141: Italian for UNDERSTAND (and One Time You Shouldn’t Say It!)

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

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What’s Italian for “Understand”? Learning this essential Italian word will help you communicate super smoothly with the locals!

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Today's Italian words:
Non ho capito = I didn’t understand
Ho capito = I understood
Capisco l’italiano = I understand Italian
Capisco un po’ di italiano = I understand a bit of Italian
Piano, per favore = Slowly, please
Può ripetere, per favore? = Can you repeat, please? (formal)
Puoi ripetere, per favore? = Can you repeat, please? (informal)

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0:00.0	You've got your perfect Italian phrases ready and you managed to say them right.
0:05.0	See.
0:06.0	But then what happens? Italians reply and sometimes you have no clue what they said.
0:11.0	Don't worry, this is completely normal. It happens to all learners.
0:15.0	The best solution is to tell Italians what you understood and what you didn't.
0:20.0	So you can clear up any misunderstandings and
0:23.6	keep the conversation going. In this lesson, you'll learn how to do just that with the Italian
0:28.6	word for understand and some handy phrases that will help you communicate clearly and smoothly.
0:52.5	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
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1:08.5	free lessons like this. Grazie.
1:12.0	Surpreza.
1:13.5	Surprise.
1:14.3	Today we're talking about food again.
1:16.4	One of our favorite things to cook at home is pasta and fagioli, pasta and beans.
1:23.0	Or if you're Italian-American, or if you know any, you might recognize the name in dialect,
1:28.3	pasta e fazul.
1:30.3	It's really easy to make, really inexpensive and really delicious.
1:35.3	What does pasta and fagioli have to do with understanding Italian?
1:40.3	Listen to the dialogue to find out.
1:43.3	Well, alfáme, fashra, Listen to the dialogue to find out.
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