Posts Tagged ‘language’
Italian for Kids: Grocery Shopping (video)
What is like doing grocery shopping in Italy? How do you call the various food items in Italian? My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 9 invites you to a tour of an Italian supermercato.
Let her know what you think by leaving a comment on YouTube or writing her a note to [email protected].
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Italian for Kids: Christmas (Natale)
My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 8 and son Alessio, 5 share a few language tips about some traditional Italian Christmas sweets and food.
To all readers of our blog and customers of our eBook, we wish Buon Natale!
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Italian for Kids: The School (video)
We received a pleasant note from a school in Rochester, NY that my daughter’s videos are being used in classroom to teach Italian to 4th and 5th graders.
They kindly asked us if we could focus a new episode to life at school. So we did… Enjoy!
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Italian for Kids: Cars (video)
How do you name the different parts of a car in Italian?
My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 7 is happy to help you finding that out. Enjoy!
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Italian for Kids: Astronomy (video)
My daughter Silvia, 7 has found a simple way to explain the basics of the Solar system. Here is a new episode of her video podcast series ‘Italian for Kids‘, for the first time also starring my son Alessio, 4. Enjoy!
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- iPod version (MP4 – 4.7Mb)
Podcast #15 – Learn Italian with free podcasts
Podcasts are a wonderful way to learn a new language, and luckily there are several good shows that focus on Italian. My favorites are My Daily Phrase Italian and LearnItalianPod. If you own an iPod or other MP3 player, you can take advantage of this medium to listen to Italian conversations while you are driving, commuting to work or just walking your dog.
It’s powerful, effective and free.
In this episode, I interviewed Max Braglia, producer of the popular and successful language show LearnItalianPod.
Max shared with me some interesting insights on his podcast, how it all started and how he plans to evolve it in the future. Enjoy!
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Listen to Italian music online
Are you wondering where to find and/or discover new Italian music?
Check out Italia.fm, an aggregator of various Italian private and public radio stations that broadcast music, news and other shows over the web.
How to say Happy Holidays in Italian
How can you say ‘Happy Holidays’ in Italian? Here are a few words that are commonly used this time around:
Merry Christmas – Buon Natale
Happy Holidays – Buone Feste
Happy New Year – Buon Anno
New Year’s eve – Capodanno
Best wishes for 2008 – I migliori auguri per il 2008
Filled with joy and peace – Pieno di gioia e serenita’
Our editorial staff Francesca and Paolo together with our associate podcaster Silvia, 7 (and future talent Alessio, 4) augurano a tutti voi Buone Feste!
Italian for Kids: The Playground (video)
Here is a new episode of the podcast series ‘Italian for Kids‘ hosted by my daughter Silvia, 6. In this show, you’ll learn how the different parts of a playground are called in Italian. Enjoy!
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- iPod version (MP4 – 8.2Mb)
- Zune version (WMV – 6.7Mb)
P.S. If you like this video, please leave her a comment here or on YouTube. She loves feedback!
Italian for kids: Numbers (video)
My daughter Silvia, 6 has just completed a new episode of her podcast series ‘Italian for Kids‘. In this video, you’ll learn how to count from 1 to 10 in Italian.
Thanks to our faithful reader Courtney R. for suggesting this new topic. Enjoy!
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- iPod version (MP4 – 5Mb)
- Zune version (WMV – 4Mb)
P.S. If you like this video, please leave her a comment here or on YouTube. She loves feedback!
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Name: Paolo and Francesca Tosolini
Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States
Paolo was born and raised in Italy for his first 30 years. He now lives in Seattle, WA (USA) where he works for Microsoft as a New Media Business Manager.
Francesca worked as a travel agent before choosing the career of full time mom of two beautiful kids.
Through this blog, Paolo and Francesca want to share an insider view of the Italian culture, and offer useful tips and information to make your trip to Italy the most enjoyable ever.
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