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🗓️ 24 September 2024
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Learn how to use the Italian verb prendere for food, travel and common expressions. See its similarities to English and how to conjugate it in different tenses.
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Today's Italian words:
Prendo il treno = I take the train
Prendo un caffè = I have (lit. I take) a coffee
Hai preso tutto? = Have you taken everything?
Prendere freddo = Get cold
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0:00.0 | Taking the train, plane, bus, ordering food. |
0:05.0 | There are lots of different situations when you'll need to use this important Italian verb. |
0:10.0 | We're talking about the verb, |
0:12.4 | Prendere, which means to take in Italian. |
0:16.5 | In today's episode, you'll learn how to use Prendere in everyday conversations |
0:21.7 | and how to avoid a common mistake when ordering food. |
0:25.7 | Something which is very important in Italy. |
0:42.3 | Ciao to all and welcome. Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. |
0:46.3 | Today we're going to learn about the verb, |
0:49.3 | it's a verb that you'll definitely use when you're speaking Italian. You'll use it all the time when ordering food and drink or talking about getting transport or taking transport. |
1:01.0 | And it's in lots of common expressions. |
1:04.0 | It's not too complicated to learn because most of the time we use it in a very similar way to English. But there's one situation where |
1:12.7 | it's quite different from English so it's easy to make mistakes with and we'll help you avoid |
1:17.1 | this in this episode. Once you know how it works, you'll see it's not too difficult. But before |
1:25.3 | we look at some nice conversation phrases with Prendere, we have a little favor to ask. |
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1:45.4 | So you're going to hear a typical conversation that Katie and I might have as we're getting |
1:50.9 | ready for a trip. |
1:52.4 | There are lots of lovely cities near Milan that you can get to by train. |
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