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Greeting Your New Friends with Perfect Italian
Absolute Beginner Season 1
Learn basic Italian greetings, including how to say "hello"
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Lesson LibraryItalian Questions Answered by Marika
Absolute Beginner
Italian Questions Answered by Marika
Marika answers your most commonly asked questions in an easy-to-understand format.
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Contents
25 Video Lessons
1

Italian is a Romance Language. What Does That Mean?

Learn what "romance language" means

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 • 2 Minutes
2

Italian Versus Dialects

Learn about Italian dialects

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 • 2 Minutes
3

Loanwords from Italian

Learn about "loan words" from Italian that are used in English

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 • 3 Minutes
4

Common "False Friends"

Learn about common "false friends" in Italian

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 • 2 Minutes
5

Nouns: Masculine or Feminine?

Learn about noun gender

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 • 3 Minutes
6

Nouns: How Do You Form the Plural?

Learn how to form the plural form of nouns

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 • 3 Minutes
7

How Do You Conjugate Verbs?

Learn how to conjugate verbs

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 • 5 Minutes
8

When Do You Use Formal Italian?

Learn when to use formal Italian

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 • 3 Minutes
9

Sono or Sto?

Learn the difference between "essere" and "stare"

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 • 3 Minutes
10

Choosing the Right Auxiliary Verb: Essere or Avere?

Learn how to choose the right auxiliary verb; "essere" or "avere"

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 • 3 Minutes
11

Expressing Ability: Potere or Riuscire?

Learn the difference between "potere" and "riuscire"

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 • 3 Minutes
12

Prepositions: IN or A?

Learn the difference between the prepositions "in" and "a"

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 • 2 Minutes
13

Prepositions: DA or DI?

Learn the difference between the prepositions "da" and "di"

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 • 2 Minutes
14

Do Possessives Need Determinative Articles?

Learn about determinative articles

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 • 2 Minutes
15

Profession names: Masculine or Feminine?

Learn about the gender of profession names

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 • 5 Minutes
16

Where Do You Put the Adjective?

Learn where to put the adjective in Italian

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 • 4 Minutes
17

How Do You Conjugate the Adjective BELLO?

Learn how to conjugate the adjective bello

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 • 2 Minutes
18

How do Reflexive Verbs Work?

Learn how to use reflexive verbs

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 • 2 Minutes
19

How Do You Use the Pronoun NE?

Learn how to use the pronoun NE

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 • 4 Minutes
20

How Do You Use the Particle CI?

Learn how to use the little Italian word ci

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 • 3 Minutes
21

What is the GERUNDIO?

Learn how to use the verb gerundio

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 • 3 Minutes
22

When Do You Use the Subjunctive?

Learn when to use the subjunctive and congiuntivo

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 • 4 Minutes
23

Why Are Verbs Sometimes Not Conjugated?

Learn how to conjugate the verb in a subordinate clause

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 • 2 Minutes
24

What are Modified Nouns?

Learn about modified nouns

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 • 3 Minutes
25

The Top 10 Italian Idioms

Learn about the top 10 Italian idioms

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 • 4 Minutes