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?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After removing Adelaide's diamond from her neck, Eva and Max say goodbye. Who is going to get the better of the other?
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Another kind of subordinate clause is the temporal subordinate. One way we introduce it is with conjunctions having to do with time, such as "while," "when," and "as long as." There are other ways to form a temporal subordinate clause, and Daniela explains them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Orazio is not happy about the presence of Nettuno Tritone. In contrast, Anna is thrilled and charmed, hanging on Tritone's every word. The police are watching from across the street, but not seeing much action.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Taviani brothers, at around eighty years of age, feel like they have gone back to their more reckless early days, with Caesar Must Die.
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