49: How to say "I miss you" in Italian
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🗓️ 12 August 2018
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Do you know how to say "I miss you" in Italian? It's a bit backwards! But once you get into the Italian frame of mind, it's easy to learn.
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Today's Italian words and phrases
Che cosa ti manca di Napoli? = What do you miss about Naples?
Che cosa = what
ti manca = from you
manca = it misses
di = about
Napoli = Naples
Mi manca la mia famiglia, il mare, e la pizza napoletana naturalmente = I miss my family, the sea and Neapolitan pizza obviously.
Mi = from me
manca = it misses
la mia famiglia = my family
il mare = the sea
e = and
la pizza napoletana = Neapolitan pizza
Naturalmente = of course.
E tu Katie? Che cosa ti manca dell’inghilterra? = And you Katie? What do you miss about England?
Mi manca la famiglia, gli amici, e la colazione inglese = I miss my family, friends and English breakfast.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know how to say I miss you in Italian? |
| 0:04.0 | It's a bit backwards compared to in English. |
| 0:07.0 | But once you get into the Italian frame of mind, it's easy to learn. |
| 0:12.0 | Learn how Italians say I miss you in episode 49 a 5 minute |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Katie and I'm Mateo, |
| 0:32.6 | And in today's lesson you'll learn how to use the verb miss as in I miss you in Italian. |
| 0:40.3 | First, we'll listen to the conversation. |
| 0:45.3 | Let's listen to the conversation. Then we'll go through it step by step. |
| 0:51.3 | Matteo, what what do you |
| 0:55.0 | manca |
| 0:56.0 | my |
| 0:58.0 | family, |
| 0:59.0 | the |
| 1:00.0 | mara |
| 1:02.0 | and the |
| 1:03.0 | pizza napoleetana |
| 1:04.0 | naturally |
| 1:06.0 | and you, |
| 1:08.0 | Katie, |
| 1:09.0 | what |
| 1:10.0 | what you do you want of the England? |
| 1:12.6 | I'm... |
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