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Learn Italian with Joy of Languages — 239 episodes

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232: Ordering Wine in Italy: Useful Phrases and Tips

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231: “Can We Stop Here?” And Other Phrases With Stop In Italian

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230: Italian Etiquette: The Dos and Don’ts When You Travel in Italy

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Altrettanto: The Easiest Way To Reply in Italian

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229: How to Say Suitcase in Italian and Other Useful Phrases

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Italian Prepositions Made Easy: Tips and Tricks for Learners

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228: Jobs in Italian: Say What You Do or Did

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227: The Most Common Italian Words: How to Learn Italian Faster

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226: Great in Italian: Which Word Should You Use?

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225: Dovere: “you have” to learn this Italian verb

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224: Italian Adverbs: The Words That (Probabilmente) You’ll Need

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223: With in Italian: Everyday Examples You’ll Hear in Italy

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222: Quiz time! Common Italian Phrases That Help You Connect with the Local

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221: Italian Verb Potere: How to Use It When in Italy

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220: How to Say Never in Italian (While Playing Two Truths and a Lie)

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219: Some Vino, Some Pizza…How to Say Some in Italian

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218: Airport in Italian: Phrases You Need When Flying in Italy

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217: Amazing in Italian: How (and most importantly when) to say it

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216: Valentine’s Day in Italian: Phrases and Italian Traditions

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215: Magari in Italian: What it Means and How to Use It

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Essere VS stare: Two Verbs That Confuse a Lot of Learners

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214: Without in Italian: How to Use Senza

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3 Italian Ways to Say Please (and When to Use Them)

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213: 3 Italian Words for Beautiful That Italians Actually Use

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212: The Best Way to Learn Italian (In Our Humble Opinion)

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211: Italian Verb Sapere (To Know): When and How to Use It

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210: How to Say Happy New Year to Your Italian Friends

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209: How to Talk About Your Famiglia in Italian

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208: Italian Dialect Quiz: 5 Useful Phrases You Might Hear in Italy

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207: Dire: How to Use This Really Common Italian Verb

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206: Ordering Coffee in Italian: Tips for Your Next Trip to Italy

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205: Italian Indefinite Articles: Un, Una, Uno, and Un’

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204: Italian Verb Venire: Don’t Come to Italy Without It

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203: Get Well Soon in Italian: 3 Friendly Phrases

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202: Quiz: 7 Everyday Italian Words Most Tourists Don’t Understand

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201: So in Italian: There Are Actually 3 Ways to Say It!

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200: Fare, Andare, Venire: Italian Irregular Verbs You Need

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199: How Do You Say Yummy in Italian? (Hint: It’s Not Delizioso)

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198: Dare: How to Use This Important Italian Verb

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Everyday Italian Phrases: The 6 You Need

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197: Good Luck in Italian: What to Say and How to Reply

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196: Why You Can Understand Italian But Can't Speak It

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195: What phrases do you need for Italy? We asked our teachers

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194: You’re (probably) using the wrong “excuse me” in Italian

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193: Am I Bad at Italian? We’ll Give You an Honest Answer

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192: Italian Festivals: What to Know Before You Go

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191: You in Italian: Formal vs. Informal Explained

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190: Do You Have to Read Books to Learn Italian? Yes and No.

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189: Everything You Need to Join a Birthday in Italy

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188: How to Say and Use “Let’s Go” in Italian

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187: Italian Restaurant Phrases Most Tourists Don’t Understand

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186: Have Fun in Italian: The Right (and Wrong) Way to Say It

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How to Go Shopping in Italian: Beginner’s Guide

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185: Where in Italian: You’d Be Lost (Literally) Without It

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Restaurant and Bar Phrases to order in Italy

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184: 3 most common ways to say Congratulations in Italian

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183: Stop Translating in Your Head! Think and Speak in Italian

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182: What do little Italian words like allora and anche mean?

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181: The 3 Meanings of Si in Italian

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180: Water in Italian: Words and Phrases for Italy

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179: Why Can’t I Speak Italian Yet? (And How to Fix It!)

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178: 8 Italian Slang Words You’ll Actually Hear in Italy

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177: Question Words in Italian: The 8 You Need

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176: Because in Italian: How to Use Perché

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175: Advice for Speaking Italian (and not getting Englished)

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174: La mia pizza! How to talk about what’s yours (when it really matters)

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173: But in Italian: When to Use Ma, Però, and More

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172: I Love You in Italian: 7 Romantic Phrases

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171: What on Earth are Italian Reflexive Verbs?

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170: Learn the Word for Cold in Italian (and Avoid this Mistake)

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169: How to Say Nice to Meet You in Italian: Formal and Informal

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168: Common Italian Words That Are Actually English

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167: Why in Italian: How to Say and Use It in Conversation

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166: Learn Italian Fast: Your 3-Month Action Plan

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165: How do you say Merry Christmas in Italian?

