Imagine if you could speak a little Italian.

It's such a gorgeous language and having a few words up your sleeves on your trip

is the key to immersing yourself in the culture and psyche of Italy.

Join me as I take a little Italian lesson and learn a useful word or two that can be used in many

scenarios on episode 257 of the Untold Italy podcast.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the

towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Wondgiano friends, comestai, how are you doing today? I'm back from our winter adventure in Italy, but I'm a little tired. It is a 24-hour journey from my part of Australia to Italy, so I'll do a full update on the trip in a week or two. But today I wanted to share an episode I recorded with my friend Monica at the end of 2024. Now, Monica runs Sumasura, Italy,

an Italian language coaching service, and she suggested that we record a little Italian

lesson together featuring some keywords and fun ways to build sentences in Italian that will

be useful for you when you land in Italy. Learning a language is a very personal

endeavour. Some people do really well with duolingo and online courses or listening to podcasts and

watching videos. But I really love how Monica customises learning to her students and their needs

and she breaks things down into manageable chunks so you can tell that you're making

progress. So let's get started and you can hear me have a go at the Italian phrases Monica

teaches that can make a big impact when I'm in Italy. Bentonata, Monica, welcome back to the

Untold Italy podcast. Oh, hello. Or I should say, chow.

So lovely to have you join us again, Monica.

How have you been?

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