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Italian – English Parallel Text: Rosa la cuoca disastrosa

September 13, 2017 by dontspeak

Italian - English Parallel Text: Rosa la cuoca disastrosaPerhaps you’re thinking of signing up for an Italian language class this autumn?

But why spend all that time and money when you could be learning Italian at home with our simplified ebook ‘Rosa la cuoca disastrosa‘, and for only £1.99?

Rosa is a good mother and an excellent grandmother… but an awful cook! When Valeria, Rosa’s health-conscious daughter, has a domestic emergency, Rosa is left to prepare lunch for her two grandchildren…

‘Rosa’ is an Italian – English parallel text.

Which means that you get the original story in Italian, along with an English translation.

That way you can compare the two versions, line by line, to better understand the words and grammar that you’re less familiar with!

There are 8 extremely short chapters to read.

The level is A1 (elementary), though it’s suitable for students at more or less any level who would like to start reading in Italian.

Download the free sample chapter (.pdf) to take a look!

Normally ‘Rosa’ would cost £7.99…

…but this week only it’s 75% off, at just £1.99!

  • Buy ‘Rosa’, now just £1.99!
  • Browse ebooks for learning Italian

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Learning Italian? Download these FREE ebooks!

August 22, 2017 by dontspeak

If you’ve tried our Free Italian Beginners’ Course, you might also be interested in these two FREE ebooks for learning Italian:

‘Il ristorante‘ is an ‘easy reader’, a simplified story with exercises and audio. It’s IDEAL for beginners!

‘La sorpresa‘ is an Italian/English parallel text, also intended for beginners. You get the original Italian story, and an accompanying English translation, so you can compare them line by line.

Both titles are available as FREE DOWNLOADS from EasyReaders.Org, no payment details or registration required!

Click this link to browse easy readers and parallel texts for learning Italian and to order your two FREE ebooks today.

P.S.

There are also free easy readers and parallel texts for students learning Spanish, French and German.

Tell your friends!

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Half Price This Week: Italian-English Parallel Texts!

July 25, 2017 by dontspeak

Italian/English parallel texts are perfect for students who need support with reading.

Stock up on Italian/English parallel texts – 50% off this week!

Learning Italian?

This week only, Italian/English parallel texts are half price at easyreaders.org.

These are perfect for anyone who needs support reading Italian.

You get the original Italian story, plus a line-by-line translation into English.

There are sixteen titles available at the moment.

They normally sell for £7.99 but this week are 50% off.

Just £3.99 each!

Click the links below to visit our online shop and browse.

Italian/English parallel texts – page 1

Italian/English parallel texts – page 2

P.S.

Each title has a free sample chapter, so you can try before you buy! Click here.

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Italian Easy Readers, Italian/English Parallel Texts, -20%!

April 15, 2017 by dontspeak

Learning Italian?

Then you’ll be interested to know that easyreaders.org is having an Easter Sale on ebooks for language learners.

Stock up today on Italian easy readers and parallel texts and you’ll save 20%!

Copy and paste this coupon into the box in your shopping cart (where it says ‘Apply coupon’):

easter offer 2017

Shop now: ebooks for learning Italian

Summary:

  • Shop for Italian easy readers and Italian/English parallel texts at easyreaders.org
  • Use coupon code easter offer 2017 to save 20%
  • The offer is valid through 23/04/17
  • There’s no min. or max. spend
  • The coupon can be used multiple times until the end of the offer on 23rd April 2017
  • It applies to items on sale too (but cannot be used with other coupons you may have)

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Last day to get £10 worth of free ‘Learn Italian’ ebooks!

February 19, 2017 by dontspeak

Last day to get your FREE Italian ebook.

The £10 voucher on ‘Learn Italian’ ebooks expires tonight.

I’ve pasted the code and the details below, but I just wanted to make sure you knew what you were missing!

You could use your £10 voucher to buy an Italian easy reader, a simplified story complete with exercises, glossaries and audio.

For example ‘Colpo di forbici‘:

Antonio and Martina have been married for forty years and together run their own hairdressing salon. Naturally, they know everyone’s secrets, and like to help people if they can…

  • Free sample chapter (.pdf)
  • ‘Buy’ the full version for £7.99 with your £10 voucher

Or perhaps you’d prefer a Italian/English parallel text?

They’re really helpful for learning the language, as they feature the Italian text on one side of the page and the English text on the other side.

That’ll build your confidence with Italian texts, while exposing you to new vocabulary and consolidating the grammar structures you’re studying elsewhere.

Choose to read just the Italian, or compare Italian and English texts line by line.

There are ten stories available in our online shop. Personally, I liked ‘Rosa la cuoca disastrosa‘:

Rosa is a good mother and an excellent grandmother… but an awful cook! When Valeria, Rosa’s health-conscious daughter, has a domestic emergency, Rosa is left to prepare lunch for her two grandchildren…

  • Free sample chapter (.pdf)
  • ‘Buy’ the full version for £7.99 with your £10 voucher

Compare all your options in the ‘Learn Italian‘ section of our online shop.

But don’t forget, the voucher expires tonight!

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VOUCHER INFORMATION

Your FREE £10 voucher code is:

Learn_Italian_£10_Voucher

Copy and paste it into the shopping cart at easyreaders.org.

If you spend less than £10, no payment information will be asked for or taken.

I’ll just send out your order in the usual way, as for any customer.

This can take up to 24 hours, as I do it manually.

