Marika explains a great many things connected with the Italian language and culture. Geared towards beginners, the videos include Italian lessons, simple recipes, conversation, and lots more.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marika covers these super tricky combined pronouns: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliene, and gliele.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marika, in response to Yabla user requests, begins her 3-part lesson on those pesky little words (Me plus lo, la, li, le, and ne, together with Ti plus lo, la, li, le, and ne), otherwise known as combined pronouns or double pronouns.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika features the verb mancare [to miss] and provides numerous expressions using the verb.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika finishes explaining how to make a delicious pasta salad, so you'll be ready to give it a try in your own kitchen. Buon appetito!
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Here's a summer recipe that uses simple but good ingredients.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika continues with her lesson on the crucial verbs, andare [to go] and venire [to come], and provides many useful examples.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika goes over the verbs andare [to go] and venire [to come], verbs that are often mistakenly interchanged. She also highlights the expression, va bene, which can indicate that things are going nicely or can be used to voice agreement.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika continues her lesson on the all-important verb venire [to come], providing many useful examples of its use.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika focuses on the verb venire [to come], providing lots of useful examples of how it is used, and also contrasting it with the verb andare [to go].
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on intransitive verb and how to recognize them. She has some interesting things to say on southern Italian speech and the influence of Spanish.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on transitive verbs, or verbs that take direct objects, known as complemento oggetto in Italian.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika focuses on the verbs cavare and togliere, both of which mean to remove. She also provides some expressions for both verbs.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika shows us her balcony, highlighting its utilitarian and pleasure sides. Washing machines are often placed on balconies. This is because Rome's climate is mild and there is little danger of frozen pipes.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika relates some expressions using the verb chiudere [to close, to shut]. A number of these are very close to English expressions.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's video on the flu also includes a lot of useful vocabulary on first aid kits.
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