22: Where's the train station? How to ask questions in Italian.
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🗓️ 28 June 2017
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Where's the train station? Which bus should I take? When does the train leave? How long does it take? In today's lesson, you'll learn how to use question words to navigate your way around Italy.
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Today's words
Dove = where
Il bagno = the toilet
Dov'è il bagno? = where's the toilet?
è = is
Mi scusi = excuse me
La stazione = the station
Mi scusi, dov'è la stazione? = excuse me, where's the station?
La biglietteria = the ticket office
Mi scusi, dovè la biglietteria? = Excuse me, where's the ticket office?
Quando = when
Parte = he/she/it leaves
Quando parte? = when does it leave?
Quando parte il treno? = when does the train leave?
L'autobus = the bus
Quando parte l'autobus? = when does the bus leave?
Chi = who
Chi è? = Who is it?
il manager = the manager
Chi è il manager? = who's the manager?
Quanto costa? = how much does it cost?
Quanto tempo? = how much time/how long?
Quanto ci vuole? = how long does it take?
Che cosa = what
Che = what
Cosa = what
Che cos'è? = what is it?
Che cosa vi porto? = What shall I bring you?
Che cosa vi porto da bere? = what shall I bring you to drink?
Che cosa vi porto da mangiare = what should I bring you to eat?
Quale = which
Quale treno? = which train?
Quale autobus? = which bus?
Quale binario? = which platform?
Perché? = why?
Mangiamo? = shall we eat?
Perché no? = why not?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Where's the train station? |
| 0:02.9 | Which bus should I take? |
| 0:05.0 | When does the train leave? |
| 0:06.7 | How long does it take? |
| 0:08.3 | What's that? |
| 0:09.7 | Question words are essential if you want to use Italian as you navigate your way around Italy. |
| 0:15.7 | Learn how to use these all-important question words in episode 22 of Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:31.5 | Ciao, all and benvenuti a Five Minute Italian. Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:39.1 | And then Matteo. |
| 0:40.1 | Ciao. |
| 0:41.0 | And in this week's episode, we're going to answer a question sent to us by Lizzie, |
| 0:45.6 | who is planning a trip to Bologna this summer in the northeast of Italy. |
| 0:50.8 | She asked us to do an episode on question words. |
| 0:56.3 | So today we're going to learn some useful travel phrases with the all important words, who, where, what, when, why, which and how. Let's start |
| 1:04.6 | with where, which is? Dore. Now, imagine you're in a restaurant and you need to go to the toilet. |
| 1:11.6 | Whoa. |
| 1:12.6 | Il banio. |
| 1:13.6 | But you can't find it. |
| 1:14.6 | So how would you say where's the toilet? |
| 1:17.6 | Dov'et? |
| 1:19.6 | So here we've got dove, which means where, and eh e which means is. |
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