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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 8

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Marchesi had plenty of artist friends, and that meant late nights, while having a restaurant meant getting up at the crack of dawn to go to the market. How did he do it?

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Caption 24 [it]: capito... la buona borghesia, o l'alta anche che sia,
Caption 24 [en]: you get it... the genteel middle class, or even high as it may be,

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Marika spiega - I pronomi diretti

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Marika gives us an overview on how to use direct object pronouns, which take the place of direct objects when the object has already been referred to. Here's an example of this in English: "Do you know the answer [direct object noun]?" "Yes I know it [direct object pronoun]."

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Caption 73 [it]: che questa lezione ti sia servita.
Caption 73 [en]: that this lesson was useful to you.

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Marika spiega - La forma impersonale

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

The third person "impersonal" has mostly gone out of fashion in English, but in Italian it's used all the time. Although in English it's common to use "you" or the passive voice, we've used the impersonal "one" here, in order to understand better how it works.

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Caption 50 [it]: Io spero che ti sia tutto chiaro,
Caption 50 [en]: I hope that everything's clear to you,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi positivi e neutri - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela continues explaining how to use adjectives in Italian. This time she focuses on so-called neutral adjectives.

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Caption 19 [it]: sia con le parole femminili che con le parole maschili.
Caption 19 [en]: with feminine words as well as masculine words.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Giovanni Ballarini talks about what the kitchens of Italian restaurants were like in the fifties and sixties. To make sense of how he describes them, see Yabla lesson Parole Alterate - Modifying Words to Create New Ones, as well as video lesson Marika spiega: Parole alterate. Gianni Mura talks about some of the trends found on restaurant menus today.

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Caption 10 [it]: sia contemporaneamente all'avanguardia o conservatrice.
Caption 10 [en]: is at the same time state of the art or conservative.

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 12

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Marchesi's friends and clients talk about Milan in the 1980s and how the fashion business helped it become such a cosmopolitan city. Reference is made to Florence's "Sala Bianca," [White Hall] in the Pitti Palace, where fashion shows took place before Milan became synonymous with high fashion.

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Caption 34 [it]: sia parte integrante della qualità,
Caption 34 [en]: is part and parcel of quality,

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Laura Pausini - Vivimi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Biagio Antonacci wrote the song "Vivimi" for Laura Pausini in 2004. "Vivimi" is tricky to translate, as it can mean "share life with me" or "experience me" or "live me."

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Caption 19 [it]: Che sia una vita o che sia un'ora
Caption 19 [en]: Whether for a lifetime or an hour

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela has her students do some exercises to make sure they've understood the use of articles with possessive adjectives. You'll see that being part of family or not makes quite a difference, as does being just one or more than one!

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Caption 49 [it]: Pensano che la ragazza sia parte della famiglia.
Caption 49 [en]: They think that the girlfriend is part of the family.

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Krikka Reggae - Lukania (Lucania)

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy Lucano

This song is an ode to the region of Basilicata, also known as Lucania, in the southernmost part of Italy. Some of the lyrics go by very very quickly, which is why it's classified as advanced. Still, the refrain is slower and clearer, so why not give it a whirl, even if you're a beginner!

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Caption 7 [it]: Nella sua immensa bellezza voglio sia valorizzata
Caption 7 [en]: For its immense beauty I want it to be valued

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Alex Britti - Oggi sono io

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alex Britti is a very well-known Italian guitarist and singer. Here, he sings a very personal song, Oggi sono io (Today I'm me). The lyrics are straightforward and easy to grasp.

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Caption 41 [it]: Che non sia soltanto sesso
Caption 41 [en]: That it's not just sex

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After the fire everyone gathers in the commissioner's office, to discuss the situation. When Lara and Luca get left alone, they try to sort out what happened...

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Caption 17 [it]: perché ha paura che lì dentro ci sia una parte del film che lo inchioda.
Caption 17 [en]: because he's afraid that in there, there's a part of the film that nails him.

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Laura Pausini - Non ho mai smesso

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Laura presents her single Non ho mai smesso (I never stopped) in the middle of the Piazza Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Milan.

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Caption 10 [it]: Stare lontani è stata una esperienza, comunque sia
Caption 10 [en]: Being far away was an experience in any case

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi has been described as growing up in a pot. While training under the eye of his mother, he began to specialize in tavola calda e fredda (hot and cold food service) which, usually connected with a bar, offers quality ready-to-eat dishes. La Cucina Italiana (Italian Cooking) is a periodical that's been on newsstands since 1929. Paola Ricas, who was an editor there, shares a special moment in its history.

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Caption 3 [it]: e se pensiamo che c'ha più di ottant'anni, credo che sia una rarità
Caption 3 [en]: and if we think that it's over eighty years old, I think that's a rarity

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Although Marchesi earned his first Michelin star quite early in the game, he never lost his enthusiasm for creating new dishes, for experimenting.

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Caption 23 [it]: per entrare al massimo nell'insieme dei ricordi, sia pure piacevoli.
Caption 23 [en]: to enter, at the most, into the collection of memories, pleasurable as they may be.

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Marika spiega - Expo 2015 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika shares her impressions and her bubbling enthusiasm for the Expo 2015 held in Milan until the October thirty-first of this year. We hope you get the chance to go!

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Caption 43 [it]: È un viaggio sia del corpo che, che dei cinque sensi alla fine,
Caption 43 [en]: It's a journey both for the body, as well as, as well as the five senses, all in all,

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