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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You ask your friend in Italian, “Since you don’t want to get ice cream after your date, what do you usually do?” Your friend responds in Italian, “If it’s a nice night, I’ll suggest going for a walk or going to an art show-something where we can watch people or study something else but also talk.” You ponder this for a moment and then inquire further in Italian, “And what do you do if your date says that she is hungry?” Your friend tells you in Italian, “I offer her a few suggestions for late-night snacks.” You ask in Italian, “Such as?” Your friend advises in Italian, “I tell her about a great Italian ice place, and then I also offer up the one surefire place she’ll love. If she loves pastries, and most people do, then you can’t go wrong here!”

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson considers an alternative way to form the hypothetical period in Italian by using a gerundio (”gerund”) in the subordinate clause. We’ll also tell you about a popular Italian songwriter and musician who has developed a new style of Italian jazz. 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 date told you in Italian, “Please excuse me for a moment,” and she headed for the back of the restaurant. Presuming she had to powder her nose (you have had several bottles of Italian wine during dinner, after all), you respond in Italian, “Of course.” However, now you’re starting to worry. You have no idea what might be taking so long…it’s been at least fifteen minutes since she excused herself in Italian. You’ve long drained your wineglass, so the waiter comes to the table and inquires in Italian, “Can I offer you another beverage?” You politely decline in Italian, fully expecting your date to return any second, and you wouldn’t want to presume to order another round if she were ready to leave. You start to wonder to yourself in Italian, “Does this restaurant has a back door that would permit her to escape unseen?” Finally, your date returns to the table, and you tell her in Italian, “I was starting to be concerned that you’d left without me! If you’d been gone any longer, I would have sent a search party!”

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson will continue our practice with the Italian hypothetical period, and we’ll also examine how we use the Italian particle ci.

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Italian clothes

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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Your friend calls you and asks in Italian, “Are you ready yet for your date?” You respond in Italian, “Actually, I’m getting ready right now. Why? Do you need something?” Your friend replies in Italian, “No, I was just checking to make sure you weren’t procrastinating. You see, if you were late, your date would be very unimpressed. It sends the wrong message-that you don’t care.” You ask your friend in Italian, “And you were worried that because I’m usually late for everything that I’m going to be late again tonight?” Your friend says in Italian, “If the shoe fits…” You respond in Italian, “I’ll have you know that I am running very much on time, or at least I was until you called me. Now if you don’t mind, I will be late if I don’t get off the phone with you.” You continue in Italian, “I have to go so I can continue getting ready. I have some very pressing hair matters to attend to!”

Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Lower Intermediate lesson focuses on how we use the Italian hypothetical period. We’ll also tell you about a northern Italian region that is culturally and linguistically sophisticated. 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!

Italian clothes

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