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164: Passato prossimo in Italian: how to use this past tense

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163: How to swear in Italian without offending anyone

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162: Body parts in Italian: here’s what you need to know

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161: The most difficult Italian words you’re (probably) pronouncing wrong

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160: Andare (To go): Learn This Important Italian verb

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159: 4 Easy Italian Songs that prove that learning Italian can be fun

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158: The most important Italian irregular verbs: 17 you should know

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157: Order your favorite pizza in Italian: the sentences you need

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156: "The" in Italian: common mistakes nearly all students make

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155: Prendere: why you need to know this Italian verb

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154: Learn to Say "From" in Italian: 2 easy prepositions you need to know!

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153: How to say thank you in Italian: the most useful phrases

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152: Understand Italians When They Speak Fast: Simple Tips

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151: 5 Common Italian Phrases… That Often Confuse Tourists!

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150: How to say hot in Italian (and avoid an awkward mistake!)

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149: Have a Good Day in Italian: Learn it in 2 Minutes!

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148: Bathroom in Italian: The Words You Really Need to Know!

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147: Helpful Italian Words to Add to Your Travel List

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146: How Are You in Italian: Local Phrases You Should Know!

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145: How to say ok in Italian: 9 easy ways

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144: Learn Italian Pronunciation in 12 Minutes

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143: What’s The Best Way to Learn Italian? A Structured Plan

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142: The Italian Travel Phrases Tourists Nearly Always Get Wrong

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141: Italian for UNDERSTAND (and One Time You Shouldn’t Say It!)

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140: Italian Grandma or Grandpa? How to Talk About Your Origins in Italian

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139: Say Goodbye in Italian: The Perfect Way For Any Situation!

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138: How to Learn Italian Faster, According to Science (And Our Students!)

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137: Is Learning Italian Hard? 7 Excuses That Might Be Holding You Back

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136: Quiz Time! Do You Know These Italian Phrases for Travel?

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135: 8 Easy Ways to Sound Like a Local in Italy

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134: How to Talk To Anyone in Italy: Taxi Drivers, Baristas and More!

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133: Hello In Italian. Are you using it right?

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132: Fare: Do you Know these Everyday Phrases?

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131: BELLO! How to Use This Italian Word

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130: 11 Best Apps to Learn Italian (These Actually Work!)

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129: Years in Italian: Are You Saying Them Right?

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128: Stare: The Italian Verb You Need to Know!

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127: Goodnight and Good Evening in Italian: Are you saying them right?

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126: Così: How To Say ‘So’ (and much more) in Italian

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125: 3 Perfect Italian Movies to Learn Italian

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124: From ‘Gnocchi’ to ‘Bruschetta’: Learn to Pronounce an Italian Menu

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123: Avere: How To Use This Italian Verb (and Mistakes To Avoid)

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122: The Many Meanings of Prego

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121: How to Speak Italian (Even if You’re Not Confident Yet!)

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120: Insider Travel Tips: Hidden Gems in Italy Shared by Our Italian Teachers

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119: Salute! A guide to saying “cheers” in Italian

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118: Al, del, sul... Italian Articulated Prepositions Made Simple

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117: How to Say and Write Dates in Italian

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116: Months of the Year in Italian: A Quick and Easy Lesson

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115: Sì! 4 common ways to say “yes” in Italian

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114: Altrettanto: The Easiest Way To Reply in Italian

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113: Italian Prepositions Made Easy: Tips and Tricks for Learners

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112: 3 Essential Ways to say Please in Italian

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111: 10 Italian Sayings with Numbers That Will Impress Your Friends

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110: The 4 Meanings of Allora in Italian

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109: Everyday Italian Phrases to Describe Your Routine

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108: Learn Italian Numbers 1- 100… And Avoid These Common Mistakes!

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107: Italian Restaurant Etiquette: How to Order Like a Local

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106: Nervous to Speak Italian? Here’s what to do

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105: How to Learn Italian - 3 Tips to Learn Quickly and Start Speaking

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104: How to Pronounce August in Italian (+ Summer Announcement)

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103: 5 Italian TV shows we can’t stop watching

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102: What’s Italian for Hotel? (+ 10 Travel Words You Need to Know)

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101: Master the Pronunciation of EURO in Italian: Tips and Tricks

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100: What’s Italian for “bon voyage”?

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99: How to Go Shopping in Italian: Beginner’s Guide

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98: Italian for Tourists: 31 Phrases for Travel and Accommodation

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97: How to order in Italian: Restaurant and Bar Phrases

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96: Don’t Be Rude! How to Meet, Greet and Be Polite in Italian

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95: 8 Basic Phrases to Get Unstuck in Italian

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94: What's the Best Response to Grazie? 7 Common Ways to Reply

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93: Pronunciation of grazie; the most mispronounced word in Italian?

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92: Subject Pronouns in Italian: How to Use ‘em Like a Native!

