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Mina - Luna diamante

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ferzan Özpetek directed this video of images from his movie La Dea Fortuna, for which the song "Luna Diamante" (diamond moon) is part of the soundtrack. The song was written by Ivano Fossati and sung by Mina.

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Caption 22 [it]: Che non sia tardi stanotte
Caption 22 [en]: That it's not too late tonight

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.

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Caption 23 [it]: Varia sia nel genere che nel numero.
Caption 23 [en]: It varies in both gender and number.

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Pino is very active in the church, it seems, and helping out at the funeral is no exception, as far as he is concerned.

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Caption 31 [it]: Sia santificato il tuo nome
Caption 31 [en]: Hallowed be thy name

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The exasperated lawyer comes up with a plan for the dog who happens to be named Uno (one). As they are taking care of this, they each get a phone call and have to hurry off.

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Caption 79 [it]: i medici mi danno per spacciata, ma sia chiaro, io...
Caption 79 [en]: The doctors have given me up for dead, but let's be clear that I...

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this lesson, Daniela discusses indefinite adjectives that refer to units or multiples. We're talking about adjectives such as "each," every," and "certain." Some have variable endings and others do not.

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Caption 16 [it]: che è uguale sia per il maschile che per il femminile.
Caption 16 [en]: which is the same for both the masculine and the feminine.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Listen carefully to this lesson because the rules for these indefinite adjectives are a little quirky. These are about totality — all or nothing — and work differently from English, especially when they're in the negative. We're talking about tutto, nessuno, and alcuno.

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Caption 11 [it]: e varia sia nel genere che del [sic: nel] numero.
Caption 11 [en]: and it changes both in gender and number.

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This fascinating segment is all about salt: Our spice journey takes us to Sicily, where much of Italy's salt is harvested. Franco talks about how salt is life, salt is gold.

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Caption 36 [it]: Tutto quello che è necessario sia per farvi del bene,
Caption 36 [en]: All that is necessary, both to do you good,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla and Vanda go looking for Mazzeo at his aunt's house. Camilla has a hard time watching her friend play into the hands of the man she is in love with.

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Caption 12 [it]: Sì, sì, penso che tu sia un'ingenua
Caption 12 [en]: Yes, yes, I do think you are naive

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Guia hasn't seen the last of the guy with the Jeep. He knows how to get along with both bar owners. There is a guessing game in the conversation and you will want to know that Italians use "fire and water," rather than "warm and cold" to describe how close or far you are from the right answer.

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Caption 23 [it]: Io per far contento sia l'uno che l'altro,
Caption 23 [en]: To make both of them happy,

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Sposami - EP 1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo and Nora are very much in love, and that's where this story starts. The story of this two-episode mini-series is set in the port city of Trieste in northern Italy. Sposami means "marry me."

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Caption 70 [it]: Cosa volete che sia? Un anno.
Caption 70 [en]: How bad could it be? One year.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela shows us some additional indefinite adjectives that have to do with quantity. When used as adjectives, they need to agree, in gender and number, with the nouns they describe. Some of these words can also be used as adverbs, and in this case, they don't change.

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Caption 15 [it]: Varia sia nel genere che nel numero
Caption 15 [en]: It changes in terms of both gender and number

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E2 - Un amore pericoloso - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There is some trouble at home involving little Livietta and Gavina, the new cleaning lady. It has to do with the mother-in-law.

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Caption 53 [it]: Ah, sia lodato il cielo. -Ah.
Caption 53 [en]: Ah, thank heavens. -Ah.

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Sei mai stata sulla Luna? - film - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Guia is able to figure out why her cousin is not the right person to deal with her grandmother's will. She has two more bizarre encounters in town.

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Caption 77 [it]: E abbiamo... ce n'è sia quello bianco
Caption 77 [en]: And, we have both the white kind

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi indefiniti - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about some very common indefinite adjectives, the equivalents of "much," "many," "little," and "few." An important detail to keep in mind is that some of the words she talks about can be either adjectives or adverbs depending on the context. Adjectives (the subject of this video) have variable endings but adverbs don't.

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Caption 26 [it]: Sono variabili sia nel genere che nel numero.
Caption 26 [en]: They are variable both in gender and in number.

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Cucinare con le spezie di Franco Calafatti - Introduzione

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

When you blend spices from exotic places, you are a kind of magician. A pinch of this or a pinch of that can make all the difference.

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Caption 33 [it]: Usi il rosmarino e fai finta che sia sale
Caption 33 [en]: Use rosemary and pretend it's salt,

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