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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Your friend tells you in Italian, “Look out…trouble is coming your way!” You respond in Italian, “No way! What are you talking about?” Your friend replies in Italian, “Your suitor is coming toward you.” You protest in Italian, “But I don’t have any suitors…” Your friend tells you in Italian, “Oh, yes you do! This boy just loves to flirt with you. I bet he’ll ask you on a date! I bet he’ll want to take you to the movies! Will you hold his hand?” You say to your friend in Italian, “Shut up. You’ve got to be kidding. I don’t have time for dates. I barely have time for getting everything done as it is!” Your friend whispers to you in Italian, “Yeah, right. Besides, he’s kind of cute!” You shush your friend and ask in Italian, “What were we just talking about?”

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will focus on the features of two continuous Italian tenses, the present progressive and the past progressive. Additionally, we will consider how to arrange and deal with dates in Italy and share typical Italian dating habits and expectations. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more great Italian lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Saturday, June 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Lower Intermediate Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

23 Responses to “Lower Intermediate #1 - Are These the Best Italian Films?”

ItalianPod101.com says:

Dear listeners, What do you think of this first lesson in the Lower Intermediate Lessons?

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Sonja Jean Craig says:

ciao,
i found this lesson more challenging. I had to listen several times.
I need this. Very helpful for my learning.
grazie,
SJ:wink

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maxiewawa says:

Congratulations on the first Lower intermediate lesson. Looking forward to the rest!

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Cinzia says:

I am so proud of this new series!
I’m glad if my listeners can challenge themselves! :wink:

Keep posting!

C!

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Shinae says:

Ciao tutti!

Mi chiamo Shinae.
Sono coreana ma adesso sono in Irlanda per il lavoro.
Ho studiato l’italiano in Corea(alla scuola) per 3 mesi.
Ci sono solo tre scuole per imparare l’italiano a Seoul.
(I miei insegnanti erano bravissimi! “Grazie, Carlo e Silvia ^^”)
Stavo cercando una scuola in Irlanda.
Ma ho trovato ‘italianPod’
Sono molto felice.
Non sono molto brava di imparare le lingue.
Ma ho molta buona volunta’.

Ho iniciato da ‘Lower Intermediate Lesson.
Vorrei studiare con voi fino a ‘advenced lesson’

Ciao!!!!

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Shinae!
Complimenti il tuo italiano è molto buono.
Con noi puoi studiare comodamente dove vuoi e mettere in pratica quello che impari con gli italiani che ci sono in Irlanda. Per esempio a Dublino sono sicura che ne troverai! :wink: Oppure se puoi, vai direttamente in Italia, non è lontana!

Comunque continua così!!

Grazie, a presto,

Consuelo

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Shinae says:

Grazie!

Provo a fare amicizia con gli italiani a Dublino.

Consuelo,
non ci siamo ancora incontrati? (alle lezione ^^ )
Ti aspetto! A presto!

Shinae

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Shinae,
ancora forse non mi hai sentito nelle lezioni ma ci sono, eheheh!!
Ciao a presto,
Consuelo :mrgreen:

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chuck says:

Ciao tutti! Mi piace la nuova serie.

Quale e il rumore che suona prima della grammatica?

Chuck

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Chuck,
ti piace questa serie? Bene, grazie! :mrgreen:
Non saprei dirti che rumore è, ma è divertente.
Continua a seguirci e grazie per il commento!!

Consuelo :grin:

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Jay says:

Stai attento! Long comment!

Just wondering… if I wanted to ask more than one person if they fancy doing something, is the phrase “Vi andrebbe di…” correct?

I really appreciate the idea of putting the conversation-only tracks on shuffle, because now (even though I can’t understand a decent portion of the words yet) I can hear individual words, where sentences start / end, verb conjugations, and vocal emotion. It’s a great study tip and I highly recommend it to any student reading this!

