Learn 4 honest reasons you need Italian slang words and why they are so vital to truly learning and mastering the language. Teachers may normally cringe at the thought of their students learning Italian slang words. After all, slang words and phrases are typically defined as being grammatically incorrect. So why would your teacher want you to spend time learning the “wrong way” to speak Italian? Here are 4 of the top reasons why you should study slang words and expressions when learning Italian or any new language. Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Italian Language from the Beginning! 1. Native Speakers Use Slang Expressions in Everyday Conversation If you are going to study a foreign... Show more

Zombies are coming, and they speak Italian! Do you have what it takes to survive? No? How lucky you are, we have exactly what you need. Here is the Top 20 Words and Phrases you need to survive this Apocalypse! Click here to listen how to pronounce those phrases! infezione (n) infection spaventoso (adj) scary teschio (n) skull tomba (n) grave Qual è il tuo film di zombi preferito?? What's your favorite zombie movie? Click here to access this lesson for free! apocalisse (n) apocalypse alzarsi dalla tomba. rise from the grave Zombi! Correte! Zombies! Run! Se ci fosse un attacco di zombi, dove andresti? If there was a zombie attack, where would you go? soprannaturale (adj) supernatural ... Show more

Hey Italian Learner! Shortcuts for learning and tips to remember Italian words are useful but it's even also important to fix objectives to reach every month! What Is Your Language Learning Goal for the Month? In your journey to become fluent and conversational here are 10 monthly goals you can go after! Click Here To Start Learning Italian Right Now! 1) I'll finish Survival Phrases series on ItalianPod101.com by listening to two lesson a day. 2) I'll give a 3 minute introductory speech in Italian to my Italian friends. 3) I'll finish reading one Italian book by reading 10 pages a day. 4) I'll pass my Italian test. 5) I'll write 10 postcards in Italian to my Italian friends. 6) I'll memorize 5 Italian songs. 7)... Show more

Click here to listen how to pronounce those lovely words! Ti amo. I love you. Sei così importante per me. You mean so much to me. Vuoi essere il mio Valentino? Will you be my Valentine? Sei così bella. You're so beautiful. Penso a te come a più di un amico. I think of you as more than a friend. Un centinaio di cuori sarebbero troppo pochi per racchiudere tutto il mio amore per te. A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you. L'amore è solo amore. Non può mai essere spiegato. Love is just love. It can never be explained. Sei così bello. You're so handsome. Ho una cotta per te. I've got a crush on you. Mi fai venire voglia di essere un uomo migliore. You make me want to be a... Show more

Learn a little Italian everyday with the free Italian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!buffo funny (adjective)Gli uomini stanno ridendo per qualcosa di buffo.The men are laughing at something funny.L'uomo buffo sta ballando senza pantaloni.The funny man is dancing without pants.film buffofunny movieridere per qualcosa di buffolaugh at something funnyguardare un programma buffowatch a funny showOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Italian Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!

Learn a little Italian everyday with the free Italian Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!diecimila ten thousand (numeral)diecimila yenten-thousand yendiecimila dollariten thousand dollarsOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Italian Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!

The Focus of This Lesson is Italian Greetings for the Evening Buona sera. "Good Evening." Good Evening buona sera (also written buonasera) is the perfect equivalent for "good evening" and as such you should use this term when meeting someone. Instead, you may use buona serata (never written buonaserata) to wish someone a nice evening. You should not use this greeting when meeting someone for the first time or upon entering a place. When someone is about to go to bed, buona notte (also written buonanotte) is almost exclusively the word people use.

"Waiter, there's a fly in my cup!" How many times have we heard jokes and real anecdotes of this nature? However, did you know that in Italy, some people like to drink their coffee "with the fly"? Coffee is always present in a typical Italian breakfast, which usually consists of light pastries, croissants, and the simple bread, butter and jam. Italian style coffee though, has many variations and is usually much more concentrated and strong that the American one, and is usually served in a smaller cup. In Italy, your coffee can be served in many variations, the most popular ones being the espresso, made by machine; and the napoletano, prepared home-made style and in small kettles. Furthermore, coffee can be machiato (spotted, with... Show more

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from everyone here at ItalianPod101.com! We're grateful to have listeners just like you, and we're eagerly waiting for the upcoming year to learn Italian together! And when the New Year comes around, be sure to make a resolution to study Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Have a healthy and happy holiday season. From the ItalianPod101.com team!