Anna is quizzed on Sardinia and can easily identify the capital and its major cities, its nuraghes (characteristic low towers), its cantu a tenore (traditional singing), but comes up short on providing the name of a typical Sardinian dish.

Daniela, in the first part of a two-part series, shows us how to express need in a personal way with the noun bisogno [need].

Daniela, in the first part of a two-part series, shows us how to express need in a personal way with the noun bisogno [need].

A young university student tells us about her interests as a kid, how her ideas changed as she grew up, and what her dream is.

It may come as a relief to see that Italian adverbs of manner are similar to English ones. But when Marika starts giving us some [very useful] idiomatic adverbial phrases using adjectives, it's slightly more complicated.

Marika completes the recipe for "pasta alla Norma," and serves it up. It's evident that Anna thinks it's real good, too. In fact, she describes it as troppo buono (too good), a typical colloquial way to say "very, very good."

A young university student tells us about her interests as a kid, how her ideas changed as she grew up, and what her dream is.

It may come as a relief to see that Italian adverbs of manner are similar to English ones. But when Marika starts giving us some [very useful] idiomatic adverbial phrases using adjectives, it's slightly more complicated.

Marika completes the recipe for "pasta alla Norma," and serves it up. It's evident that Anna thinks it's real good, too. In fact, she describes it as troppo buono (too good), a typical colloquial way to say "very, very good."

Adriano and his mother show us how to make this Sicilian summer specialty. It's easy to make, but there is one important secret.