Coffee Break Italian

In this episode of Coffee Break Italian you'll be learning about Italian adjectives and how they agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. You'll learn about Four-Ending, Two-Ending and Invariable adjectives, and how to change the adjectives so that they "agree" with the noun. Join Mark as he goes clothes shopping in Milano (!) and build your vocabulary in the process. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this lesson you'll learn to conjugate and use three very common -ire verbs which are irregular: venire (to come), uscire (to go out) and dire (to say/tell). Pay particular attention to the spelling changes which happen in these verbs! Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this lesson we'll be taking a look at four common irregular verbs which end in -ere: bere (to drink), tenere (to hold/keep), sapere (to know) and conoscere (also to know). You'll also learn the difference between the two verbs which can be translated as "to know" and when to use them. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this episode you'll learn to use avere and essere, two of the most important Italian verbs. In addition to the normal uses you'll also learn to use the verbs in a number of idiomatic expressions. By the end of this lesson you'll be a master of "being" and "having" in Italian! Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

This lesson focuses on two very important irregular verbs, andare ("to go") and fare which means "to do" or "to make", but is used in many other expressions. You'll learn to conjugate these verbs and through a series of dialogues between Mark, Francesca and Isla, you'll practise using the verbs, helping you to consolidate what you've learned.

Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this lesson you'll consolidate what you already know about regular -are, -ere and -ire verbs and you'll also review reflexive verbs. One of the most common uses of the present tense is in making arrangements, and in the dialogues of the lesson you'll learn to make arrangements, identifying what you're doing, when you're doing it and where you're meeting your Italian-speaking friends. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this lesson you'll master verbs in the 3rd conjugation - those ending in -ire. There are two groups of these verbs: ones which form their endings as you would expect, and another group which introduce -isc- in the middle of certain forms. You'll already be familiar with verbs such as capisco, but this lesson will explain how to conjugate all of these verbs. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In this lesson you'll master regular verbs in the second conjugation, those ending in -ere. You'll have met a few of these verbs before, but this episode gives you the chance to practise these verbs further and understand when to use them. Also covered are some verbs which involve spelling or pronunciation changes. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

This episode of Coffee Break Italian will help you talk about the things you do on a regular basis, including aspects of your daily routine. Francesca and Mark introduce the concept of reflexive verbs and you'll learn to conjugate these verbs in the present tense. In the practice session Isla is put to the test and asked about her daily routine. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.

In lesson 2 of Coffee Break Italian Season 2 you'll further your knowledge of -are verbs within the context of talking about what you do at the weekend. Francesca and Mark introduce more -are verbs including some verbs which have spelling changes, and then talk about what they do at the weekend - in Italian, of course! Isla practises what she has learned by talking about her weekend in Italian, and there are some translation challenges to help you consolidate the new language in the lesson. Coffee Break Italian Season 2 also offers a full online course with video lessons, bonus audio materials and extensive lesson notes to help you make faster progress. Find out more about these additional materials at http://coffeebreakitalianplus.com.