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3. Happiness Is A Bowl of Pasta (5 Minutes A Day)

January 10th, 2010

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #3 of the all new LearnItalianPod “5 Minutes A Day” lesson series is now live! This one is called: “Happiness is a Bowl of Pasta”. Pasta is definitely “the queen of Italian cuisine”, and it is also certainly one of the most loved foods in the world. So, let’s have a little fun today and let’s learn and practice a lot of useful Italian words, sentences, grammatical and cultural facts around “la pasta”, and more in general, about eating… the Italian way. Enjoy!

[At The Restaurant: How Would You Say It? - LearnItalianPod VIP Members Extra Bonus!] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “At The Restaurant: How Would You Say It?“, a terrific way to improve your Italian and be prepared for those “real-life” situations when you want to say something in Italian but you can only think it in English. Practice this, and you’ll see the difference next time you walk into an Italian restaurant!

5 Minutes A Day - Episode #3

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• Difficulty Level 5 Minutes A Day
• Tags: food
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3. Quando, Quando, Quando (Canta Che Ti Passa)

June 21st, 2009

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Learn Italian with the newest show on LearnItalianPod.com: “Canta Che Ti Passa”, episode #3! This time we feature a very famous, happy and joyful Italian pop song called “Quando, Quando, Quando”.

Presented at the Festival di Sanremo contest in 1962 by great singer and music producer Tony Renis, “Quando, Quando, Quando” didn’t win the contest, but went on to become a huge success all over the world, recorded by hundreds of different artists. The sung Italian of this great song is so clear and precise that you are sure to greatly improve your Italian pronunciation by practicing these lyrics. Happy singing, everyone!

[LearnItalianPod VIP Members Extra Bonus!] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, lesson #3 (which includes audio file and PDF transcript) of the new mini series “How Would You Say It”. This lesson is entitled “At The Restaurant”, and that’s a terrific way to improve your Italian and be prepared for those “real-life” situations when you need to say something in Italian but you can only think it in English.

Canta Che Ti Passa - Episode Nr.3

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• Difficulty Level Canta Che Ti Passa
• Tags: food, music
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13. How To Eat Vegetarian (HTI)

February 17th, 2008

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod! Julia, a vegetarian from New York, was traveling through the beautiful region of Liguria. She stopped at a local restaurant, thinking she was going to have trouble in ordering a vegetarian meal but to her surprise her waiter, Stefano, was able to put together a nice dinner all vegetarian. So today let’s find out how to order a vegetarian meal in almost any Italian restaurant. Enjoy!

How To Italian - Episode Nr.13

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• Difficulty Level How To Italian
• Tags: food, how to
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5. How To Tip Your Waiter (HTI)

December 9th, 2007

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In Italy, tipping your waiter at the restaurant isn’t really done… and the reason is that there are usually two extra charges added to your restaurant bill: one is the “coperto” (cover charge) and the other is the “servizio” (service). Patricia, one of LearnItalianPod subscribers, learned about this the hard way when she went to Italy. She says she overtipped the first few meals…and astonished the staff! She then suggests: “Why don’t you do an episode about billing at the restaurant? I believe it would be of help to those planning to visit Italy…” Excellent idea, Patricia - so here it is!

How To Italian - Episode Nr.5

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• Difficulty Level How To Italian
• Tags: how to, money
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43. Are You Ready To Order? (Intermediate)

July 8th, 2007

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In today’s episode we’ll talk about Italian food and restaurants! Italy is not only famous for its history and its artistic masterpieces, but also and most of all for its food: first class dishes and delicious desserts make Italian cuisine one of the best cuisines in the world. We are going to show a classic Italian four course meal - take it as recommendation from your favorite chefs, Jane and Massimo! This is some of the food you absolutely must try if you ever go to Italy, or if you go to a good Italian restaurant anywhere in the world, for that matter. Buon Appetito!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 43

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• Difficulty Level Intermediate
• Tags: food
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34. What A Gentleman!

April 10th, 2006

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She wants to go eat out in a good seafood restaurant, and he’s showing some good old fashioned manners, by picking up the tab… what a gentleman! In today’s episode, we are going to learn how to conjugate and use another very common verb: “volere” (to want).

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• Difficulty Level Beginner
• Tags: food
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