Marika spiega - il plurale - Italian Videos

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Marika spiega - Il plurale (2 videos)

Some nouns are the same in the singular and the plural. Marika makes it easy by dividing them into categories. She also gives us some important advice regarding nouns from other languages.

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Marika spiega - Omofoni - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Nell'ultima parte del video sugli omofoni, Marika ci spiega come l'apostrofo possa cambiare totalmente il significato di una parola.

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Marika spiega - I pronomi combinati - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Dopo tante richieste ecco finalmente la prima di tre lezioni sui pronomi combinati, conosciuti anche come pronomi doppi. In questa prima parte Marika spiega le forme Me + lo, la, li, le e ne e Ti + lo, la, li, le e ne.

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Marika spiega - La forma impersonale

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Per imparare bene ci si deve impegnare. Questa è la forma impersonale. Marika ci spiega come si usa. Buona lezione.

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Marika spiega - Pronomi allocutivi: Tu, Lei, Voi - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this final part dedicated to allocutive pronouns, Marika explains the origin of "Voi" and how it is used. At the end, she also provides a summary of all the forms seen so far to clarify any doubts.

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Caption 57 [it]: il Voi è plurale o si usa per cortesia, soprattutto al sud.
Caption 57 [en]: "Voi" is plural or used [in the singular] out of courtesy, especially in the south.

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Marika spiega - Omofoni - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

One tricky thing in lots of languages is when words sound the same but are written differently and have different meanings. In English, these are called, "homophones," part of the larger group, "homonyms."

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Caption 41 [it]: allora mi riferisco alla terza persona plurale del verbo avere.
Caption 41 [en]: then I am referring to the third person plural of the verb "to have."

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Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika explains what partitive articles are all about and gives us some helpful examples.

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Caption 37 [it]: a formare il loro plurale.
Caption 37 [en]: to form a plural.

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Marika spiega - Articoli partitivi - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Articoli partitivi, or partitive articles look like articoli articolati because they are formed with a preposition plus an article. But their function is different. Most of the time they are a way to say “some.” This lesson is about how to form them, and in future lessons, we will learn how to use them.

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Caption 45 [it]: non hanno il plurale.
Caption 45 [en]: do not have a plural.

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika concentrates on the preposition su [on] in combination with various articles to form the very useful sul, sui, sugli, sulla, sulle and sull'.

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Caption 20 [it]: quando il nome che segue è maschile plurale
Caption 20 [en]: when the noun that follows is masculine plural

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

We look at the preposition a combined with different definite articles. This preposizione articolata is used, for example, in talking about the time: alle otto (at eight o'clock); about a manner or style: alla francese (French-style), al dente (not too cooked).

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Caption 15 [it]: quando il nome che segue è maschile plurale
Caption 15 [en]: when the noun that follows is masculine plural

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Marika spiega - Saluti verbali e a gesti

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Greeting people is the first thing we do when we meet up with someone, so it's important to know how to do it right, especially when you don't know the person. Marika shows us how.

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Caption 2 [it]: [Marika spiega le basi della lingua italiana]
Caption 2 [en]: [Marika explains the basics of the Italian language]

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con orecchie

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

There are quite a few expressions having to do with the ear and Marika gives us plenty of examples. Let's keep in mind that the plural of orecchio is orecchie, in other words, a masculine singular noun with a feminine plural. But in some places, people use the masculine plural orecchi.

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Caption 50 [it]: Ricorda, però, eh, che il plurale di orecchio è orecchie.
Caption 50 [en]: Remember though, huh, that the plural of "orecchio" is "orecchie."

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 4

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

We look at the preposition in [in, to, at] and how it combines with the various definite articles.

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Caption 21 [it]: quando il nome a cui si riferisce è maschile plurale
Caption 21 [en]: when the noun it refers to is masculine plural

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 3

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

In this video, the preposition we combine with a definite article is da. It can mean "from," but also "to" and "at." So, combined with the different definite articles, it's going to mean "from the," "to the," or "at the."

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Caption 2 [it]: [Marika spiega le basi della lingua italiana]
Caption 2 [en]: [Marika explains the basics of the Italian language]

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Marika spiega - Le preposizioni articolate - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

After looking at simple prepositions, Marika talks about a special kind of preposition called una preposizione articolata. It just means that the preposition has a definite article attached to it. In this segment, she covers the ways the preposition di (of) combines with different articles to become a new complex preposition. For example, di + il = del.

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Caption 2 [it]: [Marika spiega le basi della lingua italiana]
Caption 2 [en]: [Marika explains the basics of the Italian language]

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