Pillole di Italiano
Pills of Italian grammar, vocabulary and other language features.
Episodes
April 25, 2024 • 6 mins
On Italy's Liberation Day, the most iconic theme song.
- Credits : "Bella ciao" as performed by Goran Bregović (2012) - Kombinat (2013) - Ndlovu Youth Choir (2022) - Lidija Percan (2009) and street protesters in Santiago de Chile (2019)
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April 11, 2024 • 5 mins
Vocabulary pill for combining two or more elements together.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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April 4, 2024 • 5 mins
Grammar pill about words which are spelled and pronounced in the same way despite their different meanings.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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March 14, 2024 • 8 mins
Looking across Italy, on National Landscape Day.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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March 7, 2024 • 5 mins
Musical pill when the whether starts to get warmer.
- Credits : “La primavera” by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - “Maledetta primavera” by A. Cassella / G. Savio (1981) - “You to Me Are Everything” by K. Gold / M. Deane (1976) - “Tra due minuti è primavera” by R. Kunstler / D. Faini (2012) - “Cervo a primavera” by Riccardo Cocciante (1980) + Marina Rei feat. Margherita Buy ("Primavera" - 1999)
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February 22, 2024 • 5 mins
Vocabulary pill about the brightness that lets you see things.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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February 8, 2024 • 5 mins
Grammar point about single words made up of other words together.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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February 1, 2024 • 6 mins
Music pill including Italian pop songs with reference to feeling free.
- Credits : “Il mio canto libero” by Battisti & Mogol (1972) performed by Coma_Cose (2021) - “La libertà” by G. Gaber / S. Luporini (1972) performed by Emma (2012) - “Liberi tutti” by M. Casacci / S. Romano (1999) performed by Subsonica feat. Lo Stato Sociale (2019) - “Liberi liberi” by Vasco Rossi & Tullio Ferro (1989)
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January 25, 2024 • 6 mins
Celebrating the artist who introduced photographic painting, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
- Credits : "Ciaccona" by Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) performed by Giardino Armonico (2011)
- Credits : "Ciaccona" by Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) performed by Giardino Armonico (2011)
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January 18, 2024 • 5 mins
Vocabulary (and history) pill about a word that originated in a part of Venice.
- Credits : “Grande polonaise brillante” by F. F. Chopin, performed by A. Benedetti Michelangeli (1962)
- Credits : “Grande polonaise brillante” by F. F. Chopin, performed by A. Benedetti Michelangeli (1962)
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January 4, 2024 • 4 mins
Two vowels, with or without marks written above, pronounced in different ways.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
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December 28, 2023 • 6 mins
Singer and music executive Caterina Caselli in her blond-helmeted years, including 2023.
- Credits : “Nessuno mi può giudicare” by D. Pace / M. Panzeri / M. Del Prete / L. Beretta (1966) - “Cento giorni” by Mogol / P. Soffici (1966) - “Sono bugiarda” by N. Diamond / D. Pace / E. Carrera / Mogol (1967) - “Insieme a te non ci sto più” by M. Virano / P. Conte / V. Pallavicini (1968) - “Nel 2023” by R. Evans / D. Pace (1970)
- Credits : “Nessuno mi può giudicare” by D. Pace / M. Panzeri / M. Del Prete / L. Beretta (1966) - “Cento giorni” by Mogol / P. Soffici (1966) - “Sono bugiarda” by N. Diamond / D. Pace / E. Carrera / Mogol (1967) - “Insieme a te non ci sto più” by M. Virano / P. Conte / V. Pallavicini (1968) - “Nel 2023” by R. Evans / D. Pace (1970)
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December 7, 2023 • 6 mins
Celebrating the longest and fastest road of Italy.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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November 30, 2023 • 4 mins
A pill of vocabulary with no strings attached.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Firmament" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100480
Artist: http://incompetech.co...
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Firmament" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100480
Artist: http://incompetech.co...
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November 23, 2023 • 5 mins
Musical pill dedicated to Music itself, according to three pop songs from last century.
- Credits : “Musica è” by Eros Ramazzotti / P. Cassano / A. Cogliati (1988) - “Vivo per lei” by M. Mengali / V. Zelli / A. Alibani (1995) - “Una musica può fare” by Max Gazzè (1999/2018)
- Credits : “Musica è” by Eros Ramazzotti / P. Cassano / A. Cogliati (1988) - “Vivo per lei” by M. Mengali / V. Zelli / A. Alibani (1995) - “Una musica può fare” by Max Gazzè (1999/2018)
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November 2, 2023 • 4 mins
Becoming less and less intense, then disappearing, or stop living.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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October 18, 2023 • 4 mins
Musical pill dedicated to women who give birth.
- Credits: “Mamma Maria” by C. Minellono / D. Farina (1982) - “Viva la mamma” by E. Bennato (1989) - “Mamma” by C.A. Bixio / B. Cherubini (1939)
- Credits: “Mamma Maria” by C. Minellono / D. Farina (1982) - “Viva la mamma” by E. Bennato (1989) - “Mamma” by C.A. Bixio / B. Cherubini (1939)
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October 11, 2023 • 6 mins
Responsible is not just an adjective in Italian, and it has more practical implications.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Per colpa di chi?" by Zucchero (1995)
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - "Per colpa di chi?" by Zucchero (1995)
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October 4, 2023 • 7 mins
Celebrating Saint Francis' Day, and World Animal Day.
- Credits: "Francesco" by Vangelis (1989)
- Credits: "Francesco" by Vangelis (1989)
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September 20, 2023 • 4 mins
Grammar point about a verb form that is typically used for giving instructions or making invitations.
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Credits : “Your Intro” by Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/) courtesy of Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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