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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. Daniela explains how that works, and also discusses how to use an apostrophe when the noun following the demonstrative adjective starts with a vowel.

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Caption 46 [it]: "Quel quadro
Caption 46 [en]: "That painting

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela brings medieval Siena to life, with the help of some breathtaking aerial shots.

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Caption 2 [it]: il suo fascino, sembra quasi un quadro a tre dimensioni.
Caption 2 [en]: its charm — it almost looks like a three-dimensional painting.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi combinati - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela sums up about compound pronouns and explains what a partitive pronoun is. An example of a partitive pronoun is the particle ne (of it, of them).

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Caption 50 [it]: "Ci regalano un quadro".
Caption 50 [en]: "They are giving us a painting."

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In cucina con Antonino - Episodio 1: il pescatore

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonio Cannavacciuolo shows us how to make a very elegant pasta dish with zucchini and fish. The cooking video is an ad for Voiello pasta, in this case mezze maniche which means "short sleeves."

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Caption 61 [it]: È un opera d'arte, è un quadro.
Caption 61 [en]: It's a work of art. It's a painting.

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adriano is very happy with how things have been going for the new Olivetti portable typewriter, but his siblings and partners in the business are not so happy. For one thing, they don't like not seeing any of the profits.

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Caption 14 [it]: per avere il quadro completo dei conti.
Caption 14 [en]: to have a complete overview of the accounts.

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Marika commenta -La Ladra - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Idiomatic expressions are often difficult to translate or to find in a dictionary. Marika helps us out, using clips from La Ladra already present in Yabla's library.

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Caption 35 [it]: C'è una spezia che confonde il quadro d'insieme.
Caption 35 [en]: There's a spice that blurs the overall picture.

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Olivetti siblings have to decide whether to sell a stake in the factory or not. During the discussion, Paola arrives with the children.

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Caption 37 [it]: È un quadro per sognare.
Caption 37 [en]: It's a painting for dreaming.

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Federica Reale - Il mio mondo Su(r) - Reale

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Federica conducts art workshops for children and adults. Participants use paper, often recycled, to create highly personal books.

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Caption 26 [it]: Questi hanno la funzione, l'idea di raccontare un quadro tridimensionalmente.
Caption 26 [en]: These have as their purpose, the idea of describing a three-dimensional painting,

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi di modo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It may come as a relief to see that Italian adverbs of manner are similar to English ones. But when Marika starts giving us some [very useful] idiomatic adverbial phrases using adjectives, it's slightly more complicated.

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Caption 15 [it]: "Sono abbastanza soddisfatta del quadro che ho dipinto".
Caption 15 [en]: "I'm fairly satisfied with the picture that I painted."

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Gian Filippo - Palazzo Speciale Raffadali - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.

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Caption 6 [it]: qui vedete, qui, la... il quadro,
Caption 6 [en]: here you see, here, the... the painting,

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Sylia - Il Mio Canto Libero - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Noemi Bossolo, known professionally as Sylia, sings the song that Lucio Battisti made famous. The lyrics to the song were written by Mogol, a frequent collaborator of Battisti, Celentano, and other artists.

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Caption 26 [it]: Cadendo lascia il quadro immacolato
Caption 26 [en]: Falling off, they leave an immaculate picture

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Here we go again with another episode of La Ladra. Her new assistant chef is openly flirting with her, and she is keeping up with him. But when they go to the market, they witness an unusual incident.

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Caption 15 [it]: Turandot, atto terzo, quadro primo.
Caption 15 [en]: Turandot, third act, scene one.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP10 - Un morto di troppo - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian Tuscan

Everyone is trying to figure out how Giada Mercuri ended up on an air mattress in the swamp. Meanwhile, at the cemetery, new strange things are happening!

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Caption 32 [it]: Ci sono ancora le chiavi attaccate al quadro. -Sì.
Caption 32 [en]: The keys are still in the ignition. -Yes.

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Marika spiega - Il verbo fare

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The verb fare (to do, to make) is used in lots of expressions. Marika talks about some of the most common ones.

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Caption 63 [it]: mentre fare il quadro della situazione,
Caption 63 [en]: whereas "to make the picture" of a situation,

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Dixiland - Coppa di cioccolato

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Dixi and his friends compete in an art competition using the colors of the rainbow. The prize is a mouth-watering Chocolate Trophy.

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Caption 31 [it]: "Ce la faccio!" -...un angolo del suo quadro.
Caption 31 [en]: "I can do it!" -...a corner of his painting.

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