51: Italian Pronouns: What they are and how to use them
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🗓️ 26 August 2018
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Recently, we've been learning phrases like "mi manchi" (I miss you) and "mi dispiace" (I'm sorry). But what is the little "mi" at the beginning of these phrases? Learn about Italian pronouns and how to use them.
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Io sono inglese e tu sei italiano = I'm English and you're Italian.
Io = I
Sono = am
Inglese = English
E = and
Tu = you
Sei = are
Italiano = Italian
Mangio = I eat
Mangi = you eat
Mangiamo = we eat
Beh...io bevo il caffè e tu bevi il tè = Well I drink coffee and you drink tea.
Beh = well
io = I
bevo = I drink
il caffè = (the) coffee
e = and
tu = you
bevi = you drink
il tè = (the) tea
Tu cucini bene la pasta e io cucino bene i dolci = You cook pasta well and I cook desserts well
Tu = you
Cucini = you cook
Bene = well
La pasta = (the) pasta
e = and
io = I
cucino = I cook
bene = well
i dolci = (the) desserts
Ma non ci conformiamo sempre agli stereotipi = But we don't always conform to stereotypes.
Ma = but
Non = not
Ci conformiamo = we conform
Sempre = always
Agli = to the
Stereotipi = stereotypes
Io arrivo sempre in anticipo, tu sei sempre in ritardo! = I always arrive early and you're always late.
Io = I
Arrivo = I arrive
Sempre = Always
In anticipo = early (as in arrive early)
Tu = you
Sei = you are
Sempre = always
In ritardo = late
io = I
tu = you
lui = he
lei = she
noi = we
voi = you plural (you all/you both/y'all/yous depending on where you're from!)
loro = they
Lui beve il caffè e lei beve il tè = He drinks coffee and she drinks tea
Noi mangiamo la pasta e loro mangiano la pizza = We eat pasta and they eat pizza
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| 0:00.0 | Recently, we've been learning phrases like, |
| 0:03.0 | Mimanki, I miss you, and me disbiace, I'm sorry. |
| 0:08.0 | But what is the little me at the beginning of these phrases? |
| 0:12.0 | Learn about Italian pronouns and how to use them in Italian, in episode 51 of Five Minute Italian. I'm Katie. And I'm Katie. |
| 0:21.6 | And I'm Mattel. |
| 0:34.6 | And recently we've been learning phrases like, |
| 0:36.6 | Mimanchi, I miss you, and me disbiace, I'm sorry. |
| 0:42.3 | Now the little me at the beginning of these phrases is an example of an Italian pronoun. |
| 0:48.3 | Today and in the next couple of lessons, you'll learn what Italian pronouns are and how to use them in |
| 0:54.6 | conversation first, we'll listen to the conversation. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's listen to the conversation. |
| 1:03.0 | Matteo, I'm in English and you are Italian. |
| 1:08.0 | Yes. |
| 1:10.0 | Not you, some differences? |
| 1:13.6 | Well, I bevo the coffee and you be the tea. |
| 1:19.6 | You cookin the pasta and I cookin well the |
| 1:23.6 | and I cookin well the dolci. |
| 1:26.6 | But, not we confirm we always, And I cookin' well the dolci. But... |
| 1:29.3 | ...not we're not we confirm we always... |
| 1:31.3 | ...areotip. |
| 1:33.3 | No? |
| 1:35.3 | I arrive always in anticipation. |
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