Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here is the last group of indefinite adjectives: qualunque, qualsiasi, and qualsivoglia (whichever, any). Luckily for us, they are generally interchangeable and invariable.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Bettina and Gaetano are supposed to go to the movies together, but Camilla shows up and Gaetano chooses work over fun. At school, everyone is rejoicing at the news that Mazzeo is on leave of absence.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Both Guia and her fiancé start working towards selling the farmstead. Guia has a few things to say to Renzo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ferzan Özpetek directed this video of images from his movie La Dea Fortuna, for which the song "Luna Diamante" (diamond moon) is part of the soundtrack. The song was written by Ivano Fossati and sung by Mina.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Both the victim's wife and his lover are questioned at the same time, one by Luca, and one by Marta. Each has a very different memory of what Fello was like.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The word cosa (thing, something, what) is used a great deal in Italian. In speech, it's especially used in questions to mean "what." Marika explains how this works.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Neither Ugo nor Nora has any desire to take Aunt Clo up on her offer, but then reality kicks in.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Here are three more indefinite adjectives. The third one altro (another, next, last, different) is very common and can mean several things, so context is key.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Franco shows us some infused salts that we would never think of off hand. His descriptions are colorful and make us want to try out these delicacies.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Two geniuses left their indelible marks on civilization: Leonardo with the Last Supper and Michelangelo with his David.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Kids have livelier imaginations than adults sometimes, and in fact, Livietta can see something in Mazzeo's aunt's drawing that Camilla totally misses.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Pino is very active in the church, it seems, and helping out at the funeral is no exception, as far as he is concerned.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
There are various interpretations of this famous song sung by Mina. What or whom does il corvo (the crow) represent? A judge? A priest? An agent? Whoever is seen as an ugly black crow has the power but lacks wisdom.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The autopsy report comes, and Manara goes to talk to the victim's widow. Marta goes to talk to his lover. Marta gets a phone call, and her colleagues realize, with surprise, who her father is.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The word cosa (thing) in Italian is an extremely useful word, especially when you don't know the real word for something. Marika tells us about how it's used in Italian everyday conversation.
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