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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Your friend asks you in Italian, “What do you think you’ll do this weekend?” You respond in Italian, “I have no idea…it’s only Monday! But I think I’ll probably have to study. School is really hard this year, and I have a few midterms coming up. I believe I need to study hard to do well.” Your friend tells you in Italian, “Well, don’t tell me you plan on studying all weekend long. The beautiful weather won’t last much longer, and I think we should take advantage of it and do something outside before it gets too cold.” You reply in Italian, “Well, one thing that will probably tear me away from my books is a trip to the beach.” Your friend says in Italian, “I believe that can be arranged! Now we have something to look forward to all week!”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson takes a look at the Italian expressions we use to say that we “believe” and “think,” credo di and penso di, respectively. We’ll also tell you what to expect from your Italian neighbors and show you how to politely interact with them in Italy. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! While you’re on the way to an Italian restaurant, you notice an elderly lady carrying what appears to be two heavy bags of groceries. It’s a hot evening in Italy, and you rush over to her, intending to ask in Italian whether you can help her. Of course, seeing a stranger rush down the Italian streets surprises her, and she begins to scream in Italian, “Help me, help me! This person is about to attack me!” You respond in Italian, “Ma’am, I’m sorry for startling you, but I’d just like to help you. Let me carry your groceries.” She replies in Italian, “Yes, of course. I just thought you were trying to rob me!” You tell her in Italian, “No…not unless you have some very valuable pasta in that bag of yours!” She chuckles and says in Italian, “Well, to an Italian, there is always great value in a delicious home-cooked meal!”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will continue teaching you about the present progressive tense. We’ll also show you the Italian courtesy forms related to helping people when they are performing an ongoing action. Usually, a person who notices someone in need of assistance starts this type of Italian dialogue, but you could also use it to reassure someone in Italian that you are just trying to help. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’re at the store buying some groceries when you run into an Italian acquaintance. Noticing quite a bit of pasta and bread in your friend’s cart, you remark in Italian, “You seem to be a friend of the carbohydrate!” Your friend replies in Italian, “Yep, I’m guilty. I’ve never met a carb I didn’t like!” You tell your friend in Italian, “I used to be that way, but then I decided I needed to lose weight. I don’t eat bread, pasta, and most importantly, desserts anymore. How I long for a doughnut or a loaf of bread like that one in your cart!” Your friend responds in Italian, “Oh, but you don’t have to give it up. I usually eat all the bread I want, and I don’t gain a pound.” You say in Italian, “How is that possible? You always look like you’re in such great shape. What’s your secret?” Your friend whispers in Italian, “At least an hour at the gym every day!”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will do many things, including showing you the Italian congiuntivo presente tense, teaching you an additional meaning of the Italian verb andare, reviewing the different grammar and syntax of Italian time and frequency adverbs, and discussing the most common Italian structures that we use to refer to a determined group. We will also discuss some Italian lunch-eating habits and tell you how Italians’ relationship to good has changed over different generations. 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! While you’re sitting at an Italian bar, someone comes up, stands next to you, and orders a drink in Italian. The person is mere millimeters away from you, and you tell your friend in Italian, “This guy’s a bit close to me, isn’t he?” Your friend replies in Italian, “Isn’t that just how guys are? Always in your space?” You turn and glare at the back of his head and respond in Italian, “No…at least, I don’t like it when they are. This is too much!” You take your elbow and give him just a bit of a slight shove, and he turns and says in Italian, “Hey, watch your elbow!” He then puts his hand on your back and continues in Italian, “But you can do that again if you want to because you’re so beautiful!” You tell him in Italian, “Hey, you creep, you just try to touch me again and I’ll be sure to put my elbow somewhere else less pleasant!”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will show yow how to use the Italian passato prossimo tense to refer to things that have just happened. We’ll also teach you more about Italian adverbs and the Italian verb that means “to believe.” Finally, we’ll explain how not to cross the line into inappropriate body language and contact when speaking with others in Italy. 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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