In the final week of TwitterLearn Spanish we’ll be completing our discussion of time and learning some useful phrases to help you move forward learning the language. Since the words and phrases in today’s lesson vary in pronunciation between Spain and Latin America, we’ve provided two versions of today’s lesson.

If you’re interested in Spanish for Spain, listen to today’s show here:
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If you’re interested in Spanish for Latin America, listen to today’s show here:
Download audio file (tls-01-36-lam-v2.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

once – “eleven”
doce - “twelve”
son las once y media – “it’s half past eleven”
mediodía – “midday / noon”
medianoche – “midnight”
es mediodía - “it’s midday / noon”

Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

We’ll continue our lessons in counting in Italian today. Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

quattro – “four”
cinque - “five”
sei – “six”
sette – “seven”
otto – “eight”
nove – “nine”
dieci – “ten”
zero – “zero”

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

We’ll continue our lessons in counting in Spanish today. Listen to today’s show here:

Download audio file (tls-01-14.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

cuatro – “four”
cinco - “five”
seis – “six”
siete – “seven”
ocho – “eight”
nueve – “nine”
diez – “ten”
cero – “zero”

Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn to count from one to three in Italian. You may well have to order more than one orange juice or beer! Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

uno – “one”
due - “two”
tre – “three”

un – “a/one” (masculine words)
una – “a/one” (feminine words)

Don’t worry about which words are masculine and which are feminine – we’ll teach you what you need to know as we progress through the course. Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

 Lesson 12 introduces numbers, days, months and seasons.

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In lesson 06 you’ll learn to talk about your family and to count from one to ten.

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In Lesson 12 you’ll learn numbers from 11 to 1000, and you’ll also learn the days of the week, and the months and seasons of the year.

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In Lesson 06 you’ll learn to talk more about your family and to count from 1-10.

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