en]: Fifty-four hundred square kilometers, it is

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sul Friuli Venezia Giulia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Let's see if Anna has studied one of the northernmost regions of Italy. It's a border region and as such, has some peculiarities.

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Caption 17 [it]: Quasi ottomila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 17 [en]: Almost eight thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Calabria

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It's time to talk about Calabria, a southern region with both sea and mountains. Let's hope Anna did some studying.

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Caption 18 [it]: Circa quindicimila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 18 [en]: About fifteen thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sardegna

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna is quizzed on Sardinia and can easily identify the capital and its major cities, its nuraghes (characteristic low towers), its cantu a tenore (traditional singing), but comes up short on providing the name of a typical Sardinian dish.

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Caption 25 [it]: Circa ventiquattromila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 25 [en]: About twenty-four thousand square kilometers.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sicilia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna gets grilled on Sicily by Marika. Oral quizzes are very frequently used in Italian schools. Grading is done on a scale from 1-10 for primary and secondary schools, and from 1-30 at the university level.

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Caption 18 [it]: Quasi ventiseimila chilometri quadrati.
Caption 18 [en]: Nearly twenty-six thousand square kilometers.

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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 23 [it]: La superficie è di circa ventimila chilometri [quadrati] per quattro milioni di abitanti.
Caption 23 [en]: The area is about twenty thousand [square] kilometers for four million inhabitants.

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Itinerari Della Bellezza - Abruzzo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The segment highlights two medieval churches near the ancient site of Alba Fucens. Both churches display ornamental facings made from pieces of colored marble that are intricately pieced together, what is known as Cosmatesque work.

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Caption 31 [it]: L'interno è composto longitudinalmente dall'abbinamento di due quadrati,
Caption 31 [en]: The interior is longitudinally composed by the pairing of two square spaces,

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