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91: 4 Ways to Use ESSERE in Italian (that might surprise you!)

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90: I have hot! 7 common expressions with AVERE in Italian

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89: How to answer COME STAI in Italian (and 3 common mistakes to avoid)

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Episode 88: ESSERE vs. STARE: How to Tell the Difference between these Two Verbs

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87: How to Have an Italian Accent, the Quick and Painless Way!

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We are back!

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86: PIACERE in Italian: the ultimate guide to talking about things you like

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85: Piace in the past - part III

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84: Piace in the past - part II

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83: Did you like it? How to use piace in the past

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82: I like it! How to use piace in Italian

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81: How to talk about lunch and dinner in Italian

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80: How to say "have a coffee" in Italian (and avoid a really common mistake)

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79: What does “boh” mean?

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78: What does “magari” mean?

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77: How to practice speaking Italian: 3 smart ways

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76: How to say "it makes sense" in Italian - and avoid saying "it's gross" by accident

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75: You have reason! How to say "you're right" in Italian

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74: How to say "I'm hungry" in Italian

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73: How to say "I agree" in Italian

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72: Eggs or grapes? How to avoid a silly mistake

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71: Geloso vs. invidioso: How to say jealous in Italian

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70: When to use molto (and when to use molti, molta and molte)

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69: What does "casino" mean in Italian? (it might not be what you think)

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68: DA vs. PER: What's the difference?

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67: How long have you...? How to use “da” in Italian

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66: How to say "the" in Italian: lo and gli (the ones everyone forgets)

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65: How to say "the" in Italian: before vowels

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64: How to say "the" in Italian: The basics

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63: How to say "time" in Italian (Tempo vs. Volta)

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62: Give it to me! Double Object Pronouns in Italian

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61: Indirect Object Pronouns in Italian - The Ultimate Guide

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60: How to Learn Italian - Tips from a Polyglot Italian teacher

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59: Ask to her! Listen me! (When Italian and English are different)

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58: How to use "le" in Italian (to her, for her)

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57: How to use "gli" in Italian (to them, for them)

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56: How to use "gli" in Italian (to him, for him)

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55: Che cosa puoi fare a Milano?

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54: 6 Essential Italian Conversation Phrases (no more awkward silences!)

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53: Direct object pronouns in Italian: Mi, Ti, Lo, La, Ci, Vi, Li, Le.

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52: Direct Object Pronouns in Italian: Lo and La

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51: Italian Pronouns: What they are and how to use them

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50: Can you talk backwards like an Italian?

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49: How to say "I miss you" in Italian

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48: How to say sorry in Italian: mi dispiace vs. scusa

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47: How (and when) to say sorry in Italian

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46: Mi piace! How to say “I like” in Italian.

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45: How to say "I love you" in Italian (and avoid an embarrassing mistake)

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44: The Complete Guide to the Italian Present Tense

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43: Capeesh?! The other -ire verbs in Italian

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18: How to ask "Where are you from?" in Italian

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17: Italian greetings: How Italians really say hello to each other

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16: How to roll your Rs in Italian

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42: Buona Pasqua! How do Italians celebrate Easter?

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41: 3 different ways to say "you" in Italian

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40: More sneaky ways to remember Italian verbs

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39: A quick trick to remember Italian verbs

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38: Quiz! Put your Italian knowledge to the test

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37: Fare: the magic verb that will help you sound more Italian

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36: English words used in Italian (that don’t exist in English!)

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35: Buon Anno! What are your New Year's Resolutions?

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34: Buon Natale! Christmas in Italy

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33: Review: how to travel around Italy on trains, trams, buses and...boats!

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32: How to ask for travel information in Italian

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31: Che ore sono? How to tell the time in Italian

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30: How to buy train and bus tickets

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29: How to buy food at the market

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27: Basta così? How to order food at the deli counter

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26: Dove sono le banane? How to ask for things in supermarkets

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25: Da mangiare? How to order food in Italian (part 2)

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24: Una pizza, grazie! How to order food in Italian

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23: How to order vino in Italian

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22: Where's the train station? How to ask questions in Italian.

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21: Fa caldissimo! How to talk about the weather in Italian

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20: Molto buono! Or is is bene?

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19: How to order gelato in Italian

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15: How to count to 100 in Italian

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14: How to count from 1 to 20 in Italian

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13: How to get from the plane to your hotel or city center

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12: How to pronounce an Italian menu (G and GH)

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11: How to pronounce an Italian menu (C and CH)

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10: How to make new sentences in Italian

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9: Could I have a coffee? How to ask polite questions in Italian

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8: Shall we start now? OK

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7: What shall we eat today?

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6: How to pronounce gn - like in lasagne

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5: How to pronounce gli - like in famiglia

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4: Excuse me, do you speak English?

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3: I speak a bit of Italian

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2: Do you make these typical tourist mistakes?

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1: Why Italian is easier than you think