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Italian for Beginners

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What is Italian for Beginners Language Theatre? Is it a course or a play? It’s both! We proudly present a one-of-a kind educational program for beginners that includes vocabulary, grammar, exercises, dialogue, and much more in the form of a theatrical performance! Follow our heroes from Act 1, with conversation mostly in English, to Act 22, where they speak mostly Italian! Together with Silvia's student, you will learn the fundamentals of Italian grammar and expressions. Your vocabulary will expand rapidly and naturally, and your comprehension skills will improve dramatically.

22 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Una nuova avventura

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22 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Una nuova avventura
- personal pronouns
- present of ESSERE
- negative form
- introductions
- omission of subject

Expression: Mamma mia!
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 17min
21 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 2 - La dolce vita
- gendered adjectives and nouns
- present indicative of STARE
- Lei/tu
- interrogative form

Expression: Non capire un'acca
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
20 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 3 - Dare i numeri!
- indefinite articles
- c’è/ci sono

- numbers and idiomatic expressions
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 20min
19 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 4 - Movie Set Travel Agency
- avere
- idiomatic expressions with avere
- ce l’ho and dov’è

Expression: In bocca al lupo
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
18 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Comunicare, viaggiare e mangiare!
- verbs in the first conjugation
- definite articles
- alphabet

Expression: Assolutamente
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 22min
17 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 6 - Fare bella figura
- verbs in the second conjugation
- present indicative of fare and sapere
- sounds /k/, /g/, /tf/, /dz/

Expresson: Fare bella e brutta figura
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 26min
16 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 7 - Pronti a partire?
- verbs in the third conjugation
- questo/quello
- molto
- diphthongs
- vowels

Expression: Il dolce far niente
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 24min
15 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 8 - Spaghetti, calamari e… pastella!
- possessives
- direct object pronouns (mi, ti, lo, la, ci, vi, li, le)
- present indicative of andare and potere
- colors
- double consonants

Idiomatic Expressions with Colors
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 24min
14 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 9 - Tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare
- preposizioni articolate
- present indicative of venire and dire
- capitalization
- time

Expression: Non vedere l’ora
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 25min
13 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 10 - Briscola
- reflexive verbs
- modal verbs
- personal pronouns with prepositions (con me, per te, a lui/lei, con noi, per voi, con loro)
Expression: Volere è potere
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 19min
12 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 11 - Marmo di Carrara
- il partitivo
- prepositional phrases
- seasons
- date (month, year, day, etc.)

Expression: Alle calende greche
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 22min
11 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 12 - Volere è potere!
- adverbs of frequency (tutti i giorni, sempre, spesso, qualche volta, raramente, mai)
- vorrei
- irregular nouns

Food and idiomatic expressions - Part I
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 23min
10 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 13 - Buon viaggio, Connor!
- il passato prossimo (ausiliare essere e avere, participi regolari)
- accordo del participio col soggetto
- avverbi di tempo (la settimana scorsa, due giorni fa, ieri, oggi, domani, fra due giorni, la prossima settimana)
Food and idiomatic expressions - Part II
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
9 - Buon viaggio, Connor!: Lesson 14 - Santa Maria in Trastevere
- irregular participles in the passato prossimo
- reflexive verbs in the passato prossimo
- rooms in a house

Expression: Prendere il toro per le corna
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 22min
8 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 15 - Polignano a Mare
- direct object pronouns and passato prossimo
- preposizioni da
- conoscere vs. sapere
Expression: L’arte di arrangiarsi
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
7 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 16 - Pozzi e fagioli
- the imperfect
- the imperfect of essere, fare, and stare
- special suffixes
Expression 1: Buona notte al secchio

Expression 2: Capitare a fagiolo
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 20min
6 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 17 - Saggezza popolare
- indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, le, gli, ci, vi, gli)
- personal pronouns and the verb Piacere

Everyday idiomatic expressions: Dai, Meno male, Da morire.
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
5 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 18 - Un aperitivo con gli amici
- the gerund
- ci (di luogo)
- chiedere and domandare

An Italian Tradition: l’aperitivo
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 21min
4 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 19 - Valentine
- the passato prossimo and the imperfetto together
- Modal Verbs in the passato prossimo and the imperfetto
- Si impersonale

Expression: Spada di Damocle
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 20min
3 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 20 - L'oasi dei fenicotteri
- The Future
- Irregular Verbs in the Future
- Idiomatic Phrases Expressing Need

Expression: Mosca bianca
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 23min
2 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 21 - Tango italiano
- Ne - The futuro anteriore - Adverbs: già and non...ancora Expression: A gonfie vele

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 19min
1 - Italian for Beginners: Lesson 22 - In bocca al lupo, Connor!
- Personal Pronouns: The Combined Forms
- Relative Pronouns: che, cui, il cui, etc.
- Conjunctions: perché, siccome, perciò
Expression: Turismo ecosostenibile
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 19min

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