Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’re being chased through the Italian streets, but you’re not quite sure who’s chasing you. It started when a sinister figure started following you down the street after you left an Italian cafe. When you quickened your pace, so did your pursuer. It’s fortunate that you’ve been training for the marathon taking place in Rome, Italy this year, so you break into a sprint. Apparently, the person chasing you isn’t so lucky, because you finally lose him after a mile. You pause in the doorway of an Italian hotel, and its doorman asks you in Italian, “Do you have a euro?” You respond in Italian, “No, I don’t have a euro. Why?” Then, you hear your spouse asking you in Italian, “Honey, are you talking in your sleep again?” You blink your eyes and explain in Italian, “someone was chasing me, and then a hotel doorman wanted a euro.” Your spouse replies in Italian, “Oh, I know what it means. You dreamed that because we didn’t tip the doorman when he got our taxi last night and you were upset with me. I’ll tip him double today.”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you two more ways you can use the imperfect verb tense in Italian-as a substitute for other tenses and when you’re relaying what happened in a dream. We’ll also tell you how to “confess” 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 just got some good news: even in a slow job market, your top choice of employers in Italy offered you a job. Your roommate tells you in Italian, “Congratulations! We must celebrate your good results. Why don’t we go out to eat tonight!” You respond in Italian, “Thank you, and yes, dinner is good. But let’s try something different tonight. Are there any Asian places around here?” Your roommate says in Italian, ” Asian food when you’re in Italy? Ah, you’re kidding me , of course. We’ll feast on some delicious pasta tonight, my friend.” You respond in Italian, “But we’ve had pasta almost every night this week.” Your roommate remarks in Italian, “So? It’s delicious, and there are so many ways to prepare it…” You reply in Italian, “Haven’t you ever heard that carbohydrates are bad for you? We’re supposed to enjoy everything in moderation.” Your roommate responds in Italian, “Do you remember where you are? Italy is not the land of moderation. If you want moderation, then maybe you should go to an Asian country instead!”
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 the imperfect tense of Italian verbs to describe a physical, mental, or emotional state. We’ll also tell you the Italian time expressions that require the imperfect tense. 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 been slaving over an Italian meal for your friends all day. After your guests arrive, they ask you in Italian, “Is there anything we can do to help?” You respond in Italian, “No, just go enjoy some Italian wine. I’ll be done with dinner in a few minutes.” You put the finishing touches on your Italian uncle’s recipe for marinara sauce and deliver the heaping dishes of pasta and sauce to the dining room table. You and your friends begin to eat your Italian feast, and one comments in Italian, “Wow, this tastes so great! Where did you learn to cook this way?”You respond in Italian, “When I was little, I used to sit in my grandparents’ kitchen and watch my grandmother and her children cook for hours. Over the years, my relatives taught me our family’s secret recipes.” Your friend inquires in Italian, “How secret are they? I’d love to get my hands on the recipe for this sauce!” You shake your head and say in Italian, “The only people who will ever learn these recipes are my direct descendants!”
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 the imperfect tense of Italian verbs to refer to past habits, past actions in progress, and series of events. We’ll also tell you what to call your family members 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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Does life get any better? You spent all day today shopping all over Italy…anywhere you wanted to go! You were supposed to take your best friend in Italy along, but for some reason she never showed up. However, you can’t be late! You’ll just pick her up an Italian couture blouse and she will never mention it again! Well, at least you thought so! You must have lost cell phone coverage at some point today…you have seven voicemails from your Italian friend! She says she has looked all over Italy for you and asks in Italian why you didn’t wait for her! You explain very quickly in Italian, “while you were looking for her, you saw a sale on an Italian sweater she has wanted.” So as any friend would, you stopped and bought it. Then, you explain in Italian, “while you were searching the streets for her, you found an exquisite pair of Italian earrings.” So, you bought those for her as well. Twenty minutes later, “while your extravagant web of lies has cost you almost all the expensive Italian trinkets you found shopping without your friend today, you saved a priceless friendship.”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will teach you how to combine the Italian passato prossimo and imperfetto tenses to convey past occurrences in formal narrations. Then we will discuss someone whom some believe to be the last great emperor of the Roman Empire-Marcus Aurelius. Visit us at ItalianPod101 where you will find other great Italian lessons and learning materials! Leave us a comment while you are there!
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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Ah, it’s almost summertime in Italy, and you are looking for things to do. You go to the library to check out some books on places to visit outside Italy, but you’re not sure how much it will cost to travel. Moreover, your Italian employer is only giving you two weeks off this year, so you want to spend them wisely. You decide maybe you’ll stay close to home and travel through the Italian countryside, and you suggest that idea to a few friends of yours. To your surprise, one of your compatriots suggests in Italian, “I have a better idea.” You respond in Italian, “Oh yeah? What’s that?” Your friend tells you in Italian, “Let’s create our own Italian carnival like the Romans used to hold! The Romans used to celebrate by gambling, playing pranks, and meeting up with ladies in all sorts of clandestine ways.” You reply in Italian, “Sounds scandalous. I’m in!”
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will review the various ways we’ve learned to use the Italian imperfect verb tense. We’ll contrast this verb tense with the present perfect and past perfect in Italian, and then we’ll give you the lowdown on the Roman carnival. You won’t want to miss this lesson! 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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