twitterlearn

Welcome to twitterlearn!

Welcome to twitterlearn, a new service from the Radio Lingua Network. With twitterlearn you can sign up for regular quizzes via twitter, allowing you to test your knowledge of Spanish, Italian and German, with French coming soon.

Each of the series are linked to our podcasts and the content being tested in the regular quizzes is based on the content of our podcasts. In most cases the quiz will feature a phrase or series of words to be translated into the foreign language. By clicking on the link published with each 'tweet' you will be able to check your answer on the website.

If you've already got a twitter account, you can go ahead and sign up for the language of your choice by using the following links:

http://twitter.com/learnspanish
http://twitter.com/learngerman
http://twitter.com/learnitalian

If you need help signing up for twitter, click here.

Please note that twitterlearn is not affiliated with Twitter.com.

Learn Italian by Twitter - we'll be back on Monday

Learn Italian by Twitter is published on weekdays. We'll be back on Monday with more quiz-tweets. In the meantime, have a look at My Daily Phrase Italian for more information on how you can learn Italian with us, or if you're interested in getting more out of your Italian-learning experience, you can become a premium member.

If you're interested in languages in general, visit our Radio Lingua Network website.

Learn German by Twitter - we'll be back on Monday

Learn German by Twitter is published on weekdays. We'll be back on Monday with more quiz-tweets. In the meantime, have a look at My Daily Phrase German for more information on how you can learn German with us, or if you're interested in getting more out of your German-learning experience, you can become a premium member.

If you're interested in languages in general, visit our Radio Lingua Network website.

Learn Spanish by Twitter - we'll be back on Monday

Twitterlearn.com will be back on Monday with more Spanish language questions for you!

In Italian, how would you say, "this is my wife"?

"This is my wife" could be:

questa è mia moglie

Note that you have to say questa, the feminine form of "this".

For more information on this topic and for pronunciation of this phrase, see these episodes of My Daily Phrase Italian. Please note that twitterlearn.com is not aiming to provide "the only way" to say a phrase. Each of our quiz-tweets are based on phrases we've covered in our podcasts. See the link above for more information.

How would you say in German: "Where can I buy bread?"

"Where can I buy bread?" could be:

wo kann ich Brot kaufen?

Note that the infinitive goes to the end of the sentence.

For more information on this topic and for pronunciation of this phrase, see these episodes of My Daily Phrase German. Please note that twitterlearn.com is not aiming to provide "the only way" to say a phrase. Each of our quiz-tweets are based on phrases we've covered in our podcasts. See the link above for more information.

How many different answers to the question ¿cómo estás? can you think of?

The question ¿cómo estás? means "how are you?" Possible answers include:

(estoy) bien
(estoy) muy bien
(estoy) fenomenal
(estoy) estupendo
(estoy) bastante bien
(estoy) mal
no estoy bien

and so on!

For more information on this topic in Spanish, see these episodes of Coffee Break Spanish.

How would you say in German: "I would like to hire a car, please"?

"I would like to hire a car" could be:

ich möchte ein Auto mieten

"I would like" is ich möchte... It's always followed by an infinitive, although as you can see from this example the infinitive moves to the end because the object comes first.

For more information on this topic in German, see these episodes of My Daily Phrase German.

In Italian, how would you ask, "how much does this cost?"

"How much does this cost?" could be:

quanto costa questo?

Questo is the word for "this". You may also remember the word for "that": quello.

For more information on this topic and for pronunciation of this phrase, see these episodes of My Daily Phrase Italian. Please note that twitterlearn.com is not aiming to provide "the only way" to say a phrase. Each of our quiz-tweets are based on phrases we've covered in our podcasts. See the link above for more information.

Translate into Spanish: "I want to change money"

"I want to change money" could be:

quiero cambiar dinero

The word quiero means "I want". It's followed by an infinitive, in this case cambiar, meaning "to change".

For more information on this topic in Spanish, see these episodes of Coffee Break Spanish.

In Italian, how would you say to someone in a shop, "I'm just looking"?

"I'm just looking" could be:

sto solo guardando

Sto guardando means "I am looking"; to add "just", you add the word solo.

For more information on this topic and for pronunciation of this phrase, see these episodes of My Daily Phrase Italian. Please note that twitterlearn.com is not aiming to provide "the only way" to say a phrase. Each of our quiz-tweets are based on phrases we've covered in our podcasts. See the link above for more information.