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24. I Declare You Husband and Wife (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Episode #24 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “I Declare You Husband and Wife” – This time, get ready to have fun as we’re going to talk about Italian wives, husbands, and the meaning of marriage… according to Italians! — Jane’s parents are celebrating their 25th anniversary this week, and we couldn’t think of a better way to congratulate them than featuring the 10 most famous Italian sayings about marriage. – Yes, it’s all here: the good, the bad, and the ugly of being married according to the Italian tradition. – Then as usual, after listening to the story, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #24

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: family, marriage
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14. There’s Nothing Like Family (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #14 of the fun-to-practice and super-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “There’s Nothing Like Family” – Generally speaking, Italians consider family the center of their social life and the primary source of both emotional and financial support; it is said by many that the heart of Italian culture is indeed the family. — Listen to our Italian friend Maria as she answers questions about her family, train your ears to truly understand the Italian language, and finally take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. — By studying and practicing this episode, you will not only learn the names of the family members in Italians, but also some useful sentences and expressions that you can use when talking about your family in Italian. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #14

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: family
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4. Saturdays Are For Shopping (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #4 of the all new and super-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Saturdays Are For Shopping”. Listen to Jane talking about how she and her family spend their Saturdays going to the market for groceries in the morning, then shopping at the mall in the afternoon and train your ears to listen and truly understand the Italian language! – Then, after listening to Jane’s narration, take the “7 Question Challenge” and test your comprehension and speaking skills by answering to seven questions about the story. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #4

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: family, shopping
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17. Mom Is Always Mom (5 Minutes A Day)

  Level: 5 Minutes A Day

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #17 of LearnItalianPod “5 Minutes A Day” lesson series is now live! This one is entitled “Mom Is Always Mom”. Like in many other countries, on May 9th 2010 Italians celebrate “Mother’s Day”, and, sure as sunrise, this is a very important day in Italy: in fact, Italians truly love their moms (we’re sure you know this already!) and they love to celebrate their mother’s day in a big way!

So, let’s celebrate “Mother’s Day” the Italian way, by learning and practicing a collection of famous greetings that Italians use year after year to celebrate their moms! On this lesson you’ll definitely find a lot of useful, ready-to-use Italian words, sentences, and expressions that you can use in many different occasions. Enjoy!

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5 Minutes A Day – Episode #17

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• Level: 5 Minutes A Day
• Topics: family, greetings
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29. Look, It’s Snowing! (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. Episode #29 of the “Upper-Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “Look, It’s Snowing!”. It’s Sunday early in the morning in Milan. Outside it is cold, as it’s the middle of winter. Christmas is just around the corner. Lucia and Italo just woke up, and there’s a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the house. All of a sudden, it begin to snow… the Holiday season is finally here!

Let’s follow our friends Lucia and Italo as they enjoy a relaxing winter Sunday morning breakfast at their house and let’s learn a lot of informal and useful “everyday” Italian. On the grammar section, we will review and practice the “must-know” Italian pronominal verbs. Enjoy!

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• Level: Upper Intermediate
• Topics: breakfast, family
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49. Nicknames Galore! (Culture Shot)

  Level: Culture Shot

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. What happens when one fourth of the families living in a small Italian town of 50,000 people have the same last name and they can only be distinguished by their nicknames? Easy… a lot of confusion, as it becomes almost impossible to know who’s who; and confusion remains until those families find a way to actually make their nicknames become legal last names!

This is not science fiction, and that’s exactly what happened a few days ago in the small Italian town of Chioggia, near Venice. – So we’re going to dedicate this Culture Shot to yet another really peculiar and interesting piece of Italian creativity. Enjoy!

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Culture Shot – Episode Nr.49

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• Level: Culture Shot
• Topics: family, work
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