Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
There is a glitch in the girls' plan, but nonetheless, Eva manages to do what she has to do, also thanks to Lola's help. They get closer to figuring out what the Frenchman is up to.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A moment of pleasure. Carola has a glass of wine with Delfo, Guia accepts a ride with Renzo, and Felice lives up to his name [felice means "happy"], getting a chance to drive Guia's car.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Manara meets first with Casadio and then with Raimondi, but doesn't get his answers answered to his satisfaction. But then, he gets a phone call about a dead body, so he has to race off.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is the famous aria for tenor from Puccini's Turandot, sung here by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti. Nessun is short for nessuno (no one) and dorma is the third person subjunctive of the verb dormire (to sleep) used as an imperative for the herald to proclaim that no one in the city may sleep.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Easter Monday is, traditionally, "picnic day" all over Italy. It's affectionately called Pasquetta (little Easter). This video is from RAI 1, one of the principal TV stations in Italy. At this particular picnic, "primordial" cooking is the protagonist.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There are two ways to use an indirect object pronoun with the verb piacere (to please, to be pleasing, to like). Daniela shows us how they work.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Spartacus demonstrates how useful he can be. Nora and Ugo keep arguing about the wedding planning business.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The chief of police questions Lubia who is a bit overwhelmed by what had happened at the Bailù. Her testimony brings clarity. Camilla gets to school when a meeting is already underway.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva and Lorenzo clear up their misunderstanding, and the girls get ready for the next step. Andreina does her part by giving the money to Jean-Paul, the conman.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Felice lives up to his word and brings Mara an ice cream cone, but there's a glitch... Carola, trying to get some work done in the farmhouse, meets Dino, who offers her a "glass of wine."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In Italy, Easter is the time for special, traditional desserts, which, apart from being delicious, were conceived to represent symbols of life and rebirth.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're at the end of this episode, where the famous fresco has been restored. Truth, symbolized in the fresco, is the buzzword of the moment but in ordinary life, it often remains hidden.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Sometimes the subject of a sentence can be a verb in the infinitive or an entire clause. Let's see how the verb piacere works in these cases, in both simple and perfect tenses.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela gives us a look at one of the most famous monuments in the world. We look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa through the lens of those who wanted it built.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Like it or not, Ugo and Nora might have to become wedding planners. Dino is still stuck in his wheelchair in the courtyard.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The pearls have come back from the jewelers, but there are some details to sort out, and Renzo discusses the situation with Livietta.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The girls start putting together money for Andreina to give to the swindler. Lorenzo comes to the restaurant to ask Eva an important question. She gets a late-night visit while doing the accounts.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Mara is waiting for her blind date, and who shows up but Felice, whom she tells to beat it in no uncertain terms. Meanwhile, Carola talks to her boyfriend by phone. The next day, the chickens get out...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Truth triumphing over falsehood is not only the theme of the fresco, but is also the theme of this segment. Marta and Luca zero in on their latest suspect.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela tackles a verb that is tricky for English speakers: piacere (to delight, to please). Although when someone says mi piace, he or she is, in essence, saying "I like [it/him/her/them]," the verb piacere doesn't strictly mean "to like." Since, as you will see, this verb works so differently than "to like," we have used the verb "to delight" as a translation in some cases, not for its exact meaning, but in order to match the construction with that of piacere.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We move from Umbria to Tuscany and visit the evocative ruins of the abbey of San Galgano. Next will be Pisa, a prime example of how Tuscany, in medieval times, was experimenting with very "modern" ideas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The roses on the gown were hugely successful, giving Nora an idea for saving the business. Ugo is not on board.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Mazzeo is at large. The police go to the crime scene and find the weapon in a peculiar spot. Camilla tells Vanda what she knows.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Andreina's bait worked at the senior citizens' center, and Eva goes to see her friend Augusto. She also makes a disturbing discovery in her son's bedroom.
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