| Welcome! |
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| Getting Started In Italian |
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| What's Going on in the Dialogues |
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| What Words You'll Learn |
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| What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 1: Like Oil and Water |
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Come il diavolo e l'acqua santa. |
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A blind date goes awry... |
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Hello, my name is ...: How to meet and greet people in: Italian |
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What do you do?: Talking about professions |
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Whodunit?: The pronouns I, you, he, she, it, etc., in Italian |
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Is that so?: Asking simple questions |
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To be or not to be?: Introducing and talking about yourself with essere (to be) |
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Lesson 2: Shooting The Breeze |
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Parlare del piule del meno. |
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Hitting the cafes in Italy. |
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What would you like?: Ordering at a cafe |
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The bare necessities: Asking for what a tourist needs |
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The countdown: Numbers from 1 to 20 |
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Let's talk about sex: All about the gender of nouns |
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Two's company, three's a crowd: The plural form of nouns |
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Little words mean a lot: A, an, and the in Italian |
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Let's talk about sex again ... and number: The gender and number of adjectives |
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To have and have not: Talking about what you have with the verb avere (to have) |
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What's Going On Inthe Dialogues |
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What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 3: Slow and Steady Wins the Race |
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Chi va piano, va lontano. |
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Hailing a taxi and catching a frain. |
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Take me to the dance on time: How to get a taxi and tell the driver where to go |
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You don't look a day over 30: Talking about age |
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The countdown: Numbers from 21 to 100 |
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Living in the moment: Talking about present with -are verbs |
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Talking about this and that: Questo (this) and quello (that) |
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I'll be in and out: Some basic prepositions |
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Lesson 4: Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public |
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I panni sporchi si lavano in casa. |
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Grandma's got a new beaul |
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All in the family: Talking about your family |
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Weekend plans: Discussing plans and activities |
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What's mine is yours: Words showing ownership |
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More or less the same: Making comparisons |
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I scream, you scream ...: The irregular verbs andare (to go), dare (to give), and fare (to do; to make) |
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Q&A: Asking questions with question words |
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From me to you: The prepositions di (of) and da (from; to; at; by) |
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Lesson 5: You've Got Mail! |
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Let's log on: Talking about computers and the Internet |
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What's happening?: Talking about your favorite pastimes |
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All about me!: How to tell people about yourself |
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Like it or not: Talking about likes and dislikes using mi piace (I like) |
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What do you enjoy doing?: Talking about actions using infinitives |
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Strut your stuff!: A review |
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What's Going on in the Dialogues |
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What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 6: It's Just What I Need |
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E arrivato come il cacio sui maccheroni! |
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Finding the perfect place to eat. |
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Can I order, please?: How to order in a restaurant |
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Enjoy your meal!: A typical Italian meal |
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I could eat a horse: More on food and restaurant talk |
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Living in the moment: Talking about the present with -ere verbs |
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I'll have some of that: How to say ``some'' in Italian |
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Too much of a good thing: Words expressing quantity |
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-issimo!: Very, very, very |
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Saluti! Cheers!: The verb bere (to drink) |
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Lesson 7: Where There's A Will, There's a Way |
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Checking into a hotel goes (not so) smoothly. |
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Do you have a reservation?: Checking into a hotel |
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Front desk, please: Different ways of saying what you need in a hotel |
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Quanti ne abbiamo oggi?: What's today's date? |
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First things first: Saying first, second, etc., in Italian |
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Where there's a will, there's a way: The verbs volere (to want), potere (can), and dovere (must) |
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To whom it may concern: Pronouns like to me, to you, to us, etc. |
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Between like and need: Piacere and other verbs used with pronouns like to me, to you, to us, etc. |
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Lesson 8: It Costs an Arm and A Leg |
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Costa un occhio della testa. |
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Monuments, fountains, and piazzas, oh, my!: Enjoying a city tour |
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'Tis the season: Seasons of the year |
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It's a beautiful day: Talking about the weather |
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I don't feel well: Talking about your health |
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Living in the moment: The present tense of regular -ire verbs |
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Never in a million years: Negative words, like never, no one, nothing, etc. |
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You're it!: Pronouns like me, him, us, them, etc. |
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Oh, yeah? Come over here and say that!: The irregular verbs dire (say) and venire (to come) |
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What's Going on in the Dialogues |
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What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 9: Once In A Blue Moon |
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Alba does her best to convince Livia to go out. |
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What do you want to do tonight?: Making plans |
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As time goes by: Adverbs of time, like often, seldom, etc. |
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I won't take no for an answer: How to convince and resist being convinced |
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Know thyself: The difference between sapere (to know) and conoscere (to be acquainted with) |
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Get outta here!: The irregular verb uscire (to go out) |
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What time is it?: Telling time |
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Lesson 10: You Misunderstand Completely |
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Prendi lucciole per lanternel |
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A telephone call gone awry. |
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Hello?: Talking on the phone in Italian |
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Do we need milk?: Shopping at the supermarket |
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Give it to him!: When a sentence has two pronouns |
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Strut your stuff!: A review |
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Lesson 11: Blame it on the Government! |
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Leafing through the daily paper. |
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!: Discussing current events |
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Frankly, my dear...: Expressing your opinion |
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Brace yourself: Verbs used with pronouns like myself, yourself, himself, etc. |
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Verily I do: Adverbs ending in -mente |
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What's done is done: Talking about the past with passato prossimo |
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What's Going on in the Dialogues |
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What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 12: To See The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses |
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Manuela takes her students to Siena's Duomo. |
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How beautiful!: Appreciating the sights |
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Kaleidoscope eyes: Colors |
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It's so old!: Talking about history |
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Che bello!: Using the adjective bello (beautiful) |
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The countdown: The numbers 101-1,000,000,000 |
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Let bygones be bygones: More on the passoto prossimo |
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This is how it's done: Using the impersonal si |
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A night out at the opera. |
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Appreciating the arts: A night out at the opera |
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If you ask me ...: Expressing your opinion |
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The best of the best: The relative superlative |
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The way we were: Talking about the past using the imperfetto |
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From me to you: Pronouns used after a preposition |
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Lesson 14: Birds of A Feather Flock Together |
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Chi s'assomiglia si piglia. |
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Christmas with the family. |
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Dressed to the nines: Clothing items |
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`Tis the season: Celebrations and dinner conversation |
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Home sweet home: All the rooms that make a home |
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What will be will be: The future tense and its uses |
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Let's do the ci ci ci: More on multifaceted pronoun ci |
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What will be will be: The future tense of essere (to be) and avere (to have) |
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-ino, -etto, -uccio, -one: Suffixes and their many uses |
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What's Going on in the Dialogues |
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What Structures You'll Know |
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Lesson 15: When Pigs Fly... |
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Quando voleranno gli asini... |
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Sibling rivalry and watching TV. |
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Come on down!: The joys of pop culture |
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You fool!: Insults and comebacks |
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Watch it!: How to give commands and order people around |
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Ne, ne, ne: The pronoun ne and its many uses |
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Strut your stuff!: A review |
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| Appendix A: A Shortcut To Italian Grammar |
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| Appendix B: Exceptions That Confirm The Rule |
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| Appendix C: When You're Stuck For Words... |
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| Appendix D: How To Sound Like An Italian |
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| Appendix E: Surfing The Internet In Italian |
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| Appendix F: What Do All Those Grammar Terms Really Mean? |
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| Italian---English Glossary |
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| English---Italian Glossary |
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| Map of Italy |
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