The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale with some fun changes in Italian. The wicked queen's rhyme for the mirror is different, and when one of the dwarfs beholds Snow White, he exclaims, "Mamma mia."

The vocabulary review is dedicated to passato remoto verbs in the third person singular!

The first of Daniela's four segments on the future tense. She explains when it's used and how the present tense is sometimes used in its place.

For more on using the future tense for probability, see this lesson.

The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.

Kindness triumphs over looks in this tale of love. The Beast does, however, turn into a handsome Prince.

Practice some passato remoto verbs in the vocabulary review!

Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.

In the last part of this miniseries, Michela works on verbs ending in ire with her class. She also spends time on the all-important irregular verb essere (to be).

Beauty and the Beast is a French 18th century fairy tale. It was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Her tale, which is as long as a novel, has been adapted numerous times. This nice retelling of the tale is more dependent on the Walt Disney Company.

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

Michela shows us how to conjugate verbs in the imperfetto (imperfect past tense). She covers -are verbs and -ere verbs. It's easy once you get the idea.

The youngest piglet was right all along. Being a kind soul, he forgave his brothers.