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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Yawn. You’re having a slow start to your Monday morning, so you amble out of your Italian hotel room down to the local café. You walk in, and the barista greets you with a cheery “Good morning!” in Italian. “What can I get for you?” he asks in Italian. “The strongest thing you’ve got,” you reply in Italian. “Are you sure?” he queries in Italian, with one eyebrow raised. “Lay it on me, and make it a venti,” you exclaim in Italian, confident you can handle the caffeine buzz you’re about to get. “Oh,” he chuckles. “The venti is just our medium size in Italy. That’s all you want?” he asks. “No, I thought the venti was your largest. Give me the largest and strongest coffee you’ve got,” you request in Italian. After enjoying your Italian coffee, you manage to stay awake for three whole days. Next time, maybe you’ll ask for the small!

 

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to use the subjunctive mood after a personal or impersonal verb that expresses an opinion. You’ll also learn how to conjugate the Italian verb meaning “to want” and “to wish.” Finally, you’ll hear about one of the most famous churches in Italy. 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!

 


Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! While you’re out shopping in the Italian market, you come across a person shouting in Italian on the street. You can’t hear from far away, so you and your friend decide to approach him so you can understand his Italian. As you get closer, your friend tells you in Italian, “I think he’s shouting something about sandwiches.” A few paces later, you respond to your friend in Italian, “Yes, I think so too. And I think he’s saying something about them being free.” Your friend replies in Italian, “They’re giving away free sandwiches? I’m starving…we have to go investigate!” You and your friend start walking faster, and you discover the man is standing outside a new Italian deli. He’s screaming in Italian, “Free sandwiches. Get your free sandwiches here. Italian sandwiches for free to a good home!” You tell your friend in Italian, “I can think of no better home for a sandwich than my stomach! Let’s go in the store!”

 

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you how to use Italian definite articles. We’ll show you the rules of matching these Italian articles with their singular, plural, masculine, and feminine Italian nouns. We’ll also tell you why if someone offers you an Italian sandwich, you probably shouldn’t pass it up. 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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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! If you’re like most people, this is just about the time you begin to panic, in search of that one truly romantic, unique gift to express just how much you love your significant other. Chocolates? Flowers? A really sappy card? An eight-carat diamond anniversary ring? All those things are nice, but if you’re looking for something really special, something that says you spent some time actually thinking about your special someone, ItalianPod101.com has something BREATHTAKING for you!! ItalianPod101.com has put together an extraordinary Valentine’s Day YouTube Video! Imagine eating dinner on Valentine’s Day with the one you love, you reach across the table, take his or her hand in yours, and you whisper ‘I love you’, first in French, then Korean, then Japanese, then Italian… You get the picture. Suddenly, your love is swooning at the romantic gesture. Does it get more romantic than that?? And with ItalianPod101.com’s new Valentine’s Day YouTube Video, it couldn’t get any easier to impress the one you love either!

Impress that special someone in your life with a one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day gift this year! And ItalianPod101.com has tons of great videos on YouTube as an added resource for our listeners, so be sure to check them out while you are there! You can leave us a comment on YouTube or ItalianPod101.com to let us know what you think of our Valentine’s Day YouTube Video lesson…or, how it worked out for you! Happy Valentine’s Day from ItalianPod101.com!

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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! There absolutely could not be a more beautiful day than today. The weather is perfect, the sun is shining, and you are in Italiany! Even the birds seem to notice what a great day you are having! As you casually stroll along a park in Berlin on your way to meet a friend, the beauty of the day overwhelms you. As you reach the café in your dreamy state, your friend looks at you questioningly as you approach and asks in Italian, “Are you okay?” Bursting with the excitement of the day, you begin to tell her in Italian all about how beautiful the day has been. However, when you get to the part about the birds singing, you stop abruptly at a complete loss for the appropriate Italian words. Again, noticing the sudden disappointment on your face, your friend asks in Italian, “You still okay?” Deeply saddened by your inability to express the beauty of the swans in the pond or the beautiful peacock with its colorful display that you experienced today, you drop your head and answer in Italian, “Well, there were these birds, and they were pretty.” Your friend looks at you as if you have lost your mind, replying in Italian, “Oh, that’s nice.” Another lost opportunity… Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Video lesson will teach you the Italian vocabulary you need to talk about some beautiful birds and their actions in Italian. Don’t miss the opportunity to share your beautiful day with your friends in Italian! In this Italian vocabulary video, you will learn by watching the video, seeing both English and Italian translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Italian translations being read aloud by our native Italian speakers. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more great Italian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!


Anna is sleeping and her friend Elena decides to wake her up. She goes to Anna’s room and wakes her nicely. She then tells Anna that she has to get ready for a busy day, since she has to pay a visit to the museum. Anna acknowledges what her friend is saying, although she is still sleepy. In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the different uses of the verb dovere along with the tenses we should employ with it. Moreover, we will see the most common forms regarding how to wake people up. sbrigati hurry up

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