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4. Dipping Into Nutella (Culture Shot)

January 14th, 2007

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Dipping Into Nutella - Intingere Nella Nutella

Learn Italian with our fourth “Culture Shot” (”Colpo di Cultura”, in Italian), a weekly small bite of culture coming from Italy. This time it’s about food: some says pizza is Italians’ favorite food, some other says it’s pasta… all wrong, says Jane! She’s saying that, according to a recent poll, Italians’ favorite food is… wait! Let’s do not spoil the surprise: listen to this episode to find out and… happy dipping, everybody!

Culture Shot - Episode Nr. 4

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17 Responses to "4. Dipping Into Nutella (Culture Shot)"

Dante Says:

January 18th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

Ciao Massimo e Jane!!! come va?! tutto ok?!….ho una domanda!…where i can find more about “La nutella”….

Ciao, e a presto!!!

Dana Says:

January 19th, 2007 at 10:57 am

Hi Jane and Massimo - I am having trouble with the final sentence of this podcast. Can you translate it word-by-word?

Thanks.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 19th, 2007 at 9:15 pm

Dante, to learn more about Nutella, you can start here.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 19th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

Dana, that’s “the delicious product is so famous that actually degree theses have been written about it”.

Jeanine Says:

January 19th, 2007 at 11:42 pm

Hello, approximately how long does it take to learn enough Italian to understand it? I only have 10 minutes a day and have downloaded the free iPod podcast, but it seems I am learning it very slowly? Is there a trick to learning Italian faster? Thanks!

Dante Says:

January 20th, 2007 at 8:01 pm

To: Jeanine

I don’t believe there’s a trick to learn italian or any other language. Basically, you just gotta love the language, and practice everything you learn as much as you can. Keep trying!!

A presto!!

Jeanine Says:

January 21st, 2007 at 9:08 pm

Thank you, Dante! I will keep listening to the lessons and practice as much as possible.

I am not sure where to post a general question so I will ask it here.

When you become a subscriber, are the printed lessons condensed? Can you get them in a Microsoft Word format instead of PDF so you can add more to one piece of paper? For me it helps to read the words while I listen.

Thanks again!

Jeanine

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 21st, 2007 at 10:51 pm

Jeanine, you can see how lessons’ transcripts (and supplementary vocabulary & quizzes) are by clicking here (that’s our “try it free” area).

Currently we only offer lessons’ transcripts as PDF (sorry!), and yes, it definitely speeds up the process of learning a language if you have a visual reference while listening to it.

Dante Says:

January 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 am

To Jeanine:

You’re welcome! . I have good news for you. Anyone can get Adobe Player for free, which will allow you to view PDF documents. If you wish to add more stuff to it what you can do, once you downloaded it, is copy and paste the dialogue in a word document.

Hopefully this makes sense to you!

Ciao, e a presto!!

Jeanine Says:

January 22nd, 2007 at 11:59 pm

Thank you! That helps a bunch!

Lawren & Steve Says:

January 25th, 2007 at 10:05 am

Ciao Jane e Massimo -

We moved to Italy around the same time you started the podcast; we’ve been diligently listening & learning every week. From beginner to intermediate, each and every one of your lessons has helped us immensely.

The Culture Shot is an excellent addition to the repertoire. We are glad that you are offering more advanced lessons (we’ve never really needed transcripts until the ‘Nutella’ episode).

Could you give some more example sentences using “su di esso/a” and “addirittura” ?

Grazie mille!
Lawren & Steve
Verona, IT

PS. I am sure you are aware of this phenomenon: the very instant we learn a new word or phrase, we start hearing it everywhere —on TV, on the street, etc. etc.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 25th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

Example with “su di esso”: “una volta scaricato il file, fai doppio click su di esso per aprirlo” - “once downloaded the file, double click on it to open it.

Example with “addirittura”: “la spedizione potra’ essere ritardata di alcuni giorni o addirittura settimane” - “the shipment could be delayed a few days or even weeks”.

Lawren & Steve Says:

January 26th, 2007 at 6:57 am

These examples are very helpful. Thanks! and, again, we really enjoy your lessons.

Jael Says:

March 5th, 2007 at 12:17 am

YUMMMMM LOVE Nutella!
Loved this one! :]
Thanks!

Steve Says:

February 7th, 2008 at 4:33 am

The audio in the VIP section is off by one and one of the english translations are in Italian.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

February 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am

Steve - thanks for pointing it out. It is now working fine.

simon Says:

May 27th, 2008 at 3:23 am

Hi Massimo and Jane
‘Nutella’ was the first podcast where I couldn’t work out a sentence by using WordReference alongside it. It finally tipped me over the edge to subscribe. I had been feeling guilty anyway for having had free access to so much learning material via iTunes.
Glad I did, because the site is really well organised, and doing the quizzes made me realise how much you have helped me since I had to listen to the first beginner’s episode about twelve times last summer to make any sense of it.

Mille grazie

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