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Going out is one of the most important ways to really learn a language as you can interact with so many people and learn many cultural aspects. In today’s lesson Peter and Anna are speaking on the phone, arranging to meet and go out Saturday night. In this lesson we will study the reflexive verbs and we [...]

What do Italian people think of us foreigners? What do they talk about after meeting us? Do they laugh at our accents? At how quiet we are? How little we eat? How we have a strange habit of not gesturing when we speak? Well in today’s lesson we’ll find out. Don’t worry, it’s nothing bad, [...]

The other day ItalianPod101.com interviewed a young guy named “Antonio” for a position. But couldn’t hire him because we already have a staff member named “Antonio” and having two people with the same name would just get confusing. Too late we realised the solution: one could be “Antonio” and the other “Tony”. Or “Tonello”. Or [...]

In the red corner, representing His Holiness the Pope, hailing from Viterbo in Italy, they’re rough, they’re tough, they’re ready to fight, the Guelphs! And in the blue corner, also from Viterbo, representing His Majesty Frederick II of Germany and his military march on Rome, it’s the Ghibellines! It’s set to be the biggest fight [...]

In today’s lesson Marcella and Giulia have met for breakfast at an Italian café before going to work. They are sitting at a table when Marcella realizes that it’s late. Today we are going to cover how to ask for the time in Italian and we will start seeing comparativo di maggioranza “comparative of majority” and [...]

Luca is cleaning the apartment, on his own. He’s silently cursing his roommate Peter for not helping out. Luca is furious, and uses his wide repertoire of Sicilian swear words to abuse Peter for his laziness. Luca always has to do the housework on his own, he has been dropping hints to Peter to help [...]

Shopping for fresh fruit in Italy can be a wonderful experience. So many juicy fruits just waiting to be picked. And don’t forget to try Cinzia’s favorite pesche, the famous pesche noci! Buone! In today’s lesson, we will be studying the Italian cardinal numbers up to one thousand, along with the rules and exceptions concerning this particular category [...]

In today’s class we shall continue the introduction to the most widely used Italian names. We will analyze their etymology, onomastico as well as masculine and feminine variants. In addition, we will have a brief presentation of both an eminent sixteenth-century Italian intellectual and an Italian pop singer. Download AudioDownload Lesson notesDownload Premium Learning Center

We’re joined via satellite link today by Fabio, good afternoon Fabio. (Good afternoon viewers, and to everyone in ItalianPod101.com headquarters.) Fabio, that’s quite a lovely background we can see behind you. Where are you today? (Well today I’m sipping a cappuccino on the hill of Pincio. It’s behind piazza del Popolo. I’m just reading the [...]

You arrive breathless at your friend’s new apartment. You clutch the bottle of wine and housewarming gifts that you’ve brought. Your friend has moved, and moved up, into a new apartment in a better area. You take a deep breath as the door opens, ready to shower her with gifts, hug her, and do a [...]

After having watched the movie with Anna, Peter leaves the movie theater and takes a bus to go to Santa Maria Novella, where he lives. Unfortunately, he takes the wrong bus and, having realized its error, he asks the bus driver for proper direction. The driver then advises him to get off the bus and [...]

Dear teacher: I’m sorry, but I haven’t done my homework. Before you punish me, please listen. I have an excuse. Now, I won’t lie to you, my dog didn’t eat it. My house hasn’t burnt down. I wasn’t taken to the emergency room with an acute disease that affected my ability to complete homework assignments. [...]

In today’s lesson we shall talk about a pair of extremely frequent Italian names, focusing mostly on their biblical origins, onomastici and patron saints. Furthermore, we will see two important singers that bore these names, whose diverse talents made them an integral part of the Italian music development. Download AudioDownload Lesson notesDownload Premium Learning Center

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Today, is our twenty sixth Advanced Italian Audio Blog. Today Ursula is going to take us on a culinary tour of Venezia’s best food. This blog is in all Italian, with an accompanying vocabulary section. Be sure to learn more about Venice from the Italian Cultural Insight section inside the PDF. In [...]

