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:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Gliene is the double object pronoun that Marika focuses on in this segment.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson involves the use of the particles ce and ne when they are side by side in a sentence.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika discusses the particle "ne" and provides examples of how it is used as a partitive pronoun (some, none) among other uses.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika covers with the pronominal particle ci, this time providing examples as to how it is used with the direct pronouns: lo, la, li, and le.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson concentrates on how the pronouns: mi [me], ti [you], vi [you, plural] are used in conjunction with the particle "ci."
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika starts off her 3-part series on particles, otherwise known as function words. In this segment, she mostly concentrates on the locative function of the particle ci.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika provides more useful expressions that employ the verb mettere [to put]. Mettere a posto [to put in order, to tidy up] is one that is used on a daily basis.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika, in her lesson on the verb mettere (to put, to set) includes some commonly used expressions.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's lesson is on the all important verb andare [to go]. She includes a number of common expressions using this irregular verb.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
What in English is called a tongue-twister, in Italian is a scioglilingua, or tongue loosener. The Trentine one, with the alliterated Ts, is the most successful in English translation.
Difficulty:
Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's last segment on accents covers some fun homographs. She also provides advice on learning the correct pronunciation of words.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika covers the grave and acute accents, providing examples of words that have entirely different meanings because of their accentuation.
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Adv Beginner
Italy
Marika's opening segment on accents and accentuation in Italian.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.
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