Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’re rushing through a project so you can meet your friends for a quick dinner when your mother calls you. She asks you in Italian when you’re coming home. When you explain that you have plans with friends, she tells you that she’s prepared an elaborate Italian feast and expects you home in an hour. What should you do?
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your family using possessive adjectives and pronouns in Italian. Our conversation takes place at a bar in Milan, Italy at aperitivo time, around six-thirty P.M. The conversation is between two Italian students and one U.S. exchange student. The speakers are friends; therefore, they’ll be speaking informal Italian. We’ll also tell you why many family members remain at home in Italy longer than in other countries. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You see a black cat in front of you on the Italian street, so you quickly grab your friend and cross to the other side. Your friend asks you in Italian why you crossed the street. You try to explain the superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck, but your Italian friend isn’t buying it. She runs back and starts petting the cat!
In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about events in the past using the passato prossimo (”present perfect”) and imperfetto (”imperfect”) tenses in Italian. Our conversation takes place between two friends in front of a pet store in Italy. Since the speakers are friends, they are speaking informal Italian. You’ll also discover the significance of cats in Italian culture. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! After your visit to some beautiful gardens in Italy the other day, you got motivated to do some planting of your own. You find a local greenhouse, select some plants, and buy some gardening tools. When you get home with your purchases, your significant other asks you what you’re planning to do with all the plants since you have a small patio, not a backyard! In this lesson, you’ll learn the many ways you can use the Italian pronoun ci. Our conversation takes place in a park, near Garda Lake, in Italy. The conversation is between two Italian students and one university exchange student from the United States. The speakers are friends; therefore, they will be speaking informal Italian. We’ll also preview the most beautiful garden in Italy and possibly the world. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Your alarm clock is blaring Italian music, but you’re too tired to hit the gym before work. You decide that you’ll walk to work instead of taking the Italian bus to get some exercise. Of course, then you hit the snooze button. By the time you get up, it’s too late for any exercise!
In this lesson, you’ll look closely at the Italian verb farcela. Our conversation takes place in a park near Garda Lake, in Italy. The conversation takes place at a gym between an Italian student and a university exchange student from the United States. The speakers are friends; therefore, they’ll be speaking informal Italian. You’ll also find out how much Italians like to play sports and what they do to keep fit, and you’ll learn Italian vocabulary related to exercise. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’ve done it again: you overestimated how quickly you could finish an Italian project, and now you’ll be late to meet your friends. Fortunately, you know the way to the Italian destination you’re visiting this afternoon, but you don’t want to be late for the festival taking place there! After all, it only lasts during the daylight hours; if you get there too late, you’ll just have to turn around and come back on the Italian train.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about vacation in Italian and how to use the Italian verbs volerci and metterci to express time. Our Italian conversation takes place at a university during a break. The conversation is between an Italian student and an American exchange student. Since the speakers are friends, they’re speaking informal Italian. 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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