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🗓️ 14 October 2025
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There are actually 3 ways to say so in Italian: quindi, allora and così. Find out when you should use each one so your Italian can sound more natural.
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Today's Italian words:
Troppi turisti, quindi troppe file = Too many tourists, so too many lines
Così così = So so
Ok...allora il consiglio è... non andare a Venezia! = Ok, so the advice is, don’t go to Venice!
Può andare a Treviso, così vede Venezia in giornata = She can go to Treviso, so she can see Venice during the day
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| 0:00.0 | So is one of those little words that you need all the time in any language. |
| 0:05.1 | But so can be tricky in Italian because there are three different ways to say it. |
| 0:10.7 | So how do you know which one to use? |
| 0:25.0 | Ciao. So, Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
| 0:30.9 | So can be used in all sorts of common conversation situations, like asking questions or explaining why you've made certain plans in |
| 0:40.0 | Italy. So see what I did there? It's very useful to know. To make your Italian sound natural, |
| 0:47.9 | it really helps to know which version of so you should use for different situations. But before we |
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| 1:10.3 | In this conversation between me and Katie, you hear us giving advice to one of our students. |
| 1:17.6 | A lot of students ask us for recommendations on things to do in Italy. |
| 1:22.1 | When we talk about where we think our student Lisa should go, |
| 1:26.1 | see if you can hear the different words for |
| 1:28.0 | So in Italian and how they're used. |
| 1:31.7 | Lisa wants to know if you want to say to go to Veniceia or no. |
| 1:40.2 | Allura? |
| 1:43.0 | Tropi tourists, so, so too few filers. |
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