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Coffee Break Languages

With Coffee Break Italian you can learn Italian where and when it suits you. In Season 1, you'll join teacher Mark, learner Katie and native speaker Francesca in our 15-minute lessons, and build your confidence in the language, learning Italian from scratch. Take your learning further with Season 2 in which Mark and Francesca are joined by learner Isla.
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Coffee Break Italian

Some Italian words only make sense once you know exactly when to use them. In this episode, Francesca goes through the words you need for specific everyday situations, from "permesso" at the door to "pronto" on the phone, and the many meanings hiding inside "prego". In this episode you'll find some new words, and a few extra examples beyond what's in the video.

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The right Italian word for every situation, from 'permesso' to 'prego'

Italian is full of idioms that are borrowed from the kitchen, and once you spot them you'll notice them everywhere. In this episode Francesca takes you through 10 everyday food idioms, from someone who's "like parsley" and turns up everywhere to the moment an omelette is already made and the damage is done. She explains what each one really means and the kind of situation where it fits, then rounds things off with a bonus idiom: parla come mangi.

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10 Italian food idioms and what they really mean

You probably already know that 'potere' means "can" or "to be able to", but there's more to this everyday Italian verb than meets the eye. In this episode, Francesca shares five things you might not know about 'potere', from using the conditional to sound more polite to meeting 'potere' as a noun, and she helps you tell it apart from 'riuscire' and 'sapere'. It completes her little series on the modal verbs, after 'dovere' and 'volere'. How many of them are new to you?

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5 things you didn't know about the verb 'potere' in Italian

Pasta is the perfect way to practise some of Italian's trickiest sounds. In this episode, Francesca works through pasta names to help you get those gn, gl, ch and gh sounds right, with a few tasty facts thrown in along the way.

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Italian pasta names: a pronunciation guide

You probably already know that volere means "to want", but there are still a few secrets hiding in this everyday verb. In this episode, Francesca shares five interesting things to know about volere, from the tricky 'gl' sound and using it as a noun to choosing between ho voluto and volevo in the past. How many of them are new to you?

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5 things you didn't know about the verb 'volere' in Italian

Francesca walks you through five tiny Italian words that come up in real conversations all the time: "allora", "dai", "boh", "figurati" and "magari". Each one carries a lot of meaning, and learning to use them naturally is one of the fastest ways to sound more Italian. Which one will you start using first?

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Allora, dai, boh: 5 Italian words you'll hear every day

Francesca goes beyond the textbook meaning of "dovere" and explores five nuances of this everyday Italian verb. You'll look at double conjugations, two different auxiliaries in the past tense, the less familiar meaning of "to owe", and the noun "il dovere". How many of these did you already know?

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5 things you didn't know about the verb 'dovere' in Italian

Francesca walks you through five common mistakes that are easy to fix but make a real difference to how natural your Italian sounds. From choosing between "favorito" and "preferito" to understanding why Italians say "mi lavo i denti", these are practical changes you can start using straight away.

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5 small changes to improve your Italian

Welcome back to il Caffè di Tullio - our charming Italian café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling.

In Chiuso per ferie, Lorenzo's exhaustion from a busy summer leads to a well-deserved, but unexpected, break thanks to la signora Rachele’s wisdom. La signora Rachele, infatti, nota la stanchezza di Lorenzo e, prima che lui se ne accorga, attacca un avviso molto importante sulla porta del locale…

Allora, sei pronto a leggere l’ultimo capitolo di Scenes 2? Non perdertelo!

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 10: Chiuso per ferie

Welcome back to il Caffè di Tullio - our charming Italian café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling.

In Episode 9, La vita qui non è poi così male, Lorenzo’s friend talks about life in Berlin and his surprising new perspective on Italy.

Fabrizio è tornato in Italia per le vacanze e passa il suo tempo andando al mare e rilassandosi. Decide che forse rimarrà in Italia più del previsto…

Tune into Episode 9 of Scenes, where you’ll learn plenty of useful vocabulary and expressions to boost your Italian.

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10 Italian food idioms and what they really mean

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