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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Tick, tock, tick, tock! You’ve been waiting and waiting for the annual sale at your favorite Italian shop, and today is the day! You spring out of bed in the morning, eager to be first in line to go into the Italian store. You think this Italian store opens early, but you’re not sure, so you decide to arrive early just to be on the safe side. You call your friend and tell him in Italian, “It’s time to go!” He sounds as if he just woke up, so you screech in his ear in Italian, “Our favorite store is having its yearly sale today!” Your friend asks in Italian, “What time is it?” You tell him in Italian, “That doesn’t matter. It’s time to get up!” Your friend responds in Italian, “Seriously, you need to get a grip. But I like you, so I’ll get up, and then you’re going to buy me some coffee.” You tell him in Italian, “That’s fine. Whatever it takes to get you to meet me. See you in half an hour!”

 

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Absolute Beginner lesson will show you how to form the present tense of the third conjugation of Italian verbs. You’ll also learn about a special Italian grammar wonder called the “interfix.” Finally, we’ll tell you about when you’ll be able to shop and dine in Italy by sharing the typical hours for these Italian businesses with you. 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 are enjoying what was a quiet picnic lunch in a quiet Italian park, when suddenly, your children come barreling towards you screaming! It seems like it takes ten minutes to calm them and their friends down enough so that you can concentrate on one voice at a time! Your son yells in Italian, “Mom, mom!!! We were at the pond and we saw something moving in the water!!” His friend, equally excited, continues in Italian, “Come see, come see!! Pleeeease! What IS it?” Laughing, both out of relief and because they are adorable, you agree to go explore the depths of the pond with them. As you reach the edge of the water, both boys are tugging at you and screaming in Italian, “See it? There it is!! What is that???” You move a little closer to get a better look, almost stumbling into the water (which you are SURE they would have enjoyed tremendously), when you realize what it is they are talking about. You point to the little swimmer in the water and tell the boys in Italian, “That is a frog…and that one there, that is a newt.” The boys stare into the water with a newfound fascination; you can almost hear the wheels spinning in their heads, when they turn and look at you and both reply in Italian, “Can we keep him, can we keep him? PLEEEEEAAAASE???” Well, ItalianPod101.com can’t prepare you for everything, you know? Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you how to talk about amphibians and reptiles in Italian. In this Italian vocabulary video, you will learn Italian 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!

 


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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’s nowhere in the world better to buy shoes than Italy,” you tell your friend in Italian. He agrees wholeheartedly, saying in Italian, “The best leather in the world is in these Italian shops. Do you see anything you like?” You respond in Italian, “Yes, here’s a great high heel pump in this window. It’s beautiful. What do you think?” You friend tells you in Italian, “It IS a beautiful shoe, but look how high its heel is-that’s at least five inches tall.” You respond in Italian, “Yes, but I wear high heels all the time. It might be just a little bit taller than my boots.” Your friend replies in Italian, “That may be true, but don’t you have enough problems walking in your other tall shoes? Maybe you should consider some flats.” You turn, put your hands on your hips, and say in Italian, “Are you trying to tell me I’m too clumsy to pull off these heels? Watch me!”

 

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 determine the gender and number of Italian nouns. Once you have the rules for these two attributes of Italian nouns down, you can then apply them and pick out the right Italian adjective to match. Just keep in mind that you may want to think twice before you share your opinions in 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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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You are finally in Italy, and while others might be happy with “normal” sightseeing tours, you want to experience EVERYTHING Italy has to offer! On today’s agenda - the zoo in Italy! You can’t wait to see how different the zoo might be from the one back home you have seen since you were two. As you walk through the zoo, you overhear people chatting about the animals in Italian. A lady looking at the monkeys says excitedly in Italian, “Look honey! The monkeys are eating ants with a stick!” You rush over to the monkeys; you have only seen them use tools on TV! How exciting! Moments later, you hear a man telling his son in Italian, “Look at what that baby elephant is doing!” Excited to see something new again (and feeling a little like a kid again), you rush to the elephants where you see the baby throwing dirt all around him. How cute is that? Throughout the day, you witness amazing things from wild animals that you have never seen before! And none of this would be possible if you hadn’t learned Italian. This was definitely a great idea! Good thing you came prepared! Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you the Italian vocabulary to talk about safari animals. Whether it’s to enrich your vacation or to tell the police where the black rhinoceros hit your car, this video lesson is sure to help you tame the wild beast…well, at least the vocabulary for it! In this Italian vocabulary video, you will learn Italian 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!