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Tiziano Ferro - Rosso relativo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

"Rosso Relativo" ("Relative Red") is one of Tiziano Ferro's greatest hits, and is the title song from his 2002 album. He uses an interesting series of verbs in the imperfetto, a tense that doesn't always match up with one tense in English. It's all relative!

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Caption 33 [it]: Solo lo schermo e tu
Caption 33 [en]: Just the screen and you

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela continues to address the very sticky subject of possessive adjectives, and explains some very important rules. Little by little, you'll get it.

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Caption 23 [it]: È uguale a quello maschile, solo che al maschile prende una "i",
Caption 23 [en]: It's the same as the masculine one, just that in the masculine it takes an "i,"

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Nicola Agliastro - Poliziotto

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

An actual police officer tells us what it means to him to be one. He talks about the daily problems policemen have to deal with, not just the ones we see on TV.

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Caption 46 [it]: solo perché tifa una squadra e la Polizia lo picchia!
Caption 46 [en]: just because he's rooting for a team, and... the police beat him?"

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There are irregularities in this case, and as both Manara and Rubino know, that's where you look!

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Caption 28 [it]: Senti, non è che ci andresti da solo alla Cine Service?
Caption 28 [en]: Listen, you wouldn't be willing to go by yourself to Cine Service, would you?

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Cenerentola - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here's one of the most famous fairy tales of all, "Cinderella." The Italian, "La Cenerentola" comes from the noun la cenere (ash, ashes, cinder). See how much you can understand without the English subtitles!

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Caption 3 [it]: Lei non era solo buona,
Caption 3 [en]: She was not only kind,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela continues with the possessive adjective, and gives examples of the masculine and feminine singular. Remember that, unlike English, Italian puts an article before the possessive adjective.

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Caption 61 [it]: E uguale, come per il maschile, solo che cambia l'articolo, la loro penna.
Caption 61 [en]: And [it's] the same as for the masculine, only that the article changes, "la loro penna" (their pen).

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Marika spiega - Le parole composte - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

There are lots of ways to form compound nouns, and lots of different ways to form their plurals. Marika fills us in.

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Caption 43 [it]: si mette il plurale solo al secondo nome.
Caption 43 [en]: you put the plural only on the second noun.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - La Bella Addormentata nel Bosco - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There's plenty of new vocabulary in the well-known story of "Sleeping Beauty". And since there are both a king and a queen, and twelve fairies, many verbs are in the third person plural of the passato remoto! Make the most of it!

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Caption 26 [it]: e solo un principe con un cuore puro la potrà risvegliare."
Caption 26 [en]: and only a prince with a pure heart will be able to wake her again."

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - I colori - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this final video on colors as adjectives, Daniela's students practice using all three types (static, positive and neutral) in sentences. As you'll see, it can be tough putting all the pieces together, but little by little, you'll get it!

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Caption 56 [it]: quindi prende solo la "e" e la "i"
Caption 56 [en]: so it gets only "e" and "i."

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The police find the missing jeep and filmmaker, but what initially looks like an accident has some strange aspects about it.

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Caption 63 [it]: e quelli come me che cercano solo di renderlo sopportabile.
Caption 63 [en]: and the ones like me who just try to make it tolerable.

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Pubblicità Progresso - E allora?

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The great Lucio Dalla offers this song in support of a campaign aimed at raising sensitivity towards those with disabilities, looking at them without prejudice, as people with the same dignity and desire for happiness as everyone else. Learn more at www.pubblicitaprogresso.org

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Caption 42 [it]: Sembra solo una strada...
Caption 42 [en]: Seems like just a road...

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Professioni e mestieri - Silvia D'Onghia, giornalista

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Silvia is an editor (in real life) for Il Fatto Quotidiano (The Daily Event), a national newspaper with some special characteristics. Silvia tells us what kind of news she covers, and some of the problems she encounters.

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Caption 43 [it]: che sembra essere solo nostra,
Caption 43 [en]: that appears to be just ours,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - I colori - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela teaches us the colors and how to use them as adjectives. There are three different categories, so pay close attention!

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Caption 56 [it]: dove ho solo due casi: il singolare e il plurale.
Caption 56 [en]: where I have only two cases: the singular and the plural.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Il Principe Ranocchio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

"The Frog Prince" is a famous fairy tale—nothing new! But what an opportunity to learn and practice the passato remoto! In everyday conversations this tense is rare in much of Italy, but when we're talking about "once upon a time..." it's a mainstay.

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Caption 15 [it]: "Se solo avessi indietro la mia palla d'oro!
Caption 15 [en]: "If only I had my golden ball back,

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Marika spiega - I segni dello Zodiaco - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here are the last three signs of the Zodiac, with new expressions and new vocabulary. The signs Marika talks about are Capricorno (Capricorn), Acquario (Aquarius), and Pesci (Pisces).

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Caption 9 [it]: Però, se solo fossi un pochino più aperta e meno seria...
Caption 9 [en]: However, if you were a bit more open and less serious...

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