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Learnthenameofemozioni,emotionsinItalian,repeataftertheaudiofiles. Italiansarefamousforbeingpassionate(passionali)andimpulsive(impulsivi).SinceShakespeare’stime,foreignersinlovewithItalydescribeouremotionsintheirownlanguage.DoyouactuallyknowthenameoftheemotionsandtherelativeaggettiviinItalian?

Wecanstartsortingthetheemozioniandtheconnectedaggettivi bysplittingtheminpositiveandnegative.Notsurprisingly,mostEnglishadjectivessoundliketheItalianrelatedaggettivi,butbeawareof”falsefriends“,ItalianandEnglishwordsofthesameorigin,usuallyLatin,butdifferentinmeaning.

ThecorrectverbfordescribinganemotionisPROVARE(un’emozione).Ifyouwanttodescribeanemotionusinganadjective,youneedtousetheverbesserefollowedbytheaggettivo.Forexample:

Thereareverbsotherthanprovare fordescribingemotions,butprovareisgoodformostofthem,soifyouwanttobesafeandlearngradually,justuseit.Dependingontheemotion,youcanalsouseavere(“Hounagrandepassioneperlalinguaitaliana”), sentire-tofeel-(“Sentomoltatenerezzaperilmiocane”).Ifyouneedtodescribeyourfeelingswithanadjective,insomecasesyoucanusethe”verbo riflessivo“sentirsiinsteadofessere (“Misentotriste”=”Sonotriste”).

InthefirstcolumnyoucanfindtheEnglishemotion,theItalian emozione inthesecondandthe aggettivo inthethird.

Please,nowlistentothepodcastandrepeat.Itwillhelptoimproveyourpronunciation.

Useyourspacebarforpausingtheaudioandrepeat

EMOZIONIPOSITIVE

EMOZIONINEGATIVE

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