54: 6 Essential Italian Conversation Phrases (no more awkward silences!)
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🗓️ 16 September 2018
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You want to practice speaking Italian but... what if you forget a word? Or you don't understand? Here are 6 Italian phrases to keep the conversation going.
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Today's Italian words and phrases
Come si dice questo in italiano? = How do you say this in Italian?
Come = how
Si dice = one says
Questo = this
In italiano = in Italian
Che cosa vuol dire? = What does it mean? (lit. what does it want to say?)
Che cosa = what
Vuol = wants
Dire = to say
Scusi, non ho capito = Sorry, I didn't understand (formal)
Scusa, non ho capito = Sorry, I didn't understand (informal)
Non ho capito. Che cosa vuol dire? = I didn't understand. What does it mean?
Potrebbe ripetere per favore? = Could you repeat please? (formal)
Potrebbe = could you (formal)
Ripetere = repeat
Per favore = please
Puoi = can you (informal)
Puoi ripetere per favore? = Can you repeat please? (informal)
Potrebbe parlare più lentamente per favore? = could you speak slower please (formal)
Potrebbe = could you (formal)
Parlare = speak
Più = more
Lentamente = slowly
Per favore = please?
Puoi parlare più lentamente per favore? = Can you speak slower please? (informal)
Possiamo parlare in italiano? Vorrei imparare = Can we speak in Italian? I'd like to learn.
Possiamo = can we
Parlare = speak
In italiano = in Italian
Vorrei = I'd like to
Imparare = learn
Adesso, vi vogliamo invitare a una lezione di italiano sabato prossimo = Now, we'd like to invite you to an Italian lesson next Saturday.
Vi vogliamo invitare = We want to invite you (plural).
Vi = You plural
Vogliamo = we want
Invitare = to invite
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's stopping you from having a conversation in Italian? |
| 0:04.0 | Maybe you're afraid of trying out the phrases you've learnt because you might not understand the answer. |
| 0:09.0 | Or you're worried about long, awkward silences when you forget a word or a bit of grammar. |
| 0:15.0 | Or maybe you've tried to have a conversation with an Italian, but she replied in English. |
| 0:20.0 | These are all examples of how communication breakdowns or fear of communication breakdowns |
| 0:25.6 | can stop you practicing Italian. |
| 0:28.6 | But with the right strategies, they don't have to. |
| 0:31.6 | Learn six essential phrases to get past communication breakdowns and keep the conversation going |
| 0:36.6 | in Italian in episode |
| 0:38.8 | 54 of Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm Katie and I'm Mateo. And I'm Matteo. Ciao. Ciao to all and benvenuptu a Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:55.2 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:56.2 | And then Matteo, Ciao! |
| 0:58.2 | And in today's lesson you'll learn six conversation phrases in Italian to help you avoid |
| 1:03.5 | awkward silences and keep the conversation going. |
| 1:07.5 | We'd also like to invite you to a live online Italian lesson next Saturday, so make sure you stick around until the end to find out how to join. |
| 1:14.6 | For now, let's learn the conversation phrases. |
| 1:17.6 | Number one. |
| 1:19.6 | How do you say this in Italian? |
| 1:23.6 | Or literally, how does one say this in Italian? |
| 1:30.7 | Italian speak a little bit like the Queen of England sometimes. |
| 1:35.6 | How? |
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