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La Tempesta - film - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Today is the decisive doctor's visit, but it's not entirely what the newlyweds expected. Meanwhile, let's hope Paolo can start paying attention to his company's developments, because something fishy is going on.

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Caption 23 [it]: manca solo la firma del nuovo proprietario,
Caption 23 [en]: it's just missing the signature of the new owner,

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Francesco Gabbani - Tra Le Granite E Le Granate

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are too many plays on words in this song to describe here, but one stands out in particular: e state (and you stay) and estate (summer). The song pokes fun at Italians on vacation, all the while being very Italian itself. Yabla Italian wishes you a great summer. Buona estate!

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Caption 37 [it]: Ci allontaniamo solo un po'
Caption 37 [en]: We don't go very far away

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Marika spiega - Il verbo venire - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika continues her lesson on the all-important verb venire [to come], providing many useful examples of its use.

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Caption 16 [it]: e poi rimprovera Marco che ne ha mangiata, ne ha mangiato solo un quadratino,
Caption 16 [en]: and then she scolds Marco, who has eaten, has eaten just a little square,

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Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The French government is privileged to have two of Rome's most beautiful properties: Palazzo Farnese, which they rent for a nominal fee and use as their embassy, and Villa Medici, which is the home of the French Academy, and was procured by Napoleon. The narrator speaks of how the land on which Villa Medici was built was highly appreciated by the ancient Romans.

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Caption 5 [it]: per installarne l'Accademia di Francia, in un posto non solo per il lavoro,
Caption 5 [en]: to install the French Academy in it, into not only a place for working,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Palermo faces the sea and has a very long history of immigration. The narrator interviews a young woman whose great grandfather came to Sicily from Sudan. She is involved in educating immigrants from Africa and Asia. Pitrè was also highly involved in education.

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Caption 34 [it]: È solo uno schizzo, eh.
Caption 34 [en]: It's just a sketch, huh.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Approfondimento Verbi Modali - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela covers three modal or auxiliary verbs that are followed by nouns and not by the usual infinitive verbs. The verbs are: voglio [want], potere [can], and dovere [must].

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Caption 6 [it]: alcune volte il verbo modale può essere anche usa', essere usato da solo.
Caption 6 [en]: sometimes the modal verb can also be used, be used on its own.

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La Tempesta - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Emotions run high in this part of the story. Manuela has no idea what Paolo is going through, but they have to go to the adoption interview, so stress is running high, too. As often happens, Natoli provides some relief in his own inimitable way.

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Caption 40 [it]: Solo che erano controllate, cioè, lei ce le metteva apposta,
Caption 40 [en]: But they were intentional, I mean, she put them there on purpose,

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Naif Hérin - Canzone per un Angelo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Naïf Hérin is an Italian singer-songwriter from the Valle D'Aosta Region. She's accompanied by her band, CarbonWorks.

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Caption 15 [it]: Solo che gli angeli volano via
Caption 15 [en]: Just that the angels fly away

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PsicoVip - Il vigile - Ep 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip's good deed of saving a dog is rewarded with multiple tickets from a traffic cop. His big brother, once again, saves the day.

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Caption 15 [it]: Ieri ero solo come un cane...
Caption 15 [en]: Yesterday, I was as alone as a stray dog...

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè loved attending performances of chivalric folk plays in Palermo. This segment follows a marionette player at Palermo's Opera dei Pupi, the same theater where Pitrè went to see folk epics.

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Caption 8 [it]: Solo quando si accosta alle classi più disagiate,
Caption 8 [en]: Only when he gets close to the most disadvantaged classes,

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La Tempesta - film - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Paolo is surrounded by challenges: Manuela's family, to start with, and then the difficult decisions to make regarding the future of the factory.

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Caption 35 [it]: Solo che mia moglie aveva gli occhiali,
Caption 35 [en]: Just that my wife had glasses,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

A beach party concludes this episode, and season. Love is in the air!

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Caption 41 [it]: E mo come facciamo? Io c'ho un nonno solo.
Caption 41 [en]: And now what do we do? I just have one grandfather.

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Umberto Eco - Proust e l'identità europea

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What does it mean to be a European? Is the variety of languages in Europe an obstacle to actual unification? Umberto Eco explores these questions and offers some interesting insight.

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Caption 20 [it]: Per infinite ragioni, ma ce ne rendiamo sconto [sic: conto] solo...
Caption 20 [en]: For countless reasons, but we only realize it...

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I Love Roma - guida della città - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The tour draws to a close in Rome's rougher neighborhoods, those that were particularly fascinating to poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Caption 9 [it]: che approvvigionano di gas, non solo gli utenti,
Caption 9 [en]: that supply gas, not only to consumers

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

A woman performs a traditional Sicilian ritual involving the sticking of pins into an onion, accompanied by prayers, in order to bring back the boyfriend of her suppliant.

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Caption 80 [it]: avrebbe risposto non solo di non esserlo, ma di non conoscerlo affatto.
Caption 80 [en]: he would have replied not only that it wasn't him, but that he didn't know of him at all.

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