37: Fare: the magic verb that will help you sound more Italian
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🗓️ 28 January 2018
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Summary
Learning a language can feel like hard work sometimes!
One way to make it easier is by starting with words that Italians say all the time. Like the magic verb "fare", which means make or do. Once you learn it, you'll be able to use it in loads of handy Italian expressions.
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Today’s words
Allora = so
Ti faccio una domanda = I’ll ask you a question (literally: you I do a question)
Che fai sabato? = What are you doing on Saturday?
Che fai il sabato? = What do you do on Saturdays?
Faccio colazione = I have breakfast (literally = I do breakfast)
Poi = then
Faccio la spesa = I do the food shopping
Fa caldo = It’s hot (literally = it does hot)
Fa freddo = it’s cold (literally = it does cold)
Mi piace uscire = I like to go out
Per fare delle foto = to take some photos (literally: for do some photos)
Fai pulizia in casa? = do you clean the house? (literally: you do cleaning in house?)
Si, un sacco! = yes, loads!
Fare una festa = have a party (literally = do a party)
Fare un errore = make a mistake
Faccio = I do
Fai = you do
Fa = he/she/it does
Facciamo = we do
Fate = you all/both do
Fanno = they do
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Learning a language can feel like hard work sometimes. |
| 0:03.6 | One way to make it easier is by starting with words and phrases that Italian people say all the time. |
| 0:09.9 | One such word is the verb, |
| 0:11.7 | Fare, which means make or do, and is used everywhere in Italian. |
| 0:17.3 | Once you learn it, you'll be able to use it in loads of different expressions. |
| 0:21.8 | Find out more in 5 Minute Italian, episode 37. |
| 0:36.3 | Ciao all and Benvenuti at 5 Minute Italian. Hi everyonepti a Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:43.4 | And I'm Matteo. |
| 0:44.4 | Ciao. |
| 0:45.4 | Today we're going to talk about one of my favorite verbs in Italian, |
| 0:49.3 | Fare, which means make or do. |
| 0:53.3 | So in Italian they only have one word for both of these so this handy verb is used |
| 0:59.5 | absolutely everywhere and if you learn it you'll be able to use it in loads of different expressions |
| 1:05.4 | so you'll get a lot of bang for your book with just one word so So let's start with a conversation. |
| 1:12.7 | After the conversation, we'll analyze what we said bit by bit. |
| 1:16.5 | And remember, you can read the words in the show notes. |
| 1:19.7 | Allura, |
| 1:20.8 | I'll do you make a question. |
| 1:22.8 | What do you do? |
| 1:25.0 | Well, |
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