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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! It’s the holidays, and you’re visiting your girlfriend’s family in Italy for the first time. Meeting the parents can be a bit awkward, so you ask your girlfriend in Italian for some advice. She tells you in Italian, “Be sure to tell them hello and look them in the eye when you speak Italian.” Not convinced, you probe further in Italian, “Should I shake your dad’s hand?” She laughs and responds in Italian, “That’s fine, but everyone else is going to come in for the kiss on the cheek.” You reply in Italian, “Seriously? The first time I meet them they’re going to go in for the kiss?” She advises you in Italian, “Yes, and you’ll be okay. Just roll with it and do what they do.” You shrug your shoulders and tell her in Italian, “Okay, but I’m limiting it to one kiss on the cheek per person. I have a bubble of personal space, you know!”

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you basic Italian greetings, including how to say “hello” in Italian. We’ll also tell you what to expect when you first meet an Italian person so you start off your Italian relationships on the right foot. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Italian lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute Beginner 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.

27 Responses to “Absolute Beginner #1 - Greeting Your New Friends with Perfect Italian”

ItalianPod101.com says:

Benvenuti a questa nuova serie! Welcome to this new series!

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LN says:

Ciao!
Thanks for all those great lessons!!
What is the difference between beginner, newbie, absolute beginner and survival phrases?
and when will we have the Intermediate serie :grin: ?

Arrivederci!

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doa_Leon says:

Buon Anno a tutti! Thank you very much for this lesson ^^

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Stuart says:

Yes, it’s particularly difficult figuring out the most appropriate sequence for approaching these lessons. Clearly this new series is indeed for the “absolute beginner”, as the name clearly indicates.

However, my confusion is regarding the “Newbie” vs the “Beginner” Series. I went through the complete “Newbie 1″ series and a fair amount of the “Beginner 1,” series, and it was never clear to me if this made sense, or if I should have moved onto Newbie 2??
Can someone please provide the learners with a set of general recommendations??

Thanks very much.

Stuart

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Rose says:

Molto Grazie!

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steffen saemann says:

:wink: where are the answers to comments regarding difference Beginner, Newbie….can you explain it ? Grazie

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Marco says:

Dear Steffen,
You can find all the information here.
http://www.italianpod101.com/help-center/the-courses/
Absolute Beginner is close to the Newbie level.

Thank you for listening to our lessons.

Buona giornata

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Talyr says:

Ciao, i was wondering, when do you know when to say piacere and when to say piacere di conoscerla? Don’t they mean the same?

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Talyr,
the meaning of “piacere” and “piacere di conoscerla” is exactly the same.

By the way we can use “piacere” in both a formal or a casual situation, while “piacere di conoscerla” is always referred to the third singular courtesy person “Lei” making it very formal.

Consuelo :smile:

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Deb says:

I have been doing the newbie lessons for a while and now my daughter is learning with me, we are starting the absolute beginner lessons. I must say she is learning much faster than me :oops: :razz:

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Deb,

how old is your daughter? :grin:

You’re learning together, it sounds really fun!

Consuelo :wink:

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Snowy says:

In the Expansion with Audio files, the one for ‘E tu?’ seems to be missing :’(

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Snowy,

Thank you very much for pointing out. We’ll fix it asap!!

Grazie mille,

Consuelo

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Karima says:

ciao consuelo,

you wrote “grazie mille”, but I have book to learn italian and it’s written”mille grazie” is there any difference ??!! :roll:

ciao

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Karima says:

ciao,

why there is no answer for my question :sad:

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Consuelo says:

Ciao Karima,
sorry for the delay! Saying “mille grazie” or “grazie mille” is exactly the same. :grin:

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soma says:

grazieeee :grin:

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Consuelo says:

Preeeeegooooo!!….for what? ah ah :grin:

Consuelo^^

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john rovelli says:

have started the lessons, and am pleased. I grew up speaking the dialect of my folks, and the came from Alessandria,Italy. The formal Italian is very different, and I am trying to catch up to date. So far, I am on the free side of things; and I am thinking about going further.Now, I must get back to my lesson. Thanks.

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Miranda Van says:

Melisa says: hi, my name is Melisa cocks and you?:

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Andrea Seidl says:

How do I get this crap to download to my itunes so I can listen when I have time? I couldn’t care less about all your fluff. I just want to learn.

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Hi Andrea,

Please take a look at our How to Download page for more information.
http://www.italianpod101.com/downloads/

This is the exact page that talks about the Basic and Premium feeds that you can use to download our lessons through iTunes:
http://www.italianpod101.com/basic-premium-podcast-feed/

Please let us know if you have any questions about downloading!

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Joanna Kelly says:

The user name and pass word you sent me does not work!!!! :sad: http://www.italianpod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

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Marla says:

looking foward to learning all I can in italian.Voglio viaggiare per il mundo.First word of the day I was emailed.viaggiare-to travel.And I want to travel the world.Actually something I want to do.

arrivederci!

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Ciao Marla,
Glad to have you here! Where would you like to travel? :)

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nelly says:

ciao? how does this work? im trying to learn!!!!!!:???::???::???:

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ItalianPod101.com says:

HI nelly,
Please visit our First Steps page to find out how the lessons work and what you’re supposed to do:
http://www.italianpod101.com/helpcenter/getstarted/firststeps/

Please let us know if you have any questions!

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