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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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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 2) Proposizioni subordinate causali - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about explicit and implicit causal subordinate clauses.

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Caption 5 [it]: non perché non ne sia capace,
Caption 5 [en]: not because he is incapable of it,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 19

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Music plays an essential role in the films of the Taviani brothers. It's like having another actor. Composer Nicola Piovani knows something about this having worked with them on some of their movies. He also composed the soundtrack for the movie La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) with Roberto Benigni.

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Caption 35 [it]: 'sto [sic: questo] racconto che colore ha, non so che cosa sia.
Caption 35 [en]: what the color of this story is, I don't know what it is.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The family goes to the flea market. Camilla mentions the case, but Renzo isn't interested. Later she talks about motives with Gaetano.

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Caption 69 [it]: Be', ma questo non credo che sia stato un problema per lui,
Caption 69 [en]: Well, but I don't think that would have been a problem for him,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 1) Proposizioni subordinate temporali

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Another kind of subordinate clause is the temporal subordinate. One way we introduce it is with conjunctions having to do with time, such as "while," "when," and "as long as." There are other ways to form a temporal subordinate clause, and Daniela explains them.

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Caption 16 [it]: La proposizione può essere sia esplicita che implicita.
Caption 16 [en]: The clause can be either explicit or implicit.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers, at around eighty years of age, feel like they have gone back to their more reckless early days, with Caesar Must Die.

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Caption 4 [it]: sia per dare forza, insomma, a quello che, che, che accade,
Caption 4 [en]: both to give strength, basically, to what, what, what is happening,

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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: Adv 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: Adv 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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