Also, since video games were mentioned in this lesson, I have another study tip for people who enjoy playing them: Play the Assassins Creed games! :mrgreen:
The three latest ones feature a renaissance Italian man named Ezio Auditore da Firenze and (from what I hear) the level designs are identical to the real-life Italian cities! (Firenze, San Gimignano, Roma, e Forli. Can any staff member confirm these rumours? :wink: )
What I like to do is play the cut scenes again and again and have english subtitles on while I listen to the spoken Italian. Even just wandering around the cities, you can easily pick up on all the idle chitchat…It’s quite a confidence booster when you have no trouble understanding little phrases you overhear!
What makes this study medium so great is that not only are the games so much fun to play, but you are immersed in the language, and it’s rife with information about Italian cities, buildings, plazas, etc. (Every time you discover new information about something it’s placed in a dedicated “database” folder you can refer to in the pause menu). In other words, you can say “Yes mom I actually am doing my homework!” :cool: I consider playing the game my “test” from what grammar and vocabulary I learn from Ipod101!

Anyways, my apologies for such a long comment, but I felt I had to share this great study tip.
To end my comment: It’s been my dream for the longest time to be bilingual, and I simply want to say to the staff: Vi ringrazio a tutti. I vostri lezione stanno aiutandami compiere questo obiettivo! Ciao e grazie ancora

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Chiara says:

Ciao!
sì, ‘Vi andrebbe di…’ is perfect if you are talking to more than one person. If you are talking to only one person then you can say ‘Ti piacerebbe…’ (tu) or ‘Le piacerebbe…(Lei).

Buono studio :)
chiara

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Erica says:

Marco and Cinzia -

This comment isn’t specific to this particular lesson, but in general:
First of all, I love this podcast!
Second, here’s the thing: when you say “They will be speaking informal Italian”, it sounds exactly the same as if you were saying “They will be speaking in formal Italian” - so it’s useless, and I have to judge by the line before “They are friends so…” every time! Since it’s a podcast and we can’t see the words written down, I think it’s an important point to stress, or say, “They will be speaking IN informal Italian”, so it’s clear!… or some other way: “The conversation will be informal”, or something, so that what you are saying couldn’t easily mean exactly the OPPOSITE of what you saying!

Thanks and keep up the great work.
-Erica

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Ed says:

Please, what is the name of the song in the beginning of each lesson and who is doing the singing?

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Hi Ed!
It is a jingle made by one of our audio editors - I’m not sure who is doing the singing :D

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tom says:

Hi,

I’m a premium subscriber and have paid. I’m logged in so why does it direct me to the payment page when I try to click on vocabulary or flashcards? Very frustrating!!!!!

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Hi Tom,

It happens when your web-browser still have the old cache which it saved before you started your payment.

Could you log-out, delete all the cache of your web-browser, then log-in again? It would work well but please send us email at contactus@italianPod101.com if it won’t work well.

Thank you,

Jae
Team ItalianPod101.com

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Adam says:

Sono d’accordo con Erica! e molto difficile capire ‘informal/in formal’ perche suonano eguale!! Adam x

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Ciao Adam,
thank you for letting us know.
Your comments are important to improve our podcasts.

Chiara C.
Team ItalianPod101.com

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Sonja says:

Brilliant.
The podcast has vocabulary and grammar which is excellent.
The explanations clear and understandable.
i appreciate the opportunity to hear Italian spoken slowly as well as at normal speed.
Thank you very much

Sonja

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Team ItalianPod.com says:

Hi Sonja,
Thank you. We are glad you enjoy the lessons.
If you have any questions, please leave a message here.
Chiara
Team ItalianPod101.com

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italianlover says:

im new to this can someone help???????

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Hello italianlover,

If you are a beginner, I would suggest you start with our ‘Introduction’ or ‘Absolute Beginner’ series.

But if you need any technical or language related help, please do let us know . We’re here to help you!

We hope you enjoy our lessons.

Cheers,
Neha
Team ItalianPod101.com

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