Newbie Lessons Videos

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! “Do you want to go away for the white week?” your new girlfriend asks you in Italian. You reply in Italian, “Um, I don’t think I know what that is…do I?” Your girlfriend explains in Italian, “That means a ski holiday. You are welcome to come with me this weekend, if [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You tell the taxi driver in Spanish, “Hey, we’ll get out here and walk the rest of the way, thanks.” As you pay the driver, your friend leans over and says to you in Spanish, “Where are we?” You respond in Spanish, “The party’s at an apartment that’s just around the [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’re sitting in your hotel room in Costa Rica, befuddled by all the choices you have for your Latin American vacation. You have fifty travel brochures written in Spanish spread around you, and you can’t tell which activities will be more fun than others. Sadly, you’re only there for a week, [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! “Okay, what’s this all about?” the object of your affection asks in Italian. “What are all these balloons for? Why are they heart-shaped? And what does this have to do with national security?” she questions you in Italian. You answer in Italian, “So many questions…where to begin?” You continue in Italian, [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! It’s last call, and your friends are ready to leave the bar. But you’re just getting fired up, and you’re ready for another Spanish drink. Even better, you’re ready for more Spanish dancing after you down another shot of tequila! You sashay over to your friends and tell them in Spanish, [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’re starting to adjust to this concept of attending the soccer games at the local bars in Latin America. Everywhere, people are chanting and singing in Spanish and yelling at their favorite soccer player in Spanish, so it’s almost like you’re at the game. Well, except that no one is spilling [...]

  Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’re out with your friends at the hottest Spanish club in town, and your friends have just commanded you to do yet another shot. Their drink of choice? Tequila , of course! After all, you are in Latin America. You tell your friend in Spanish, “If I have one more drink, [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Perhaps you are just a fool in love after all. Have you really just said that line out loud in Italian? Have you seriously just told that girl in Italian that speaking with her was a matter of “national security?” Of all the Italian lines to use…you have to go and [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! It’s still dark outside, but the friend you’re visiting in Costa Rica is knocking on your bedroom door to wake you up. Through the door, he exclaims in Spanish, “It’s the biggest sporting event of the year, and your favorite team has a chance to participate!” Dazed from sleep, you wonder [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Today you’re meeting your friends at the Spanish bar to hang out. When you arrive, you can’t for the life of you figure out why there is a line around the block with people complaining loudly about the wait in Spanish. You approach the bouncer and ask in Spanish, “How long [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! How predictable! You tell your friend in Italian, “I could have told you that asking her whether she wanted a drink wouldn’t work. Have you ever had that line work on a girl?” He responds in Italian, “Yes, actually, all the time. That is, it works when the girl actually needs [...]

  Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’ve kicked and screamed, but your Spanish friends still dragged you to the dance studio to learn a Spanish dance. So you might as well make the most of it. Even though you have two left feet, you continue to follow the instructor who keeps yelling at you in Spanish, “You [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Huff, puff. You have to take a quick break from blowing up all these balloons to help your friend impress his Italian object of desire. Your friend looks at you sideways and asks you in Italian, “Are you feeling okay?” You respond in Italian, “Yes, I’m fine, aside from these two [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! “It’s just right-left-right-left,” the salsa instructor says in Spanish. You whisper to your friend in Spanish, “He makes it look so easy! But I find it much more difficult than he makes it seem.” Your friend replies in Spanish, “Oh, it’s not very hard. Just be more focused and you’ll pick [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’ve been walking around in circles for a while trying to find your way through the city to meet your friend at the Spanish restaurant, but you can’t decipher the Spanish street signs. You finally give up and call your friend and admit defeat in Spanish, asking “Where are you again?” [...]

Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! “Hey buddy, I have a great idea!” you tell your friend in Italian. He responds in Italian, “Hello. Your great ideas always get me in trouble. What do you have in mind?” You respond in Italian, “Oh, it’s really nothing; I just want to tell this girl that I really like [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! Hmmm…you look around the dance studio, but you see no one you know. Even worse, all the people in this Spanish dance class seem to be wearing tutus. Since when do people learn to do the salsa wearing tutus, you wonder? Maybe you are behind the times. You shrug and walk [...]

Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You can’t wait to impress your significant other, so you’ve decided to sign up for Spanish dance lessons. Even though you can’t tell your right foot from your left, you’re confident these Spanish lessons will teach you everything you need to know so you don’t look like a fool on the [...]