Italian in Three Minutes is a 25 part series. For more information refer to the individual episodic descriptions.Titles in this Series:
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Come watch the television with us, your friends tell you in Italian. Since they spoke in Italian, you answer in the same, Why, what's so important to watch?
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You just arrived in Italy ready for a great adventure! Of course, that will include meeting many wonderful people.
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You would like to impress your Italian friends with your newfound skills in the kitchen. After all, they did introduce you to homemade pasta and cannoli.
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With your new knowledge of the Italian currency system, you're ready to brave the market and find deals on all kinds of Italian goods. But when you walk into the Italian market, you're overwhelmed!
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As you ride in the taxi through the quaint Italian streets of Venice, you search your wallet but only find large denominations of money. You hope your Italian taxi driver can change your large bills.
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Mmm, that was a heavy but delicious Italian meal. Now that you're stuffed, you're feeling sleepy and need to find your way back to your Italian hotel.
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The kind Italian man at the last street corner tried to give you directions back to your hotel. You think he told you to go left for two blocks, then turn right for two blocks, and then go left again, but nothing looks familiar.
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Do you get tongue-tied when meeting new people? Are you at a loss for words when you see your acquaintances every day?
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At first, the Italian bus system may be complicated, but you're sure you'll get the hang of it soon enough. Of course, it would be helpful to be able to ask strangers for help in Italian.
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Your friend has been a great host while you've been in Italy, taking you to the best shops and cafes. However, your friend has an odd obsession that is driving you crazy: she always wants to take you to hear the same Italian band.
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You've enjoyed cooking all the produce and meats you bought at the Italian market, but now you're tired of staying at home all week. After your long week of work, you deserve a homemade Italian dinner that you don't have to make!
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While it has been educational to ride around on an Italian bus all day trying to find your destination, you'd actually like to see some of Italy by foot. You're trying to find the right stop for your Italian destination, but you have never heard the bus driver call it out in Italian.
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You set your alarm clock to go off bright and early at seven o'clock, thinking it would give you plenty of time before you had to meet your friend for coffee. But at six-forty-five, your friend calls you on the telephone, berating you in Italian for being late.
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Fortunately, your wait for a seat at the Italian restaurant was quite short. You waited at the bar for under ten minutes, and now it's time to place your order for your delicious Italian dinner.
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You've been in Italy a few days now, and it's time for you to leave the confines of your hotel and explore the Italian streets You bought a map but can't seem to make heads or tails of it; you're hoping it will make sense once you hit the Italian streets. However, within fifteen minutes you're lost and in need of an Italian coffee and pas...
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It has been a few days since you were last online, and you are starting to get the shakes from Internet withdrawal. Even though the hotel where you're staying in Italy offers spotty Internet service, the concierge pointed you down the street to what he called an Internet Point.
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Since you've been in Italy, you've been improving your pointing skills. Whenever you want something but don't know the Italian word for it, you simply point at it, and that seems to get the job done.
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You want to remember as much of what you're seeing in Italy as possible, so you're snapping photographs left and right. Of course, you and your friend take turns putting yourselves in the photos, but you never have one of the two of you together.
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You've been in Italy a few days now, and it's time for you to leave the confines of your hotel and explore the Italian streets You bought a map but can't seem to make heads or tails of it; you're hoping it will make sense once you hit the Italian streets. However, within fifteen minutes you're lost and in need of an Italian coffee and pas...
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Are you ready to go shopping in Italy? Probably not...at least, not until you're used to counting your money in Italian!
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You tried finding the restaurant that someone told you had the best desserts in all of Italy, but you got lost. Or maybe you just didn't understand the Italian directions you were given.
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