Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Maria and Rebecca go to the university for the first time. At Lele's old work place, there is a new director. She is going to take some getting used to.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this lesson, we look at implicit relative subordinate clauses, and how they are introduced. One of their main characteristics is that they use the infinitive of a verb, rather than a conjugated one.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
At school, it looks like Alina might be in trouble. We'll see. And at home, Renzo has some unsettling news for Camilla.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Here is the trailer for a biopic about Oriana Fallaci, one of the most famous reporters in the world, who dedicated her life to her passions.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The Martini family is gathered for breakfast, and we learn a bit about the individual family members. There's plenty of chaos, however, and it's a bit much for Grandpa Libero to wrap his head around. At the hospital, where Lele has vacated his office, the staff is waiting for their new boss.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela explains the relative pronouns used in forming a relative subordinate clause. She starts out with the explicit kind.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla works on getting the list of parking tickets from the night of the murder. Gaetano has some new information that doesn't look good for Virginia. And it sounds like Renzo might have to kiss that bronze loaf of bread goodbye...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Carolina Raspanti plays Dafne, a girl of 35 who leads a regular life until she loses her mother and has to take care of her father suffering from depression. Dafne has Down syndrome, as does the actress who portrays her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Despite the lasagna made by Cettina, everyone in the Martini family is pretty blue about Lele being gone, so they sit around in the living room. Then Annuccia decides she wants to watch a video.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Daniela talks about two kinds of relative subordinate clauses — restrictive and explanatory — and how we punctuate them differently.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Franco Battiato sings about love philosophically. It's useless to have regrets, since we can't go back in time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla challenges Virginia to tell her the truth. And another detail comes out that could help the case, one way or another.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We meet the very chaotic Martini family at the beginning of a new season of Un medico in Famiglia (A Doctor in the Family). Some things have changed, and some haven't.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Camilla ends up talking to Tommaso and discovers an interesting detail in a photo. At the police station, Gaetano questions some other family members.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This song, by the Sicilian singer Levante, is in praise of diversity, of those who don't just follow the pack. Double meanings, rhymes, and opposites make the lyrics interesting for those learning Italian, whether or not the music is your cup of tea.
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