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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Double negatives are, in fact, allowed in Italian. And Daniela shows us how there can be multiple negations in one phrase. In English, where double negatives are not allowed, we have extra words to get around this rule. We use, for example, "it's not anything" or" not ever," instead of the incorrect "not nothing" or "not never." But it's important to be able to manage all these negatives in perfect tenses where we have a conjugated auxiliary verb and a past participle, and that is what Daniela explains in this lesson.

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Caption 42 [it]: "Non ho visto nulla".
Caption 42 [en]: "I didn't see anything."

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In Matera, various epochs shake hands, as Alberto Angela put it. Matera continues to amaze us with what's hidden underneath the piazza of the Baroque quarter: Il Piano.

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Caption 48 [it]: Ora, avete visto, le pareti sono tutte arrotondate,
Caption 48 [en]: Now, you have seen [that] the walls are all rounded,

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The girls are in big trouble, and Gina is sleeping. It's hard to see how they will get out of this unscathed. But help comes in an unexpected way.

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Caption 24 [it]: Perché l'ho appena visto andare via.
Caption 24 [en]: Because I just saw him leave.

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Marika commenta - L'ispettore Manara - Parole ripetute

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are a couple of words in particular that Italians like to repeat over and over again to forcefully encourage an action. Marika talks about these and other repeated words in the Commissioner Manara series.

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Caption 48 [it]: E tu ti senti su o giù di morale dopo aver visto questo video?
Caption 48 [en]: And are you feeling upbeat or down in the dumps after having seen this video?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Sardi and Toscani are nervous about choosing the godparents for little Valeria's baptism. Later, Toscani gets lucky about finding some evidence. When speaking to Raimondi about it, he almost comes out with a colloquial expression but thinks better of it. The complete idiomatic expression would have been una botta di culo [a stroke of the butt]. Culo [ass] is often used to mean "luck," either good or bad. So he had a stroke of luck, or, in modern language, "he got lucky."

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Caption 19 [it]: visto che lo trovi tanto umano.
Caption 19 [en]: since you find him to be so humane.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Forma negativa - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In the last lesson we learned to place non (not) before the verb in a negative sentence, but when there are other words involved, it gets a bit more complicated, especially when we have object pronouns in the mix.

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Caption 2 [it]: La prima posizione è quella che abbiamo appena visto,
Caption 2 [en]: The first position is the one we just looked at,

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Meraviglie - EP. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We see the inside of house built into the rock. It is fascinating to learn how families coped with the problems of water, humidity, and cramped quarters.

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Caption 26 [it]: delle cose che hanno visto magari dai nonni, da degli zii,
Caption 26 [en]: things that could have been seen at your grandparents, by your aunts and uncles,

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva's friends can see right away that she is feeling different. It's written all over her face. But she also has an idea for their next caper. At the restaurant, Eva and Dante talk about the previous night, and about whether Lorenzo knows or not.

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Caption 1 [it]: Ma avete visto che faccia aveva?
Caption 1 [en]: But did you see the face on her?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The episode revolves around little Valeria's coming baptism. Sardi is able to change Luca's dark mood with a DVD. Ada tries to figure out who sent her flowers, and she also reveals some information obtained while shopping for a baptism gift.

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Caption 54 [it]: Io l'ho già visto dieci volte e ogni volta mi viene come un... coso qua.
Caption 54 [en]: I've already seen it ten times, and every time I get a kind of... thing right here.

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva wakes up happier than Lorenzo does. Later, the girls discuss their plans for Biagini, but Eva seems distracted, somehow.

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Caption 15 [it]: E esco presto, hai visto?
Caption 15 [en]: And I'm leaving early, you see?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi relativi - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela introduces relative pronouns il quale, la quale, i quali and le quali (that, who, which) that are a bit tricky to use because they have to agree with the gender and number of the nouns they refer to. We need them when, otherwise, the sentence would be ambiguous.

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Caption 12 [it]: i quali sostengono... sostengono di non averlo visto".
Caption 12 [en]: who claim... claim they didn't see him."

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP7 - Alta società - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Toscani and Manara are at pretty much of a standstill as far as evidence and witnesses go, but Ada says something that makes Manara want her on the team.

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Caption 79 [it]: Il super supervisore c'aveva visto giusto.
Caption 79 [en]: The super supervisor got it right.

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La Ladra - EP. 6 - Nero di rabbia - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lorenzo goes to the pharmacy but has a hard time asking for what he needs. At the restaurant, Eva and Dante brainstorm, but then Eva has to take care of the difficult customer she recognizes as the S.U.V. driver.

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Caption 45 [it]: Hai visto, Manolo?
Caption 45 [en]: Did you see that, Manolo?

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Lombardia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Today the lesson is about Lombardy. Anna is well-prepared, but her maestra seems to be affected by la nebbia (the fog). Is it the Milanese climate? Or could it be something else?

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Caption 13 [it]: Visto che stai parlando tanto, Anna,
Caption 13 [en]: Since you are talking so much, Anna,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi relativi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela shows us how to use the relative pronoun che. In English this can be translated as either "that," "which," or "who," depending on various English grammatical factors.

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Caption 38 [it]: Avete visto com'è pratico il pronome relativo "che"?
Caption 38 [en]: Have you seen how practical the relative pronoun "that/which/who" is?

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