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49. Skiing In Cortina

November 5th, 2006

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Skiing In Cortina - Sciare A Cortina

Learn Italian with Podcasts! Today we are going to hear about Massimo’s plan to spend next weekend skiing and having fun in one of the most famous Italian winter destinations, Cortina d’Ampezzo. Let’s review and practice words that you can use to describe places, like “bel panorama” (beautiful view), or “piste fantastiche” (fantastic ski runs). Enjoy!

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13 Responses to "49. Skiing In Cortina"

Remo Says:

November 6th, 2006 at 3:37 am

You’re doing great! It’s my Italian thats suck

Silvana Says:

November 6th, 2006 at 4:15 pm

Hello Massino and Jane. I’m brazilian and i love Italy since i was a child. I dream to travel to Italy every day and now more and more because of you. This site is soooo wonderful, here i’m learning a language that i want and love, with people very special like you. Thanks a lot!

Kisses

joffrey Says:

November 6th, 2006 at 4:17 pm

Grazie per lezione, le fatto molto bene ! Io no ! Pero con le tue lezioni…

Gabor Says:

November 16th, 2006 at 8:11 am

Ciao Jane, ciao Massimo!

Grazie per questo sito internet, e per fantastiche lezioni!
I’m a hungarian guy, and I feel happy, that at least last year I’ve decided to learn Italian, and I feel very happy ’cause I’ve found your site.

I’am not a native english speaker, maybe that is why I feel sometimes that there is too much english in your lessions. I would vote for more italian.

Perhaps a question. How would you say in Italian: “and remember: 5 minutes a day can make the difference”?

a presto, vostro Gabor

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

November 16th, 2006 at 8:41 am

You would say “cinque minuti al giorno possono fare la differenza”.

Dan Says:

April 5th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

Ciao Jane e Massimo,

Would you explain why “fine settimana” is masculine?

Grazie mille

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

April 5th, 2007 at 7:32 pm

“Fine settimana” comes from the English “week-end”, and it is considered a unique word of male gender. So Italians say “il fine settimana”, “buon fine settimana”, and so on. The female form “la fine settimana” is not wrong - it’s just used a lot less.

Catherine Says:

December 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm

Ciao Jane e Massimo!

Sto imparando italian per un anno e mezzo e penso che questo sito sia bravissimo! Spero d’usare il Vostro sito per imparare piu!

Grazie mille e buon lavoro!

Translation:

I’m studying Italian for 1.5 year and I think this site is great. I hope to use your site to learn more!

Thanks a thousand and good work!

mallory Says:

January 18th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

I really want to learn Italian because that is most of my culture. I love Italian stuff like the food!!!!!!!!!! YUM!!

marvin Says:

February 6th, 2008 at 3:58 am

Ciao,

I need some help in the pronunciation of ’sciare’. Your pronunciation sounds like ’shee àh reh’. But in a pronunciation chart I have the letters ’scia’ have the phonetic symbol ’shah’. And so ’sciare’ would be pronounced ’shàh re’. Could you please clarify?

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

February 6th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

Marvin, the way it sounds on the lesson: ’shee àh reh’ is correct - the letter “i” (sound “e” in English) must be pronounced when saying the word “sciare”.

marvin Says:

February 7th, 2008 at 4:52 am

Ciao Jane è Massimo,

I now realize that in order for me to really know how to pronounce words with the appropriate accents I need a good dictionary that provides that type of information. Today I went out and bought the ‘new’ Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary (2nd edition)….and when I looked up ’sciare’ it was just as you had pronounced it. Keep up the good work!! Grazie!!

Shirley Says:

August 24th, 2008 at 3:21 pm

One thing for sure is my pronunciation is much better thanks to five minutes a day. I really like to be able to read the lessons after listening. This program has been terrific. If anything I will be able to understand much more. Thank you!

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