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Marika spiega - I cinque sensi - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika tells us about the sense of hearing and touch in this final segment. Do you know what the largest sensory organ is?

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Caption 48 [it]: Spero che la lezione ti sia piaciuta
Caption 48 [en]: I hope you enjoyed the lesson

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 4) Proposizioni subordinate concessive - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

To conclude the lesson on concessive subordinate clauses, we look at those constructed using the past participle of a verb or the gerund and introductory locations such as benché (though) and pure (despite), among others.

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Caption 11 [it]: La proposizione concessiva è "benché sia [sic] gravemente ferito",
Caption 11 [en]: The concessive clause is, "although he is gravely wounded,"

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 25

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio discovers who was at the door and tries to manage things as best he can. Meanwhile, the police are watching from the window and take action.

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Caption 68 [it]: Pare che sia affetta da manie paranoica depressiva [sic: paranoiche depressive].
Caption 68 [en]: It seems she is affected by paranoid, depressive mania.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 25

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This is the final installment of the documentary dedicated to the Taviani brothers. It concludes as they do some location scouting in the marvelous old city of Montepulciano for Maraviglioso Boccaccio (Wondrous Boccaccio), a 2015 film. Vittorio Taviani died in 2015 at the age of 88, and Paolo is 89 and still making films.

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Caption 12 [it]: [Mi sembra che Paolo sia più intellettuale e Vittorio più viscerale.]
Caption 12 [en]: [I think Paolo is more intellectual and Vittorio is more visceral.]

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It certainly seems as though Virginia is hiding something from Camilla, but for her, that's a hard truth to accept. How well does she actually know Virginia?

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Caption 26 [it]: Sei sicuro che non sia io a dovermi difendere da te?
Caption 26 [en]: Are you sure that I'm not the one who should be defending myself from you?

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Marika spiega - I cinque sensi - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The five senses. We know what they are in English, but let's learn them in Italian. First, though, Marika will talk about the noun senso (sense), itself, which has some meanings beyond its cognate "sense."

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Caption 66 [it]: Spero tanto che questa lezione ti sia servita
Caption 66 [en]: I really hope that this lesson was useful to you

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 4) Proposizioni subordinate concessive - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela explains further about constructing explicit subordinate clauses and gives some examples to clarify.

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Caption 30 [it]: "Per bravo che tu sia,
Caption 30 [en]: "As skillful as you are,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Pugliese

Domenico gets a big chance to sing for a celebrity, but it doesn't go the way he imagines. Palmieri keeps coming up with ideas for him, however.

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Caption 65 [it]: È un peccato che sia arrivato in ritardo all'aeroporto,
Caption 65 [en]: It's a shame that you got to the airport late,

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Pubblicità - Gli extraterrestri

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Study a foreign language with Yabla.

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Caption 10 [it]: per imparare una nuova lingua, ovunque tu sia.
Caption 10 [en]: for learning a new language, wherever you are.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers reveal some tricks used during the filming of The Night of San Lorenzo and tell us how they managed to combine a particular sequence of the film with the cornerstone of Greek literature, The Iliad.

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Caption 2 [it]: Allora sia', si, tornano a un, un regista...
Caption 2 [en]: So we, we, they go back to a, a director...

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 30

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo and Nora get home after a busy day at the skating rink. Nora needs help getting up the stairs and Ugo is there to help her. A moment of harmony. Who knows if they will manage to find something to argue about just the same?

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Caption 34 [it]: che non ci sia più motivo di dirlo... -Me l'hai detto comunque a scoppio ritardato,
Caption 34 [en]: that there is no longer a reason to say it... -You, however, told me after the fact,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 4) Proposizioni subordinate concessive - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Italian has an amazingly long list of conjunctions or locutions that mean "although," "despite," and similar words. Daniela explains what a concession subordinate clause is and gives us several examples.

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Caption 13 [it]: "Benché sia maggio,
Caption 13 [en]: "Even though it's May,

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

On the way home from the party, Anna and Orazio can't help but start arguing again. They each accuse the other of wanting someone else.

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Caption 66 [it]: E guera [romanesco: guerra] sia!
Caption 66 [en]: And war it is!

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 3) Proposizioni subordinate finali - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Don't be scared off by fancy names of clauses and parts of speech. Daniela is just showing us different ways of saying the same thing, but sometimes one way is clearer than the other, especially when the subject changes from main to subordinate clause.

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Caption 42 [it]: collocate sia prima che dopo la proposizione principale o reggente.
Caption 42 [en]: placed either before or after the principal or main clause.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano and Camilla continue to look at the photos he took at the funeral. They discuss motives. At school, Camilla has a conversation with Alina's father about the baby.

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Caption 31 [it]: Io spero che non è [sic: sia] stato
Caption 31 [en]: I hope it wasn't

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