In Italian, there are words called adverbs that can help you add detail to what you're saying,

and you can use them to talk about how you did something or how you feel about it.

For example, let's say you can't go to Italy this summer.

You might not just want to say, I can't go to Italy, but that unfortunately,

Sfortunatamente you can't go, or that the food in Naples wasn't amazing, but

absolutely amazing.

In today's episode, you'll learn some adverbs that Italians use all the time.

And by adding these words to your sentences, you'll be able to say a lot more with the Italian

that you already know.

Ciao to all and benvenuti. Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.

Today you'll get to see how words that come up all the time in Italian, like easily, quickly and absolutely work.

And you might have just noticed they're the ones that in English often end in L-Y.

In Italian they often end in Mente.

And once you understand how these kinds of words work,

you'll automatically also be able to form lots of new ones,

so you can immediately say even more in Italian. But before we get started, can we ask you a quick

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You're going to hear a dialogue between me and Katie where we talk about some of the things we've been trying to learn lately.

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