Wow! You never thought celebrating New Year’s in Italy would be a reality…but here you are! You have been dancing, laughing and chatting with your Italian friends, and eating some fantastic Italian foods all night long! Your Italian friends even found you a date with the most gorgeous Italian you have ever seen! You think to yourself, if this is a dream…please don’t wake me! The partygoers are starting to count down! You are so excited and what a fabulous way to begin the New Year! But you weren’t so prepared…were you? As your friends and everyone at the party kick off the New Year with hugs and kisses and plenty of well wishes in Italian, you are suddenly left silent. You became so caught up in the moment that it never occurred to you to learn how to wish these wonderful people “Happy New Year” in Italian! Don’t worry…I mean really, they can’t possibly go on wishing each other Happy New Year in Italian for any more than…the rest of the night!
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will prepare you to kick off the New Year in Italy with style! We will give you plenty of great ways to wish everyone you know (and those you may have just met) a Happy New Year in Italian! Then we will talk about how Italians spend their New Year’s, as well as some Italian New Year’s traditions you are sure to see! And don’t forget to visit ItalianPod101 for other great Italian learning materials! Leave us a comment while you are there!
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9 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #49 - Wish Your Friends a Happy New Year in Italian!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Tuesday at 8:18 pm
2. Marco is much easier to follow when you are doing the normal speed of an Italian conversation. Cinzia needs to keep the speed but not run the words together or drop the last syallables-at least for the Newbie and Beginner podcasts. With the Upper Intermediate and Advanced, there wouldn’t be as big as a problem-and Marco actually speeds up on those podcasts.
Wednesday at 10:26 am
Dear Einzia and Marco
Auguri di buon 2009!
I am really enjoying my lessons. Thank you!
Best Regards
Mina
Monday at 2:18 pm
Grazie a tutti!
Tuesday at 6:51 am
Buon Anno Marco and Cincia
tanti Auguri per tutti due … !!
Wednesday at 10:17 am
happy new year
Friday at 2:40 pm
Dear Kim Knox,
I have listened carefully to the lesson and Cinzia says “Buon 2009″, although she says it so fast that is sounds very close to “Buon …nove”.
She is actually saying “Buon duemilanove”.
We shall try to slightly slow down the Newbie dialogues.
Does anyone else have any suggestions on the dialogue speed?
Wednesday at 4:37 am
From the vocabulary sample sentences: “Il cotechino con le lenticchie รจ un piatto tipico del Capodanno italiano.”
What is cotechino?
Tuesday at 4:40 pm
Ciao Chuck,
“cotechino” is very famouse in Italy, we usually eat it during the New Year’s Eve. It’s a fresh sausage made from pork, fatback, and pork rind, it is shaped has a pork’s leg and it is often served with lentils, cutted in round slices.
I can only add that now young people are not eating it as a time in Italy, since it’s very fat, but if you have the chance please try it!!
Consuelo
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