Italian
Laura cooks for summer weddings at a farmhouse in Puglia, her friend Chiara falls in love, and the man Laura loves waits in the mountains. Learn to give opinions, make wishes and imagine what if.
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Intermediate Level 2 - Part 1
Lessons 1 to 10Arrive at the Masseria Donato in Puglia and give your opinion with penso che sia, credo che abbia and secondo me.
Meet Nunzia, who runs the kitchen, and say how things seem to you with mi sembra che sia and non credo che sia.
Plan a wedding lunch with the bride and say what you would like and hope with vorrei che fosse, spero che piaccia and magari.
Talk to someone far away and say you miss them, with mi manchi, vorrei che tu fossi qui and se potessi verrei.
Welcome a friend and talk about who is coming and who is in love, with penso che venga and credo che sia innamorato.
Welcome a friend who arrives from Naples and say you are glad, with mi fa piacere che siate qui and spero che restiate.
Plan a wedding menu with the owner and make gentle proposals with potremmo fare, sarebbe meglio and che ne pensa.
Help a bride whose mother wants something else, with vuole che facciamo, bisogna che Lei parli and non e necessario che cambi tutto.
Take advice from Nonna on the phone, with secondo me dovresti, al posto tuo chiederei and non ti preoccupare.
Work through a heatwave in the kitchen and imagine what would help, with se avessimo, farei and sarebbe piu facile.
Intermediate Level 2 - Part 2
Lessons 11 to 20Run through a wedding afternoon with Donato, is everything ready, I think so, and let's hope it doesn't rain, with speriamo che and the congiuntivo.
Pose for the wedding photographer, I'd like a photo, could you move, it would be perfect, with the condizionale as the polite way to ask.
Raise a glass to the bride and groom, I wish you may always be happy, with che siate, the congiuntivo in a wish.
Hear a friend's confession, I think I love him, do you think he loves me, and if I told him, with credo di and the infinitive against pensi che and the congiuntivo.
Give a friend advice late at night, if I were you I wouldn't wait, you should tell him, with se fossi in te and the condizionale.
Listen to a friend's doubts, I'm afraid she doesn't love me, and what if she says no, I don't know what to do, with ho paura che and the congiuntivo.
Ask Nonna about her wedding, there was no money, it was lovely all the same, I would have liked a photo, with avrei voluto, the condizionale passato.
Plan an early day at the sea with Chiara and Ciro, let's go before it gets hot, although it's early, with prima che and benche and the congiuntivo.
Take a question on the phone from the man you love, would you come back, would you live here, with the condizionale asking about a future that depends on the answer.
Get a wedding under cover when a storm comes, it seems it's coming, better that we bring the tables inside, as long as it ends soon, with sembra che, meglio che and purche and the congiuntivo.
Intermediate Level 2 - Part 3
Lessons 21 to 30Take a compliment from a wedding guest, with e il miglior pasto che abbia mai mangiato, the best meal I have ever eaten.
Be told a kitchen secret and keep it, with non dirlo a nessuno, basta che tu lo faccia come me, come se niente fosse.
Hear an offer of a job for life, with mi piacerebbe che restasse, I would like you to stay, and ask for time to think.
Ask Nonna what she would do in your place, with cosa faresti al posto mio, and hear her answer, farei quello che dice il cuore.
Hear that two friends got together, with vi siete messi insieme, me l'ha detto lui, and say you are glad with sono contenta che siate felici.
Be thanked by a bride after the last wedding of the summer, with non so come ringraziarLa, senza di Lei, e stato tutto perfetto.
Turn down a generous offer with grace, with La ringrazio, ma, and se fossi piu giovane, resterei, if I were younger, I would stay.
Say goodbye to Nunzia at the end of the summer, with mi mancherai, torna quando vuoi, and come se fossi mia figlia, as if you were my daughter.
Look back on the summer from the car, with se non l'avessi incontrato, if I hadn't met him, and sono contenta che venga.
Come home to Pietro and say you are staying, with ti ho aspettata, I waited for you, and resterei qui con te, I would stay here with you.