110: The 4 Meanings of Allora in Italian

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

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Summary

Feel like Italians say allora all the time, but not exactly sure what it means? Read on to learn the 4 situations when you should be using it - and when you shouldn’t!

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Today's Italian words:
Allora… cosa facciamo? = So… what shall we do?
Allora… è domenica… = Well… it’s Sunday…
Fa caldo, allora andiamo in spiaggia = It’s hot, so then we’ll go to the beach
La spiaggia = The beach
Fa caldo = It’s hot (lit: it makes heat)
Un gelato = An ice-cream
Allora erano più buoni = Back then they were tastier

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0:00.0	When you're listening to Italian speak, there's one word you'll hear all the time.
0:05.6	Alora, alora, alora, alora, it feels very Italian.
0:11.6	What makes Italians use this word so much?
0:14.5	Well, it might be because it can mean so many different things.
0:17.3	So in today's episode, you'll learn the four main meanings that you should know if you want to use
0:22.8	Alora like an Italian.
0:36.9	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian. Ciao to all and benvenuti.
0:38.3	Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
0:43.3	What does Alora mean?
0:46.3	Well, it's used in a few different ways.
0:49.3	Let's listen to a typical conversation between me and Matteo,
0:52.3	where we're struggling to decide what to do on our day off can you hear the four main meanings of allora
0:59.4	then what we're doing today allura it's domenica a
1:07.0	passageata far too cold.
1:12.6	All right, we'll go to the lake.
1:15.6	I preferisco
1:18.6	the mare.
1:19.6	All right, we'll go to the mar.
1:23.6	It's...
1:25.6	Fantastic.
1:26.6	We can't
1:28.3	We can't
	...

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