The 500 More Nouns module adds a basic vocabulary to Version 4 of the MobiLearn English-Italian Talking Phrasebook. These nouns are the names of people, places, and things most essential to everyday conversation. When this add-on module is installed on a Pocket PC that contains the required Talking Phrasebook, 500 More Nouns becomes a new subcategory under the Conversation category. This add-on includes the names for outdoor activities, cultural pursuits, computer equipment, and other intermediate-level terms. The more basic 500 Nouns add-on includes the names for colors, family members, items of cuisine, and other fundamental terminology. For greatest efficiency, we recommend that you install this program on a CF or SD storage card.

Key Features

• Integrates seamlessly with your existing MobiLearn Phrasebook.
• Contains 500+ parallel English and Italian nouns essential to a solid vocabulary.
• Displays the nouns in either language by topic or alphabetically.
• Instantly shows the written translation of any chosen English noun in Italian, or Italian noun in English.
• Speaks the translated noun out loud in a clear native voice.
• Repeats the pronunciation automatically according to your preferences, to aid practice and memorization.
• At your option, plays all selected phrases aloud in a continuous flow.
• Saves selected phrases in a personal Bookmarks category.
• In Quiz mode, lets you test your knowledge and track your progress over time.

How It Works

Suppose you want to learn to say "window shopping" in Italian:

1. On the home screen, select English-Italian as the (From)-(To) languages.
2. Tap the Conversation icon.
3. In the Conversation list, tap the 500 More Nouns category.
4. Scroll through the 500 More Nouns word list and tap "window shopping."

You'll see the Italian equivalent, "guardare le vetrine dei negozi," in the gold translation window. To hear it out loud, tap the translation window. Then just repeat what you hear to pronounce the term in natural Italian. To reverse the direction and translate Italian nouns into English, select Italian-English as the (From)-(To) languages, then proceed in the same way.

This add-on module requires the MobiLearn Talking Phrasebook (English-Italian), Version 4 or higher, as a foundation.  For further language tools in this series, see MobiLearn's other add-on modules: 500 Nouns, Cuisine, Dating, and Driving.

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