If you want ebooks costing more than £10, the cart total will be reduced by £10 and you’ll pay the difference.

Spend your £10 voucher now!

Offer Conditions

  • the voucher is good for anything in our online shop
  • it’s worth £10
  • the offer ends on 19/02/17
  • the voucher is good for ebooks which are already on sale, too
  • but it won’t work together with other coupon codes or vouchers
  • this offer is limited to one voucher per user

Spend your £10 voucher now!

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Free Italian E-Book Voucher Expires Soon!

February 16, 2017 by dontspeak

Here’s a quick follow up, to make sure you don’t miss out on this week’s £10 voucher offer.

Use £10 voucher code Learn_Italian_£10_Voucher to get a free ebook from our online shop.

Choose the ebooks you need to help you learn Italian, then just copy and paste the voucher code into your shopping cart.

If your ebook selections total less than £10, no payment information will be asked for or taken. We’ll just send out your order in the usual way.

If you have ordered ebooks costing more than £10, the cart total will be reduced by the voucher amount.

Plenty of people have been ordering just the one ebook (normal price £7.99) and so paying nothing at all!

Others have picked out several easy readers and parallel texts to include in their study programs, but using the voucher code the final amount they’ve paid has modest…

Weeks, or months, of study material for just a few pounds!

So, do take a look to see what’s available: Learn Italian Ebooks

Offer Conditions

  • the voucher is good for anything in our online shop
  • it’s worth £10
  • the offer ends on 19/02/17!
  • the voucher is good for ebooks which are already on sale, too
  • but it won’t work together with other coupon codes or vouchers
  • this offer is limited to one voucher per user

Spend your £10 voucher now!

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Your £10 voucher for ‘Learn Italian’ ebooks!

February 15, 2017 by dontspeak

Learning Italian?

As language learners and teachers ourselves, we know that having a variety of materials, at a level that’s right for you, helps!

However good your grammar or course book is, sometimes it’s just nice to work on something different…

So, we’d like you to take a look at the ebooks in our online shop.

And to make it worth your while, here’s a FREE £10 voucher code:

Learn_Italian_£10_Voucher

Copy and paste the voucher code into the shopping cart at easyreaders.org.

If you spend less than £10, no payment information will be asked for or taken.

We’ll just send out your order in the usual way.

If you want ebooks costing more than £10, the cart total will be reduced by £10 and you’ll pay the difference.

Spend your £10 voucher now!

Offer Conditions

  • the voucher is good for anything in our online shop
  • it’s worth £10
  • the offer ends on 19/02/17
  • the voucher is good for ebooks which are already on sale, too
  • but it won’t work together with other coupon codes or vouchers
  • this offer is limited to one voucher per user

Spend your £10 voucher now!

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Psst! Want to get a FREE Italian easy reader with audio?

November 10, 2016 by dontspeak

Psst!

If you’re studying Italian, you’ll want to know that starting today, EasyReaders.Org is offering one free ebook download for each of their major languages: Italian, Spanish, French & German.

For more information about the offer, check out this article.

Or just click here to download your free Italian easy reader!

Filed Under: Learning Italian, News

Who is our beginners’ Italian course for, anyway?

January 4, 2016 by dontspeak

Thanks to Janet, who wrote to me to point out that our beginners’ Italian course is actually, in places, much harder than typical material served up for beginners.

She’s right, of course.

But whether you’ll find the material on dontspeakitalian.com suitable for you will depend on a variety of factors.

Perhaps the most important of these is your mother tongue. For a Spanish or French speaker learning Italian, the similarities between your first language and the ‘target’ language (the one you hope to learn) are such that a lot of the material should, in any case, be understandable.

That’s obviously not true for a native English speaker who has never learned a foreign language before. English is unlike Italian in its grammar and much of its vocabulary.

But an English mother-tongue speaker who has already studied another Latin-origin language like French or Spanish should have a similar advantage.

Another factor is your previous language-learning experience.

If you’ve never studied a foreign language before, you will likely find the free material available at dontspeakitalian.com difficult, maybe just too hard.

But if you’ve already mastered any other foreign language (suppose you’re Japanese, and have successfully learned English), then the skills you’ve already picked up, in terms of studying, and the confidence already gained in your own abilities, should help a lot.

Conclusion? Our beginners’ Italian course won’t be ideal for everyone.

How to know if it’ll work for you?

Visit dontspeakitalian.com and give it a try!

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Learn Italian FREE at dontspeakitalian.com!

April 7, 2015 by dontspeak

Interested in learning Italian, but not yet ready to commit to an expensive course or stay in Italy?

So dip your toes into this fascinating language with our free Beginners’ Italian Course:

  • 10 explanations of beginner-level Italian grammar
  • 10 Italian grammar exercises to check your understanding
  • 10 Italian listening practice exercises to consolidate the grammar
  • 10 lists of common Italian vocabulary
  • 10 dialogues to hear Italian spoken in typical situations

That’s fifty pages of free material for learning Italian, and it’s completely free to access. No registration, password or username is required.

Begin learning Italian right now! Just click the links in the sidebar menu (over there >>>)

But where to start? Grammar? Vocabulary? Listening?

That’s up to you!

 

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Grammar
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106 Modal Present
107 Adjectives
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105 Regular Present
106 Modal Present
107 Adjectives
108 Possessive adjectives / Pronouns
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110 Present Progressive

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106 Modal Present
107 Adjectives
108 Pronouns
109 Irregular Present
110 Present Progressive

Dialogues
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