52: Direct Object Pronouns in Italian: Lo and La
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🗓️ 2 September 2018
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What are direct object pronouns and when should you use them? Get a super simple explanation in this week's episode
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Today's Italian words and phrases
Spesso noto differenze tra la cultura italiana e la cultura inglese = I often notice differences between Italian and English culture.
Spesso = often
Noto = I notice
Differenze = differences
Tra = between
La cultura italiana = Italian culture
e = and
La cultura inglese = English culture
Tipo? = such as?
Per esempio, il caffè. In Italia, lo bevete più velocemente = For example, coffee. In Italy, you drink it more quickly.
Per esempio = for example
il caffè = (the) coffee.
in Italia = in Italy
lo = it
bevete = you drink (plural you - as in "you all drink")
più = more
velocemente = quickly.
lo bevete = you drink it
Anch'io noto delle differenze. Per esempio la birra = I also notice some differences. For example, the beer.
Anch'io = Also I
noto = notice
delle = some
differenze = differences.
Per esempio = for example
la birra = (the) beer.
La beviamo più velocemente, e più spesso! = We drink it faster, and more often!
La = it
Beviamo = we drink
Più = more
Velocemente = quickly
e = and
Più = more
Spesso = often
La mangiamo = we eat it (la pizza)
Lo mangiamo = we eat it (il pesce)
La maglietta = t-shirt
Voglio = I want
La voglio = I want it (la maglietta)
La compro = I'll buy it (la maglietta)
La voglio, la compro = I want it, I'll buy it (la maglietta)
Il portafoglio = wallet
Lo voglio, lo compro = I want it, I'll buy it (the wallet)
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| 0:00.0 | It. It's a pretty easy word in English, right? But in Italian, it's a bit more complex |
| 0:06.4 | because it can change depending on whether it's masculine or feminine and where it appears |
| 0:11.9 | in the phrase. But it's easy when you know how. Learn how to say it in episode 52 of 5-minute |
| 0:19.5 | Italian. |
| 0:35.5 | Chaua Tutsu and Benvenuti at Five Minute Italian. I'm Katie. And I'm Mateo. |
| 0:40.3 | And this lesson is coming to you from the past. Do-Doo-Doo-Doo-, we're in a little Italian town called Streza on the Italian lakes leading our very first Italian immersion holiday. |
| 0:52.3 | And our classroom is a sunny balcony with lake views. |
| 0:56.3 | So hopefully, as you listen, we'll be sitting on there, maybe with a glass of wine and |
| 1:00.3 | some cheese, helping our students speak Italian. |
| 1:03.5 | And we're posting updates on Facebook. |
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| 1:16.1 | learning italian yes today we're learning about object pronouns first uscultiamo the conversation |
| 1:26.6 | let's listen to the conversation. |
| 1:29.3 | Spess, I know differences |
| 1:32.3 | from the culture Italian and the culture English. |
| 1:36.3 | Like, |
| 1:37.3 | For example, the coffee. |
| 1:40.3 | In Italy, you'll bevete more |
| 1:42.3 | velocement. Mm-hmm. |
| 1:46.0 | Also, I know of the differences. |
| 1:48.0 | For example, the beer. |
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