The ItalianChat Experience

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

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

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

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

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

Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #17 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “A Room For Two, Please” – Making a hotel room reservation over the phone in Italian can be a real challenge; not only on the phone you can only rely on the words spoken and tone of voice, but your body language is not there to assist you in communicating.

So, let’s go back to the basics of how to book a hotel room but with the added challenge of doing it over the phone. – By studying and practicing this episode, you will learn some useful sentences and vocabulary that you most likely will be using when booking a room or any accomodation in Italian, in person or over the phone. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: The 7 Ways to Greet in Italian- 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 7 Ways to Greet in Italian“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. Learn and practice the seven types of greetings that you absolutely need to know (they’re used all the times!), and learn how to properly greet… like Italians do!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #17

Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #16 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Listen To The Music” – Listening to the radio late in the evening in the quiet comfort of the house can be one of the most relaxing things to do, especially after a long day of work.

Relax by listening to our very own DJ Jane from the fictitious Radio Meraviglia as she entertains us, and train your ears to truly understand the Italian language. – Then, after listening to the story, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. – By studying and practicing this episode, you will learn some very useful expressions that you can use in any informal conversations in Italian. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: Asking & Giving Directions – VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Asking & Giving Directions“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. Use these words and sentences on your next trip to Italy when asking and giving directions – master these, and never get lost again!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #16

Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #15 of the extra-useful and fun-to-practice “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “May I See Your Passport, Please?” – You just landed at the Italian airport, eager to start enjoying your vacation of a lifetime, and the very last step before you begin exploring beautiful Italy is going through customs and immigration.

Listen to a conversation between Maria, a just-arrived tourist, and an Italian Customs Officer, 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 learn a lot of useful words and sentences that you can use in formal conversations when dealing with official authorities in Italian. Enjoy!

[Featured Extra Bonus: The Italian Art Vocabulary – 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 Art Vocabulary“, containing the sixty-four (64) most popular, must-know Italian words related to art: master these, and get ready to show some serious Italian artistic talent!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #15

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!

[Featured Extra Bonus: Family Members’ Names – VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “Family Members’ Names“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. – Zio (uncle), nipote (nephew, grandson), suocera (mother-in-law), nuora (daughter-in-law)… it’s all here. Meet and greet the Italian family!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #14

Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #13 of the fun-to-practice and exciting “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “Let’s Watch A Movie!” – Spending an evening at home watching a movie and enjoying snacks and popcorn can be a great way to unwind and recharge. The only challenge… choosing a movie that everyone likes! – Listen to Jane and Massimo’s conversation, 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 learn some great idiomatic expressions and some useful grammar constructions that you can use in any type of conversation in Italian. Enjoy!

[New Extra Bonus: At The Movie Theater – VIP Members Only] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “At The Movie Theater“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by practicing listening comprehension and pronunciation. – Practice this, and make your next (Italian) movie night a success!

Listen Up & Learn – Episode #13