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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico begins recounting his second (and best) year at the Experimental Center in Rome. One reason it was his best year is that he met a very special person.

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Caption 54 [it]: Credi sia stato facile convincere mio padre ad accettare che venissi qui?
Caption 54 [en]: Do you think it was easy to convince my father to accept my coming here?

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Marika spiega - Le bollette - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

No one likes paying bills, ma vanno pagate (but they have to be paid). Marika goes over some of the most common utilities and special taxes you have to pay if you live in Italy.

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Caption 38 [it]: Sia inquilini che proprietari
Caption 38 [en]: Both tenants and owners

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico gives a moving performance of one of his songs at the circolo (club), and meets Raimondo Lanza di Trabia, who is there with the actress/princess he had seen at the convent.

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Caption 43 [it]: Spero sia il Suo piatto preferito.
Caption 43 [en]: I hope it will be your favorite dish.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

While the hopeful actors are waiting at the gates of Cinecittà for a bit part, a famous actor drives out and causes a stir. Back at the convent, Domenico sings a song about a cricket in love with the moon. If you want to hear the whole song sung by Modugno, check it out here.

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Caption 59 [it]: Eh... malgrado sia una peccatrice,
Caption 59 [en]: Eh... even though she's a sinner,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about their movie The Elective Affinities, based on a novel by Goethe. Central to the film is the conflict between reason and passion, nature and the idea of utopia, as the love stories of two couples unfold.

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Caption 26 [it]: sia l'opera che mette le basi
Caption 26 [en]: is the work that lays the foundations

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano is at Bettina's but gets a phone call and has to go. Camilla, who is already at the crime scene, watches him from the window.

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Caption 8 [it]: e pare che sia un omicidio.
Caption 8 [en]: and it looks like homicide.

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COVID-19 - 4) Gli effetti sul corpo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Coronavirus affects people in different ways. Marino and Giuditta share their experiences and recount what they did on their own, to try to get better.

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Caption 4 [it]: Io mi sono aiutato sia con la medicina ufficiale
Caption 4 [en]: I helped myself along with both mainstream medicine

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COVID-19 - 3) La quarantena

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Giuditta and Marino give us details about what life was like in isolation. Challenging for sure, but with some good aspects, too!

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Caption 38 [it]: che non sia un sanitario in casa,
Caption 38 [en]: who isn't a health worker... into the house,

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio has a conversation with his doctor and Anna has a conversation with her friend. Both Anna and Orazio are frustrated but don't know what to do.

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Caption 16 [it]: Be', nel senso... -Le sembra che il suo andazzo con sua moglie sia regolare?
Caption 16 [en]: Well, in the way... -Do you think that the sorry state of affairs with your wife is normal?

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ancient culture merged with "modern" culture, especially after Constantine created the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. Near Matera in Basilicata, even caves built into the rock face became churches. The frescoes on those walls are quite stunning.

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Caption 23 [it]: il frutto proibito non sia una mela, ma un fico.
Caption 23 [en]: the forbidden fruit is not an apple, but a fig.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - La forma passiva - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

After summing up about the passive voice, Daniela goes on to talk about some other related constructions. It's important to remember that the passive is formed with transitive verbs only. But when we don't have a named subject or agent, we have a few other ways to make a sentence passive-like. One way uses the famous particella (particle) si. Si is used for so many things in Italian that it is bound to create confusion for learners, even advanced learners. Don't worry, part 3 of the lesson will explain further. Another way uses the verb andare (to go) to indicate something that must be done. Here too, the stress is on the action, not the subject or agent.

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Caption 59 [it]: Io posso usare sia il verbo "essere" che il verbo "venire",
Caption 59 [en]: I can use either the verb "to be" or the verb "to come,"

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In Sicily, at one time, horses would work in the sulfur mines and slowly become blind. The story is told through a Sicilian ballad, sung by Domenico Modugno. Mimì's mother sits with him as he prepared his bags, but she struggles to understand why he would want to leave. See complete lyrics (in Sicilian) here.

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Caption 43 [it]: sia chiaro, eh, cinema.
Caption 43 [en]: to be clear, uh, the movies.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico tells his story to the audience, and to us, as he takes us back to when he was a youth. There was one movie theater in town, and he was always there.

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Caption 9 [it]: Grazie. Ma io voglio che sia speciale.
Caption 9 [en]: Thanks. But I want it to be special.

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The stickers Nora placed all around the arena paid off, at least from her point of view. Ugo isn't so sure. There's a new job for them, but Ugo is conflicted because he still has something to tell Nora.

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Caption 50 [it]: che sia in grado di andare sui pattini. -Ecco,
Caption 50 [en]: who is able to get around on skates. -Yeah,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how their movie Under the Sign of Scorpio was received at the Venice film festival, and about their location scouting for the film.

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Caption 22 [it]: Io credo che, che nei Taviani ci sia come
Caption 22 [en]: I believe that, that with the Tavianis, there's a sort of

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