34: Buon Natale! Christmas in Italy
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🗓️ 23 December 2017
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Summary
How do Italians celebrate Christmas? Find out, and learn some useful words and phrases for talking about the festive period.
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Today's words and phrases
In Italia = in Italy
spesso = often
apriamo = we open
i regali = the presents
la vigilia = Christmas eve
il ventiquattro = the 24th
Di solito = usually
si mangia = one eats
pesce = fish
capodanno = New Year's
lenticchie = lentils
auguri = congratulations/happy holidays
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| 0:00.0 | How do Italians celebrate Christmas? Find out and learn some useful words and phrases for talking about the festive period in episodeuti a Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:24.3 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:27.5 | And then Matteo, Ciao. |
| 0:29.4 | And we're getting ready for Christmas. |
| 0:32.4 | So we thought it would be nice to do an episode about Christmas in Italy. |
| 0:35.8 | So we can talk about the culture and some useful words and phrases |
| 0:39.5 | for talking about the festive period in Italy. |
| 0:43.1 | So let's ask Matteo. |
| 0:45.2 | You've celebrated Christmas with us before in England. |
| 0:48.9 | What would you say are the main differences between Christmas in Italy |
| 0:52.5 | and the Christmas in England that you had? |
| 0:56.6 | In Italy, |
| 0:58.1 | speszo, |
| 0:58.7 | we're going to be regalea, |
| 1:00.5 | the Vigilia, |
| 1:01.7 | the 24. |
| 1:04.4 | So, |
| 1:05.5 | in Italy, |
| 1:07.2 | yeah, |
| 1:07.6 | this is true. |
| 1:08.2 | So in Italy, |
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