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🗓️ 7 January 2025
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Why in Italian is one simple word. Or you can learn a few extra really common ways to say why to make your Italian sound natural.
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Today's Italian words:
No, perché? = No, why?
Perché il pesce ha un sapore delicato = Because fish has a delicate flavor
Come mai non posso bere lo Spritz con la pizza? = How come I can’t drink spritz with pizza?
Perché è dolce = Because it’s sweet
E perché? = And why?
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0:00.0 | Why is one of those words we use all the time. |
0:04.1 | That's why. |
0:05.5 | See what I did there? |
0:07.8 | It's really useful to know in Italian. |
0:10.9 | So how do you say why in Italian? |
0:14.0 | All you need is one word, but there are a couple of other ways that Italians use all the time. |
0:19.0 | In this episode, you'll also see how to reply when someone asks you why. |
0:24.8 | And the answer is just as easy as the question. Hello to all and benvenuti. |
0:41.3 | Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
0:45.3 | In this episode we look at how to say why in Italian. |
0:49.3 | There is one word you can almost always use, but there are two other ways the Italians use all the time. |
0:58.2 | So you'll get to see those as well. |
1:00.8 | But before we get started, can we just ask you a really quick favor or favor? |
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1:17.9 | growing and in a way that we can also keep making free lessons like this one. |
1:23.2 | Grazie mele. |
1:24.4 | Thank you. |
1:26.4 | So I've been living in Italy for over 10 years, but I still have lots of questions |
1:31.0 | about why Italians do things a certain way, especially when it comes to food. It's true. In Italy, |
1:38.3 | there are lots of food rules that are really specific and so it's common for tourists to get them wrong. |
1:46.2 | In this conversation, you'll hear me asking Matteo to explain some of these food rules. |
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