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43. What A Grumpy Old Lady She Is! (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Let’s listen to a funny story about a grumpy old lady who’s always complaining about everything and wherever she goes, she drives everyone crazy. — By studying and practicing this lesson, you will learn a lot of “ready-to-use”, 100% real “everyday” Italian words, sentences, and verbs about food, weather, health, and Italian culture and lifestyle. – Then as usual, after listening to the exclamations, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

VIP Members Only Extra Bonus – The Reflexive Verb “Divertirsi” [To Have Fun] Login to the Learning Center to download, as a special extra bonus, a useful audio file and PDF transcript entitled “The Verb ‘Divertirsi’ [To Have Fun, To Enjoy Oneself]” conjugated in the present, two forms of past, future, conditional, and subjunctive tenses, plus some of the most common and useful idiomatic expressions that use this important verb.

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #43

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: descriptions, people
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9. Tell Me A Little Bit About You (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #9 of the extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Tell Me A Little Bit About You” – Listen to our Italian friend Maria talking about her life: who she is, where she lives and what she does, and train your ears to listen and truly understand the Italian language! – Then, after listening to Maria’s narration, take the “7 Question Challenge” and test your comprehension and speaking skills by answering to seven questions about the story. — By studying and practicing this episode, you will be learning a lot of useful words and sentences that you can use in any kind of formal and informal conversations when asked to talk about yourself. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: Jobs & Professions - VIP Members Only!] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Jobs & Professions“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. – Practice the Italian names of some of the most common jobs and professions and get ready for… “the Italian job”!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #9

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: introductions, people
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11. What’s With The Last Name? (5 Minutes A Day)

  Level: 5 Minutes A Day

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #11 of LearnItalianPod “5 Minutes A Day” lesson series is entitled “What’s With The Last Name?”. What’s really interesting about Italian last names is that the vast majority of them were created from a few very specific sources: from a parent’s name, from a job or trade, from a nickname describing a unique quality, or from a location’s name. For this reason, they usually yield some important clues about family heritage.

So, let’s learn some very interesting cultural facts about Italians and let’s find out what those Italian last names really mean! — On the practice section of this lesson, you will also find a thorough grammar explanation of the important “present and past participle of verbs” with lots of extra example sentences.

[How Would You Say It: Weather and Seasons - 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 “How Would You Say It: Weather and Seasons“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by translating sentences on the fly. Practice this, and weather won’t be an issue in Italy!

5 Minutes A Day – Episode #11

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• Level: 5 Minutes A Day
• Topics: culture, people
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21. Goodbye, Luciano (Culture Shot)

  Level: Culture Shot

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Learn how to speak Italian fast and easily! In this episode, Jane and Massimo would like to pay tribute to the late great Luciano Pavarotti. Luciano has represented worldwide the tradition and the art of Italian singing, and has been considered by many “l’ambasciatore della cultura e della musica italiana” (the ambassador of Italian culture and music) all over the world. Goodbye Luciano, e grazie!

Culture Shot – Episode Nr. 21

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• Level: Culture Shot
• Topics: music, people
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33. A Visit From A Friend

  Level: Beginner

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What’s better than a visit from a friend you haven’t seen in a long time? The only thing is, your friend is from Italy, and only speaks Italian. In today’s lesson, we are going to learn how to conjugate and use a very common verb: “potere” (can).

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• Topics: meetings, people
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32. What A Beautiful Morning

  Level: Beginner

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Giovanna (aka Jane) is definitely a daytime person. She likes early morning best, and the earlier, the better. Massimo, ehm… the opposite. In today’s lesson, we are going to learn and conjugate verbs ending in “ire”, like “dormire” (to sleep) and some useful expression we can use to describe people’s habits. Are you a nighttime or daytime person?

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• Level: Beginner
• Topics: people
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