126: Così: How To Say ‘So’ (and much more) in Italian

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

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How do you say “so” in Italian? Most of the time, you can say “così”, a handy word for lots of different situations. Learn how to use it in this lesson.

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Today's Italian words:
Così piccante = so spicy
Così divertente = so fun
Il peperoncino è così piccante! = the chilli is so spicy!
Imparare l’italiano è così divertente! = learning Italian is so fun!
La burocrazia italiana è così complicata = Italian bureaucracy is so complicated
Perché impari l’italiano? = why are you learning Italian?
Così posso visitare posti meno turistici = so that I can visit less touristy places
Così posso parlare con i miei cugini = so that I can talk with my cousins
Inserisci la carta, così = insert the card, like so
Così? = like this?
Sì, così! = ues, like that!
Com’è il caffè? – Mm, così così. = how’s the coffee? – Hmm, so-so

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0:00.0	How do you say the word so in Italian? If you look it up in the dictionary, it's a bit of a nightmare
0:05.8	because you'll find at least 10 different words all used in slightly different ways. Why is it so
0:11.4	complicated? Cozy complicato. But luckily there's one word that covers a lot of the times you'll want to say
0:18.1	so, and that's cozy. In this episode episode you get tips on how to use it and learn about a rare
0:25.7	italian spicy food Ciao to all and welcome.
0:41.1	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Jove languages.
0:45.2	So I know we're actually here to talk about the word so,
0:48.6	but now we all want to know about this rare Italian spicy food.
0:52.6	What is it? So it's a spreadable pork sausage called
1:00.0	Nduya. It's from Calabria and the word is in dialect so it's a bit hard to pronounce
1:06.0	even for us Italians.
1:09.0	Yeah, so is there an N followed by a D at the beginning like this
1:14.1	N doya? Yes, N doya. It's known all over Italy, so it's not rare because it's not
1:23.2	available. It's rare because Italian cuisine isn't usually spicy. The exception is the Calabria region
1:31.0	because they have lovely red pepperoncini, chili peppers. And I find it often catches me by surprise
1:38.9	because in Italy I'm never expecting the spice. So here's a typical conversation that we might have when this happens.
1:46.4	And by the way, once we stop being distracted by food, we will get to the word
1:50.3	cosy.
1:51.6	So as you're listening to the conversation, how many examples of the word
1:55.5	so can you hear?
1:57.4	And what do they mean?
2:01.2	Mmm, landuia is so good.
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