Il video dura solo un minuto.

Italian usually uses the definite article more often than English does. Il video means the video.

If you are talking about a specific video already known from context, il is natural:

• Il video dura solo un minuto. = The video lasts only one minute.

If you said just Video dura solo un minuto, that would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Italian.

Dura is the conjugated form of the verb durare, which means to last.

In a normal sentence, Italian uses the conjugated verb, not the infinitive:

• durare = to last
• dura = it lasts

So:

• Il video dura solo un minuto. = The video lasts only one minute.

Here, dura is the third person singular form, because il video is singular.

Because the subject is il video, which is a singular noun.

Italian verbs change depending on the subject:

• io duro = I last
• tu duri = you last
• lui/lei dura = he/she/it lasts

A video is treated like it in English, so Italian uses the same verb form as for lui/lei:

• il video dura

Italian often expresses this idea with durare rather than with a structure like to be ... long.

So instead of literally saying:

• The video is one minute long

Italian naturally says:

• Il video dura un minuto.
• literally: The video lasts one minute.

You can sometimes express duration in other ways, but durare is the most direct and natural verb here.

Solo means only. It usually goes right before the word or phrase it limits.

Here it limits un minuto, so:

• solo un minuto = only one minute

This is similar to English:

• The video lasts only one minute.

If you move solo, the emphasis can change slightly, although Italian word order can be flexible in some contexts.

The indefinite article for masculine singular nouns is usually:

• un before most consonants and vowels
• uno before certain consonant clusters such as z, s + consonant, gn, ps, x

Since minuto begins with m, the correct form is:

• un minuto

Compare:

• un libro
• un minuto
• uno studente
• uno zaino

In English, we often say:

• The video lasts for one minute.

In Italian, durare normally takes the duration directly, without a preposition:

• durare un minuto
• durare due ore
• durare poco

So un minuto functions directly as the expression of duration.

Yes, video is masculine:

• il video = the video

An important point is that video is generally invariable in modern Italian, meaning the singular and plural look the same:

• il video = the video
• i video = the videos

So the article changes, but the noun usually does not.

It can mean both, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• solo = only

Examples:

• solo un minuto = only one minute

But in another sentence:

• Sono solo. = I am alone.

So the meaning depends on what solo is modifying and the overall sentence.

Yes. Solo and solamente can both mean only.

So you could say:

• Il video dura solo un minuto.
• Il video dura solamente un minuto.

Both are correct. Solo is shorter and very common in everyday speech.

It is pronounced roughly DOO-ra.

A few helpful points:

• u in Italian is a clear oo sound, like in food
• r is normally tapped or lightly rolled
• stress is on the first syllable: DU-ra

So it is not pronounced like English durable. Italian pronunciation is more regular and phonetic.

Yes, if you mean the film/movie rather than the video.

• Il video = the video
• Il film = the film/movie

Both sentences are grammatically correct:

• Il video dura solo un minuto.
• Il film dura solo un minuto.

The choice depends on what kind of media you are talking about.

Yes. Dura is present tense.

Italian often uses the present tense to state general facts or describe something as it is:

• Il video dura solo un minuto. = The video lasts only one minute.

Even though the minute is a total duration, the present tense is still the normal choice when giving that information.

Sometimes yes, but the nuance is a little different.

• solo un minuto = only one minute
• appena un minuto = barely a minute / just a minute

So:

• Il video dura solo un minuto. sounds neutral.
• Il video dura appena un minuto. can suggest that the duration is surprisingly short.

Both can work, but they are not always interchangeable in tone.