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.

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.

Marika, in her lesson on the verb mettere (to put, to set) includes some commonly used expressions.

Marika's lesson is on the all important verb andare [to go]. She includes a number of common expressions using this irregular verb.

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.

Marika's last segment on accents covers some fun homographs. She also provides advice on learning the correct pronunciation of words.

Marika covers the grave and acute accents, providing examples of words that have entirely different meanings because of their accentuation.

Marika's opening segment on accents and accentuation in Italian.

The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.

Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

In some cases using an elision is not grammatically correct. Marika explains some of these cases.

Marika tells us more about the use of elisions in Italian.

Several Yabla users asked about elisions and contractions, and how, when, and where they're used. This is Marika's first of three videos on this essential topic.

The verb fare (to do, to make) is used in lots of expressions. Marika talks about some of the most common ones.