Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
It's time for the grand tour of a very important room in Marika's apartment, the bathroom! You'll notice she gets a little mixed up between hot and cold water faucets! Don't worry--the position is the same in Italy as in other countries!
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika shows us around her kitchen, the heart of the household. We can bet it's her favorite room of all!
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika gives us an overview on how to use direct object pronouns, which take the place of direct objects when the object has already been referred to. Here's an example of this in English:
"Do you know the answer [direct object noun]?" "Yes I know it [direct object pronoun]."
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
The third person "impersonal" has mostly gone out of fashion in English, but in Italian it's used all the time. Although in English it's common to use "you" or the passive voice, we've used the impersonal "one" here, in order to understand better how it works.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika explains when to use the prepositions: in (to), da (from), di (of, from), and per (for, to, by). There's no need to learn them all at once!
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Using the prepositions "to" and "at" in Italian can be tricky, because there's one Italian word for both: a. Marika gives us some tips.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Can you answer the question, cosa stai facendo (What are you doing)? If not, take a look at this video where Marika explains the presente progressivo (present continuous tense).
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy Neapolitan
Daniela has already explained about leaving out the article when talking about one's family members, but attenzione! This only holds for the singular. She explains how things work in the plural.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
It's a very Italian thing to alter a word to make it mean something bigger, smaller, or worse. You just need to know the right suffix to add to the word. Marika shows you how.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika introduces us to an area where Italian and English have some important differences: reflexive and reciprocal verbs. For extra help, see: Reflections on the Reflexive and Ci Gets Around: Part 1
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika explains how to form adjectives from nouns, by using various suffixes.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
To form the opposite of a word in Italian, there are different kinds of prefixes. Marika explains how they work.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
There are lots of ways to form compound nouns, and lots of different ways to form their plurals. Marika fills us in.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Just as in English, Italian has a great many compound nouns. Marika explains the different types. A proposito, this time she greets us a new way, saying buondì. It's simply another way of saying buongiorno. Dì is another way of saying giorno (day). Diurno is its relative adjective, meaning "daytime."
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika tells us more about suffixes, and this time explains how to form nouns from adjectives. There's homework to do, too!
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