Archive for February, 2007

7. The Midnight Spaghetti (Culture Shot)

February 25th, 2007

The Midnight Spaghetti - La Spaghettata di Mezzanotte

Learn Italian language with our seventh “Culture Shot” (”Colpo di Cultura”, in Italian), a weekly small bite of culture coming from Italy. Today we’ll talk about an all Italian recipe (”una ricetta tutta italiana”): The Midnight Spaghetti. The main ingredient is… a nice night out with friends. Right when you think it’s time to go to bed, one of the friends says: “Guys, why don’t we go to my place for spaghetti?” It’s almost midnight, and you really should go, but… can you say “no” to your friends? No way! Enjoy your spaghetti, everyone!

Culture Shot - Episode Nr. 7

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33. Active or Passive? (Intermediate)

February 18th, 2007

Active or Passive? - Attivo o Passivo?

Learn Italian with Podcasts! Let’s see what our Italian class is up to: today Professor Frison is going to introduce something new, the passive form. “No, no, passive form is too difficult!” says one student. Not so, says Professor Frison (aka Jane). She has a secret trick to make grammar rules stick: “When you want to learn something not so inviting like grammar” - she says - “use food in your examples, and you’ll see!” Enjoy!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 33

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6. Let’s Celebrate! (Culture Shot)

February 11th, 2007

Let's Celebrate! - Celebriamo!

Learn Italian with Podcasts! Here’s your sixth weekly small bite of culture coming from Italy, aka “Culture Shot”. You do know that for Italians every chance to celebrate is good, don’t you? And for sure you do know that Valentine’s Day, on which lovers express their love for each other, is coming up. But what about who’s happily single? No problem: Italian singles, tired of being left out, have started to celebrate St. Faustino’s Day on February 15th! So, Happy St. Valentine’s Day and/or Happy St. Faustino’s Day, everybody!

Culture Shot - Episode Nr. 6

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32. Running Errands (Intermediate)

February 4th, 2007

Running Errands - Fare dei Giri

Learn Intermediate Level Italian with Podcasts! Today we are going to find out why our foreign student of Italian did not show up in class for the past few days and in doing so we are going to practice some useful prepositions, like “a” (to), “da” (to), and “in” (in). We’ll also get the chance to learn some colloquial Italian expressions like “fare dei giri” (to run some errands) and “e’ un pezzo che…” (it’s been a while since…). Enjoy!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 32

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