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23. Once Upon A Time (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #23 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Once Upon A Time” – The expression “Once Upon A Time” (in Italian, “C’era Una Volta”) is the classic opening line of a tale or a fable. This time, get ready to listen to one of the most popular fables of all times and train your ears to truly understand the Italian language. – The title of the fable is “La Tartaruga e La Lepre” (in English, “The Tortoise and the Hare”), and this popular fable is still used in Italy to teach Italian to students in schools. – After listening to the fable, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonus - Back To Basics: The Verb To Be & To Have] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Back To Basics: The Verb To Be & To Have“, containing the two most important, must-know verbs of all of the Italian language: the verb “Essere” (To Be) and “Avere” (To Have) conjugated in the present, past, future, conditional, and subjunctive tenses. That’s everything you need to master these two pillars of the Italian language!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #23

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• Topics: animals, fables
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22. The Perfect Picnic Menu (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #22 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “The Perfect Picnic Menu” – Longtime VIP Member and friend Maria, who lives and works near Florence in Italy, sent us “una email molto divertente” (a very funny email). She says: “Next week, I’m organizing a picnic for my Italian friends but, truth to be told, I have no idea what to bring to the picnic. Do you have any suggestions, Jane and Massimo?” — But of course we do, Maria! In fact, we love picnics so much that we’re dedicating a lesson to it. — So, listen to the perfect picnic menu, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, then take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonus - Back To Basics: Going Shopping] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Back To Basics: Going Shopping“, containing the twenty-nine most popular, must-know Italian sentences you can use when going shopping in Italy. – Practice these, and become a true Italian shopaholic!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #22

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• Topics: food, fun
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21. Cracking Italian Jokes (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #21 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Cracking Italian Jokes” – A famous university professor once said that anyone who can truly understand and appreciate a sense of humor in a non-native language can be considered to have mastered that language. – In fact, understanding properly a joke in a foreign language means also understanding the cultural background of the people speaking that language. – Listen to three classic Italian jokes, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, then take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonus - Asking & Telling The Time] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Asking & Telling The Time“, containing all of the most popular Italian words and sentences you need to know when asking or telling the time. Practice these, and become a “master of time”!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #21

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20. Welcome To The Library (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #20 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Welcome To The Library” – Let’s take a guided tour inside a big Italian University library to learn and practice a collection of new words and sentences that you will need to know and use when visiting a library, a museum, or any multi-level big facility. — So, listen to the guided tour, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, then take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonus - Back To Basics: The Italian Alphabet] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Back To Basics: The Italian Alphabet“. Listen to every letter of the Italian alphabet together with a sample word for each letter, then practice your pronunciation by repeating over and over. That’s the ultimate way to learn how to… “say it like Italians do”!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #20

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• Topics: descriptions, library
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19. Happy Birthday To You! (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #19 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Happy Birthday To You!” – Get ready, ’cause today we’re going to do something different! What do we mean by that? How about Jane singing “Happy Birthday” to her fictitious eight years old son Massimo? Yes, it’s all here, a fun and useful lesson that you can definitely use to surprise (and impress!) any Italian person on the day of their birthday.

So, listen to this fun dialogue, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, then take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: Finger-Licking Italian Delights - VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Finger-Licking Italian Delights“, containing the names of the most common sweets of the Italian cuisine, words like “cannoli, confetti, spumone, zuppa inglese”, and many more. Practice these, and “get ready for a sweet (Italian) treat”!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #19

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• Topics: birthday, fun
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18. Thank You For Calling (Listen Up & Learn)

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #18 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Thank You For Calling” – It’s just past lunchtime and you decide to kick-start the afternoon with some shopping, determined to buy those great Italian shoes you saw the other day. So, you call the store and… surprise: the store is closed, and the answering machine is on. I bet you didn’t know that in Italy the majority of stores close for lunch, didn’t you!

Listen to a retail store answering machine message, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, then take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: The Italian Regular Verbs (Ending in -are, -ere, -ire)]- VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “The Italian Regular Verbs (Ending in -are, -ere, -ire)“. Learn and practice the three regular Italian conjugations of verbs (ending in -are, -ere, -ire) in the present, past, and future tenses. Remember, your knowledge of Italian verbs will truly determine your real level of Italian language!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #18

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• Topics: phone, shopping
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