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September, 2008 
One of the best things about Italian nightlife isn’t going out, but staying in. Just as in other countries, Italians often enjoy staying at home, turning on the TV or firing up the video game console, and relaxing. But the best thing about staying home in Italy is the pizza. Instead of the tough cardboard covered in rubbery “cheese” and “tomato” paste, served outside of Italy’s borders, each Italian pizza delivered to each Italian home is a gift from the divine. In today’s dialogue, Anna doesn’t have anything on either, and enjoys a pizza. Today we have a dialogue full of idiomatic expressions, we are going to study how to use the preposition di, see the Italian word giro and its different usages and the corresponding English translation. So why did Anna spend the night in and didn’t hang around with Luca and Peter? In today’s dialogue Peter asks Anna about the night before. 
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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’re standing in the elevator in an Italian office building, and you’re confused. You’re pretty sure the person you met while you were out last night told you in Italian to visit her today at work. Last night, she said in Italian, “Come by my office…talk to the receptionist on the thirteenth floor and she’ll point you in my direction.” So far, you’ve looked in every elevator in the building, but you don’t see a button for the thirteenth floor. You wonder whether you misunderstood her Italian, so you go to the security desk and ask in Italian, “My friend told me to visit her on the thirteenth floor, but I don’t see an elevator to take me there.” The security guard tells you in Italian, “That’s because there isn’t a thirteenth floor…we’re a little superstitious. If you have her name, I can tell you where she is.” You respond in Italian, “All I know is Maria.” The guard sighs and tells you in Italian, “That’s probably the most popular name in this building! Sorry.”
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Batman, Spiderman and the Phantom of the Opera all owe something to the tradition of 17th Century Venice. Huh? No, Spiderman wasn’t adopted from a historical character. I’m not sure that they even had genetically altered spiders in the Venetian republic. I’m talking about masks! I am sure you have seen the beautiful Venetian masks in many Hollywood movies. Today at italianpod101 we are going to take a detailed look at how and when they were used in real life! In this series, we’ll use all Italian blogs to explore the people and places of Italy. Today immerse yourself in Italian, and learn about Venice and its fabulous masks, while learning Italian. For the English translation, review exercises, and for easier courses on Italian, visit ItalianPod101.com! Ciao!
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Today’s lesson is not only for all you Italian learners, but for all you males. Did you know that a lady doesn’t just wake up in the morning looking beautiful? Here’s a tip: If you want your female friend to look nice for your evening out, you’ll need to leave her time to get ready. Don’t just book a table for half an hour later, tell your girlfriend to get ready, slip on some jeans and hope that she’s ready to go. Manuel understands this, and has thought ahead; we hope you can too.
In today’s lesson, we will review the Italian periodo ipotetico, the theoretical functioning of its three main types, along with their tense agreement structure. Moreover, we will provide you with useful usage notes and learning tips. For more grammar explanations, review questions, and advanced lessons, visit ItalianPod101.com now!
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Today Elena has gone to Pisa, the fashion capital of Italy. Yes, we know that it’s not the fashion capital of Italy, but Elena seems to have got it into her mind that it is. Yes, we tried talking her out of it, but she wouldn’t listen. What’s that? You hear her car in the driveway? Oh, here she is. I wonder how it went… In today’s lesson we will see how to translate an English negative sentence in Italian, how to use the clauses nonand niente, and the usage of the word magari to express wishes and desires. We will also study another interrogative adverb we use in Italian in place of perché. For more useful material, review questions, a full PDF writeup and more, visit ItalianPod101.com!
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