123: Avere: How To Use This Italian Verb (and Mistakes To Avoid)

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

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Avere is one of the most important verbs in Italian. Learn to use it in conversation, and avoid these common mistakes!

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Today's Italian words:
Ho una prenotazione = I have a reservation
Hai tempo? = Do you have time?
Ho un’idea = I have an idea
Hanno la birra = They have (the) beer
Abbiamo una bottiglia di vino = We have a bottle of wine
Ho = I have
Hai = You have
Ha = S/he has; you have (plural)
Abbiamo = We have
Avete = You have (plural)
Hanno = They have
Avevamo = We had

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0:00.0	Aver is one of the most important verbs you'll learn in Italian. It means to have and you'll need it for all kinds of things from checking into your hotel to trying local specialities.
0:12.1	For example, I have a reservation.
0:17.9	Or have the pannette le panell. Do you have the chickpea fritters?
0:23.6	I remember eating sandwiches with these in Palermo.
0:26.6	Hmm.
0:27.6	Who said Italian grammar was boring?
0:29.6	It even helps you eat better food in Sicily.
0:33.6	So in this episode, you'll learn how to use this very important verb in conversation and how to avoid common learner mistakes.
0:53.6	Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy Ciao to all and benvenuti.
0:55.2	Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
0:59.0	We started this episode talking about food so we might as well continue.
1:04.0	Luckily this time it's not me who's cooking.
1:08.0	On Saturdays friends often invite us over for dinner and in Italy it's important to always bring something, usually a drink or dessert.
1:17.6	So this is a conversation we have nearly every week.
1:20.6	Listen carefully, can you hear any examples of the verb Avere, which means 12. In Italian
1:29.3	they might sound quite
1:31.3	different. Do we want to
1:33.3	buy something?
1:35.9	Yes.
1:37.8	You?
1:38.3	Have time to
1:38.8	go to the supermarket?
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