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Exercise – Livello Bravo – “Le parti del corpo” – Body parts in Italian
Le parti del corpo: body parts in Italian. Please have a look at this audio lesson about body parts in Italian for learning more. …
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Giving personal information in Italian – Audio lesson
LearntoaskandgivepersonalinformationinItalian.Talkaboutwork,relationships,nationality.Understandwhenitisappropriatetuusetheformal”lei”insteadofthefriendly”tu”.Audiolesson. LearningtoaskandgivepersonalinformationinItalianisquiteeasy.Youneedtolearnsomebasicsentencesandvocabulary.Allbasicinformation,asithappensinmanylanguages,isprovidedusingtheimportantverbsessere (tobe)andavere (tohave).Incaseyoudon’tknowthem,hereyoucanseetheir presenteindicativo conjugation.Havealookbeforeproceedingfurther. TuorLei? YoucanaddresssomeoneinItalianusingtheinformal”Tu”ortheformal”Lei”.WealreadysaidthatthechoiceofdaredelLei,addressingsomeoneinformally,dependsoncommonsense.Whenyoudon’tknowthepersonyouarearegoingtotalkwith,orwhenthispersonisseniorbyageorstatus,youshoulduseLei. Forexample,”What’syourname”is: Cometichiami?(Tu)/Comesichiama(Lei?) Michiamo… Mind,”Lei”inthiscaseisnotsynonymof”she”,butjustaformalwaytoreplace”tu”,you.Whenyouwillknowpeoplewellorwon’tbethecasetousetheformalLei,youwillbeinvitedtoswitchfrom”Lei”to”Tu”. “Diamocideltu”or”Possiamodarcideltu” Normally,youngpeoplewillskipthe”lei”andusedirectlytheinformal”tu”. ChièMario? Whenwetalkaboutourrelationshipwithsomeone,weoftenuseItalianpossessiveadjectives.So,ifItalktoyouabout”Mario”,youmayask:”ChièMario?” Marioèunmio…(Mariaèunamia…) amico/amica(friend) collega(colleague) conoscente(acquaintance) parente(relative) SeMario(Maria)èunparente,ifMarioisarelative,wecandescribeourdegreeofkinship.Inthiscasewehavetoomitthearticle.Wedon’tsay”Marioèil/unmiofratello”.Wesay”Marioèmiofratello”Marioismybrother.Havealookandlistentotheaudiolesson”Lamiafamiglia”,myItalianfamily foracompleteoverview.SomenounsaboutthefamilyinItalian: Marioèmio…(Mariaèmia…) Ifyouwanttosay”Ihaveabrother,sisteretc”,inItalianwesay”Ioho/Lui-Leiha- un/una…fratello/sorella/marito/moglieetc.withtheverbAVERE. Didovesei(tu)?Didov’e(lui/lei)? InordertoprovidecompletepersonalinformationinItalian,youmustknowyournationality.Peopleusuallywantto knowwhereyoucomefromandwhereyoulive. …
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I verbi irregolari – Italian irregular verbs – Part 2/8 QUIZ
Learn the main Italian irregular verbs and solve the quiz.This is the second of eight parts – Conjugation ERE – A&B It is very …
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Preposizioni articolate – Italian compound prepositions -QUIZ
Learn the Italian “preposizioni articolate”, compound prepositions, with examples and a fun quiz. Italians love to connect simple prepositions and articles for creating compound prepositions. The reason …
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Italian idiomatic expressions. A to Z Guide.
Italian is such a colourful language! There are so many Italian idiomatic expressions. Learn the most common ones with our A to Z list. …
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Gioielli e accessori – Jewelry and accessories in Italian. Audio and Quiz.
Learn about “Gioielli e accessori”, jewelry and accessories. Get ready for your Italian shopping and learn new words. Listen to the audio files and …
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Salute, malattia e cura – Health, disease and treatment in Italian – Audio
Learnkeywordsandsentencesrelatedtohealth,diseaseandmedicaltreatmentinItalian.Repeataftertheaudio. Itwouldbegreatiftherewasapill(pillola)forlearningItalian.WhatwecandoforyouinsteadisprovideadoseofItalianlanguage. TodayyouaregoingtolearntheItalianwordsrelatedto health,diseaseandtreatment(salute,malattiaecura). Youmayhavealreadyheardtheword”salute”,it’sthetypicalItaliantoastbeforeadrink,”toeveryone’shealth”.Theword”malattia”soundsliketheEnglishmaladyanditsimplymeansdisease,ailment.”Cura”standsforcare,inthiscaseitmeanstherapy(terapia),treatment(trattamento).Notverydifferent,right?Let’slearnsomemorewords. Thethreemainkeywordscategoriesarenouns,adjectivesandverbs.Listentotheaudiofiles. Nouns salute=health malattia=disease cura=cure dolore=pain paziente=patient febbre=fever medicina=medicine male=pain/disease vomito=vomit visita=visit medico=doctor raffreddore=cold allergia=allergy frattura=fracture infermiera=nurse farmacia=pharmacy tosse=cough ferita=wound …
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Soldi Soldi Soldi! Money, banks and currency exchange in Italy – Audio
“Soldi”istheItalianwordformoney.Learnsomevocabularyrelatedto”soldi”,listentotheaudioandrepeat. IfyouliveinacountrywheretheEuroisnottheofficialcurrency,youwouldneedtochangemoneyorwithdrawfromanATM.IfyouplantolivemonthsoryearsinItalyforworkingorstudying,perhapsyoushouldopenabankaccount,investyourcapitalortransfermoneybackhome.Inanycase,your”soldi”needtocirculate andyouneedtheappropriatevocabulary.Listenandrepeataftertheaudiofiles. YoumaywanttobrushupItaliannumbersbeforegettingstarted Useyourspacebarforpausingtheaudiofile Inbanca-vocabolario OfcourseitisagoodthingtocometotheEurozonewithsomecashalreadyinyourpockets,justtobuytrainticketsorpayforacab.Thenyouneedtofind”unbancomatper ritiraredelcontante”.The”Cambiovaluta”shopsareobviouslybecomingrareandapplyhighcommissioncomparedtoyourbankbackhome. So,ATMmachinesaretheeasiestandsafestplacesforwithdrawingmoney.Ifyoureallyneedtospeaktosomeoneinabankforopeninganaccountoraskinganythingyoucan’tdoatthebancomat,pleasefindbelowsomeusefulsentences. Inbanca-usefulsentences Well,Ihopeyouwon’tneedtosay”hopersolamiacartadicredito!”.Ifyouhavequestionsaboutsoldi,pleasedon’thesitatetoask.Ifyouneedsoldi fromme,pleaseasksomeoneelse.Ciao.
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