Learn Italian with Italianpod101.com the most effective way to proficiency! Manuel and Frederik meet and discuss about the fact that in Italy, friends normally like to hug and kiss each other when they meet. In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the importance of body language in the Italian culture and how to properly interpret physicality. Please join [...]

In today’s lesson, we will be considering the so-called “false friends”, the proper use of the imperative in polite requests, along with some differences between the formal and informal language. Additionally, we will delve into the Italian movie theaters traits, discussing their characteristics, places and most popular kind of movies. We will finally talk about [...]

Steve, John’s friend, who recently moved to Bologna, decided to spend a couple of days in Rome. Laura asks John about his friend’s trip. In today’s lesson, we will be analyzing the passato prossimo tense of the third conjugation regular verbs. Please note that the explanation regarding the correct choice of auxiliary verbs presented in lesson [...]

In today’s class we shall see another couple of Italian names, one feminine and one masculine, concentrating particularly on their historical origins, onomastici, patron saints. Additionally, we will consider a number of characters of the present and past that bore these names, whose importance and fame often crossed the Italian borders. Download AudioDownload Lesson notesDownload Premium [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Today Cristina will immerse us in one of Central Italy’s finest cities, as she take us on an Italian tour of the Adriatic coast! If you haven’t been to the Adriatic coast yet, here is your chance to learn all about it from a native of this beautiful area. Download AudioDownload Lesson [...]

In today’s lesson the setting is a bakery, where a friendly customer inquires if work is going well. We will be considering the congiuntivo presente tense, an additional meaning of the verb andare, the different syntax of time and frequency adverbs and the most common structures used to refer to a determined subgroup within a totality. [...]

Elena meets her friend Luca who just went to the hairdresser. She particularly appreciates his new style, but Luca seems to be disappointed. Although he likes the hairdresser in general terms, he does not like his cut, since he thinks it is too short. In today’s lesson, we will briefly review the structure of mi [...]

Laura and John are discussing their reading preferences. Laura likes poetry more than prose, while her friend seems to be more interested in novels. Laura advises him to read one of the greatest Italian novelists of all time, Italo Calvino, whose masterpieces have been translated in over thirty languages. In today’s lesson, we will be analyzing [...]

Welcome to the second culture class in which we will take a deep look into the Italian names. We will be discussing about many aspects such as origins, etymology of some names and you will have the chance to jump into the history of Italian culture itself! In today’s class we shall talk about two very [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Today, is our twentieth Advanced Italian Audio Blog. Today Cinzia talks about a famous Italian musician. This blog is all in Italian, with an accompanying vocabulary section. Be sure to learn more about Italy from the Italian Cultural Insight section inside the PDF. In this series, we’ll use all Italian blogs to [...]

The real Marco and Cinzia are in the office. Marco is having a hard time with some work, so kind Cinzia walks over and offers her help. In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the courtesy forms employed in Italy related to helping people when they perform an ongoing action at the present time. Usually, this [...]

Luca is planning to spend a week end in a farmhouse close to Siena together with Elena, so he thinks it would be nice to plan the leisure activities they could do once there. In today’s lesson, we will be continuing the discussion of the verb piacere and its negative form, along with the functioning of [...]

Laura went out to get groceries. When she comes back, John hopes she purchased some focacce (it is a kind of baked flat bread) he much likes, only to be disappointed. In today’s lesson, we will be analyzing the first conjugation in the passato prossimo tense. Additionally, we will analyze essential guidelines regarding the correct choice [...]

Today we start a new series of lessons regarding Italian names. In this new cycle we shall see the most common Italian names, their etymology and some Italian characters of the past that bore those names and had a significant impact on Italian history and culture. This series will concentrate upon Italian history and culture, [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Today, is our twenty-second Advanced Italian Audio Blog. Today Angela will take us for a wolk around the area of Viterbo! This blog is all in Italian, with an accompanying vocabulary section. Be sure to learn more about Italy from the Italian Cultural Insight section inside the PDF. In this series, we’ll [...]

Manuel wants to know if Giulia is free the following day. She answers that she “thinks” she will go to the beach. In today’s lesson, we will be taking a look at the the expressions credo di and penso di. Download AudioDownload Lesson notesDownload Dialogue - InformalDownload Review TrackDownload Premium Learning Center