Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts. Ordering Pizza I really like pasta (cacio e pepe is my favorite), gelato (fragola, every day all day), and cheese (pecorino forever and ever), but pizza? I love pizza. For the first few weeks that I…
Italian Word Speed Dates: Tanto
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts. ITALIAN Rachel: Hai bisogno di qualcosa dal supermercato? Carlotta: No, no, dai, non ti preoccupare. Rachel: Macché! Tanto, oggi vado al supermercato comunque. Have you ever heard an expression like the one above that starts with…
Did You Know You Could Use ‘Sentire’ and ‘Trovare’ In These Ways?
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts. // SENTIRE WordReference lists it as meaning: — To taste — To feel — To hear — To smell And you might be confused because you know that “ascoltare” can mean “to hear / to listen,”…
Useful Phrases to Say When You Freeze and Forget How to Speak Italian
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Non ho capito. – I didn’t understand. Scusi/a, può / puoi ripetere per favore? – Excuse me, but can you repeat that please? Può / puoi ripetere per favore, ma più piano? – Can you repeat…
Figuring Out Verbs Like Andarsene, Volerci, Avercela, and Entrarci
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts. In Italian, a pronominal verb is basically a verb mixed with pronouns. Pronominal verbs look similar to verbs you already know, making it a little bit easier to take a guess at their meaning. We’re all…
Phrases to Buy Cheese in Italy
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. — Vorrei… – I would like… — Poi? – Anything else? — Basta. – That’s enough. — Fetta – Slice — Fettina – Thin slice — Un etto – 1/10th of a kilo, aka 100…
What’s it like to be an American living in Florence?
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts.In episode 208 of the 30 Minute Italian Podcast, Rachel and I talk about what Christmas holiday is coming up in Florence and the reality of being a foreigner – an American – in Italy. We answer questions…
Italian Word Speed Dates: Altrimenti
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts.I don’t know why, but I love the word “altrimenti”. It might be the way it rolls off the tongue or the elegant way it connects phrases together, but I’m off on a language-nerd tangent now. The point…
Phrases to Say “This is Delicious!”
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. 1 ) Mamma mia, questa (schiacciata) è puro piacere!!! – My goodness, this (schiacciata) is pure pleasure!!! 2) Giulia: Sentirai che bontà… – You’ll see how good it is! You: Olio nuovo? Non l’ho mai sentito…
10 Italian Phrases to Use When You’re Busy or Running Late
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. I don’t know about you, but recently I have been feeling pretty filled to the brim with tasks to do, and that reminded me of all of the things I say in Italian to tell others…
Vocabulary Word Speed Dates: Mica
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. If I had to choose a few words that I’m asked about all the time in Italian, ones like “proprio” and “magari” would surely be up there, but the one I hear about being difficult constantly…
What’s It Like to Be Pregnant in Italy?
Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. In episode 204 of the 30 Minute Italian Podcast, Rachel and I talk about what others have been talking about from the news a lot in Italy, what holiday just passed in Florence, and what it’s…
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