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Arianna spiega - I gesti degli Italiani - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Arianna gives us more insights on the gestures used by Italians in everyday life, and talks about what body language can reveal about a person.

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Caption 29 [it]: Spero che sia stato interessante
Caption 29 [en]: I hope that it's been interesting

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini talks about being an artist and about not being afraid to face one's doubts in order to carry out a mission.

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Caption 5 [it]: Non vorrei sembrare presuntuoso, ma mi sembra che questa tua interpretazione sia esatta,
Caption 5 [en]: I wouldn't want to seem presumptuous, but it seems to me that your interpretation is correct.

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Anna e Marika - in Rigoletto di Giuseppe Verdi - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Verdi's Rigoletto: intrigue, love, passion and cruelty. Brought to you by Anna and Marika.

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Caption 26 [it]: che però i cortigiani credono che sia la mia amante!
Caption 26 [en]: whom, however, the courtiers believe is my lover!

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Marika spiega - L'abbigliamento - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika tells us about the clothes people wear, from underwear to winter coats.

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Caption 14 [it]: Sì, perché slip sia per uomini che per donne, che per bambini,
Caption 14 [en]: Yes, because briefs, whether for men, women or children

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Marika spiega - L'orologio

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

What time is the right time to say "Buongiorno?" Marika explains it and talks about how Italians tell time.

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Caption 37 [it]: sia mezzogiorno e mezza, che la mezza.
Caption 37 [en]: either half past twelve or the half.

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The video weaves together Marchesi recounting a story about his first love when he was twelve, and a critic discussing Artusi and Marchesi's debt to popular cuisine.

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Caption 5 [it]: qui in campagna si fa alla svelta, penso sia [sic] campagna con due ragazze,
Caption 5 [en]: here in the country things happen in a hurry, I think I was in the country with two girls,

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Francesca - Cavalli - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

While Francesca is getting ready to lead Stella to the round pen, we find out why horses don't like being looked at. We also discover that the horses at this stable go shoeless and without bits. And yes, Francesca does finally get on the horse!

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Caption 35 [it]: sia il bitless, che è una testiera senza imboccatura,
Caption 35 [en]: both the bitless, which is a bridle with no bit,

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Linea Blu - Le Eolie - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A guided exploration of seabed flora and fauna that live, against all odds, in a volcanic environment.

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Caption 1 [it]: Sia le ceneri che i lapilli piovvero dal cielo, oppure,
Caption 1 [en]: Both the ashes and the lava rained down from the sky, or rather,

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Anna e Marika - in La Gazza Ladra - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Ninetta is in prison, condemned to death, and things are looking very bleak, indeed. Don't worry though; in the end, love and justice win out, and everyone except the magistrate lives happily ever after.

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Caption 31 [it]: Sembra che non ci sia più via d'uscita.
Caption 31 [en]: It looks like there won't be any way out.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini is at Cannes for the festival and screening of La Dolce Vita. He tells of his ironic encounters with unusual characters, who complain about the oddity of Fellini's movie characters.

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Caption 36 [it]: non credo che la vita sia così".
Caption 36 [en]: I don't think life is like that."

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Anna e Marika - Il verbo essere - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna and Marika take us through the imperative, the subjunctive and the gerund forms of the verb, essere (to be). The subjunctive is used less and less in modern English, so it can be tricky to learn in Italian, but little by little even these forms will become part of your Italian language skills.

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Caption 7 [it]: Se è questo che vuoi, così sia.
Caption 7 [en]: If that is what you want, may it be so.

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP1 - Casa nuova - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lele rearranges his schedule to go home and have lunch with his kids, but they're with the in-laws. Instead, he meets his new next door neighbor.

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Caption 33 [it]: Intanto questa baracca ha un responsabile e si dà il caso che sia io.
Caption 33 [en]: In any case this shack has a person in charge and it happens to be me.

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Marika spiega - Pettegolezzi in ufficio con Anna

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Office gossip, the Italian way. Marika and Anna dish about the boss, the boss's nephew, the boss's nephew with the wife of the old boss, a temp--all while pretending to work.

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Caption 24 [it]: Eh, e, e pare che sia stato licenziato dal capo precedente,
Caption 24 [en]: Yeah, and, and they say that he was fired by the previous boss,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Federico Fellini discusses Marcello Mastroianni's role as "everyman" in La Dolce Vita. He encourages viewers to see Mastroianni's "passions, hopes, fears and cowardice, and anguish and sleaziness" as similar to their own.

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Caption 17 [it]: Io non credo affatto che sia un film terrificante.
Caption 17 [en]: By no means do I think that it's a terrifying film.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP2 - Vendemmia tardiva - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

While they're huddled together in the meat truck, Commissioner Manara tries to wheedle out of Lara the reason she's still angry at him from police academy days.

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Caption 52 [it]: Ma è chiaro, quello ha ucciso sia il barbone che il Conte.
Caption 52 [en]: But it's clear, that one killed both the hobo and the Count.

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