Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Virginia admits to Camilla that she hadn't told the entire truth to the police commissioner and asks her for some help. Camilla goes to see Bettina at the gallery, and then to talk to Gaetano. Renzo is home polishing his flea market purchase.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Let's see if Eva manages to get to the boat before it leaves. The girls' latest caper has brought about some changes and decisions for all of them. And of course, the episode has to conclude at the restaurant with the police commissioner.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika gets us on track with the words and expressions we need for talking about math. You might hate math, as many do, but it is handy to have the vocabulary at your fingertips!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
There is a certain kind of subordinate clause, called a "clause of purpose," that basically answers the question, "to what end?" Italian has a number of conjunctions that can be translated as "so that," and they take the subjunctive in most cases. So this kind of subordinate clause can be tricky.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
At the party, the conversation turns to kids, and having kids. Orazio decides it's a good time to make himself scarce.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Music and sound have major roles in the movies of the Taviani brothers. Notably, the tarantella from Allonsanfàn, written by Ennio Morricone, was also used by Tarantino in one of his movies, and that's when it became famous.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Domenico gets a small role in a movie where he has to sing a child to sleep. He then tries his luck in a singing contest. He also seems to be getting some attention from some women...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Iside reacts with her emotions of the moment. Ugo is with Spartacus on the ice, rehearsing for the wedding, but the two don't agree on every little thing.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gaetano and Camilla continue to look at the photos he took at the funeral. They discuss motives. At school, Camilla has a conversation with Alina's father about the baby.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We learn whether Lorenzo's banner has worked or not. He has an important message for his mother when she calls. Dante is on the boat getting ready for his trip.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela talks about explicit and implicit causal subordinate clauses.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Orazio go to Ersilia's birthday party, all dressed up. But, after a long drive, it looks like someone forgot the gift, and they are about to look bad, or make a bad impression, which in Italian is fare brutta figura.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Music plays an essential role in the films of the Taviani brothers. It's like having another actor. Composer Nicola Piovani knows something about this having worked with them on some of their movies. He also composed the soundtrack for the movie La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) with Roberto Benigni.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
De Sica is generous with Domenico. Later on, seated on the curb with his friend, Domenico borrows a guitar from a "blind" person nearby and sings a song he wrote.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Nora doesn't want to have to call Ugo, but does she have a choice? Ugo is at the train station about to board his train to Rome. Back at the atelier, Iside is irritable and ends up being a bit short with her clients.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The family goes to the flea market. Camilla mentions the case, but Renzo isn't interested. Later she talks about motives with Gaetano.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We discover what Eva intends to do with the item she took from the party. She continues to surprise us.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In a sentence, the main clause can stand on its own, but there can also be a subordinate or dependent clause. Today's lesson addresses the causal subordinate clause, which gives the reason for the action in the main clause. Conjunctions such as perché (because) dato che (given that) are used to join the two clauses.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna, Orazio, and Mr. Tritone discuss plans for having a baby. Anna seems thrilled, but Orazio is quite upset. The doorbell rings and Orazio has to go and see who it is.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Nanni Moretti tells about how he got to see Caesar Must Die before it was released. The composer, Giuliano Taviani talks about how he became interested in writing music for film, and how budget limits actually inspired him in writing the music for this movie.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Marika talks about going to the movies in Italy. Don't worry. Italians like popcorn, too.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Domenico happens to get a glimpse of Vittorio De Sica himself and chases him down to ask him for a part.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ugo tries to be helpful to Nora but she isn't having any of it. Perhaps she goes too far. Later, at the office, Nora has a hard time trying to manage things.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Breakfast time for Renzo and Camilla. How long will Renzo stay mad at Camilla?
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