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Lesson #020, Friday

c'e'...? = is there...?

c'e'... = there is...

un aeroplano = an airplane

un autobus = a bus

una macchina = a car

una bicicletta = a bicycle

una motocicletta = a motorcycle

un treno = a train

0 Comments Published: Oct. 10, 2008

Lesson #019, Thursday

Dov'e'... = Where is ...?

una piazza = a town square

un ristorante = a restaurant

una scuola = a school

uno stadio = a stadium

una stazione = a station

un supermercato = a supermarket

un

0 Comments Published: Oct. 9, 2008

Lesson #018, Wednesday

Dov'e'...? = Where is ...?

un aeroporto = an airport

un albergo = a hotel

una banca = a bank

un bar = a bar

un caffe' = a coffee shop

una chiesa = a church

un cinema = a movie theater

0 Comments Published: Oct. 8, 2008

Lesson #017, Tuesday

21 = ventuno (drop the vowel before the uno)

22 = ventidue

23 = ventitre'

24 = ventiquattro

25 = venticinque

26 = ventisei

27 = ventisette

28 = ventotto (drop the vowel before the otto)

0 Comments Published: Oct. 7, 2008

Lesson #016, Monday

20 = venti (we've already learned this one, but I thought I'd throw it in again.)

30 = trenta

40 = quaranta

50 = cinquanta

60 = sessanta

70 = settanta

80 = ottanta

90 = novanta

100 =

0 Comments Published: Oct. 6, 2008

Lesson #015, Friday

Domenica = Sunday

Lunedi = Monday

Martedi = Tuesday

Mercoledi = Wednesday

Giovedi = Thursday

Venerdi = Friday

Sabato = Saturday

0 Comments Published: Oct. 3, 2008

Lesson #014, Thursday

Primavera = Spring

Estate = Summer

Autunno = Autumn

Inverno = Winter

Gennaio = January

Febbraio = February

Marzo = March

Aprile = April

Maggio = May

Giugno = June

0 Comments Published: Oct. 2, 2008

Lesson #013, Wednesday

The Italians only really use 21 letters, but sometimes they do use the other 5 if the word is a non-Italian word containing one of those letters. The 5 letters that are not a part of the Italian alphabet are J, K, W, X, and Y.

A = a

0 Comments Published: Oct. 1, 2008

Lesson #012, Tuesday

Capisco = I understand

Non capisco = I don't understand

Come? = What? or How? or Say that again?

Come si dice...? = How do you say...?

Come si pronuncia...? = How do you pronounce...?

Come si scrive...? =

0 Comments Published: Sep. 30, 2008

Lesson #011, Monday

Ascoltate = Listen

Leggete = Read

Ripetete = Repeat

Rispondete = Answer

Scrivete = Write

Aprite i libri = Open your books

Chiudete i libri = Close your books

Fate l'esercizio = Do the

0 Comments Published: Sep. 29, 2008

Seasons One and Two - All 100 Lessons

Hi everybody, my name's Mike and this is the Let's Speak Italian podcast. So you've been listening to the first few lessons, and hopefully you're learning how to speak Italian.

Well with the first 100 lessons completed, I wanted to

0 Comments Published: Sep. 26, 2008

Lesson #010, Friday

0 = zero

1 = uno

2 = due

3 = tre

4 = quattro

5 = cinque

6 = sei

7 = sette

8 = otto

9 = nove

10 = dieci

11 = undici

12 = dodici

13 = tredici

0 Comments Published: Sep. 26, 2008

Lesson #009, Thursday

Essere = to be

io sono = I am

tu sei = you are (informal)

Lei e' = you are (formal)

lui/lei e' = he/she is

noi siamo = we are

voi siete = you are (plural)

loro sono = they are

Avere

0 Comments Published: Sep. 25, 2008

Lesson #008, Wednesday

io = I

tu = you (informal)

Lei = you (formal)

lui = he

lei = she

noi = we

voi = you (plural, formal and informal)

loro = they

The subject pronoun io, unlike the English I, is not

0 Comments Published: Sep. 24, 2008

Lesson #007, Tuesday

Italian Spelling = English Sound

a = ah

e = ay

i = ee

o = oh

u = oo

c (before e or i) = ch

c (before other vowels) = k

ch = k

g (before e or i) = j

g (before other

0 Comments Published: Sep. 23, 2008
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