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 [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #16 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "Seven Steps To Happiness". VIP Member Gianni, who is from Las Vegas, Nevada but who lives in Italy in the beautiful city of Venice, sent us a wonderful email. - He says that [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #15 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "To Stay or To Be: That Is The Question". Several LearnItalianPod VIP Members have requested that we explained why and when the verb "stare" (to stay) [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #14 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "The Omnipresent Verb 'Fare'". VIP Member Matteo from San Francisco, California sent us some great feedback. He says: "I love learning Italian. He's such a musical language, and you can get caught [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #13 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "Where Does It Come From?". VIP Member Francesca from Orlando, Florida sent us a great email. She asks: "What about the name "Italia"? Where does it come from?" That's an interesting question, [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #12 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "10 Italian Proverbs You Can't Live Without". Many linguistic experts agree on the fact that there is no better way to learn Italian language and culture than to practice Italian proverbs. In [...]

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 [...]

Episode #10 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "Che Bella Figura!". Italian author Beppe Severgnini in his interesting book "La Bella Figura - A Field Guide To The Italian Mind" says that only in Italian does there exist an expression like "fare bella figura". It corresponds [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #9 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "25 Great Ways To Be Romantic". It has been said many times that Italian is the language of love. So, what better way to celebrate the end of the "month of love", [...]

Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com - Episode #8 of LearnItalianPod "5 Minutes A Day" lesson series is now live! This one is entitled "7 Conversation Starters That Never Fail". We're sure there are times when you wish to start conversing in Italian, but you do not find the right words or topics to begin the [...]