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59: Ask to her! Listen me! (When Italian and English are different)

Learn Italian with Joy of Languages

Joy of Languages

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🗓️ 16 December 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Listen me! Sounds funny in English, doesn't it? But that’s how they say it in Italian. Learn more Italian expressions like this and how to use them.

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Today’s Italian words
Tua mamma impara l’italiano, vero? = Your mum is learning Italian, right?
Tua mamma = your mum
Impara = learns
L’italiano = the italian
Vero = true
Le dai una mano? = Do you give her a hand?
Le = to her
Dai = You give
Una mano = a hand.
Si, a volte = Yes sometimes.
Che cosa fai? = What do you do?
Le chiedo: “che cosa fai oggi” = I ask her “what are you doing today”
E scambiamo un paio di parole in italiano = And we exchange a few words in Italian.
Le = to her
Chiedo = I ask
Che cosa = what
Fai = you do
Oggi = today
E = and
Scambiamo = we exchange
Un paio = a pair
Di = of
Parole = words
In italiano = in Italian.
Le chiedo = I ask her (literally = to her, I ask)
Gli chiedo = I ask him (literally = to him, I ask)
Poi, le insegno un po’ di grammatica = Then, I teach her a little grammar.
Le = to her
Insegno = I teach
Un po’ = a bit
Di = of
Grammatica = grammar
Le insegno = I teach her (literally = to her, I teach)
Gli insegno = I teach him (literally = to him, I teach)
Come studia l’italiano? How does she study Italian?
Di solito ascolta un CD e 5 minute Italian ovviamente! = Usually she listens to a CD and 5 minute Italian obviously!
Di solito = usually
Ascolta = she listens
Un CD = a CD

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ask to her, listen me.

0:03.0

Sounds a little bit funny in English, doesn't it?

0:05.0

But that's how they say it in Italian.

0:08.0

Learn more expressions that are different in English and Italian, like these,

0:13.0

and how to use them correctly in episode 59 of 5 Minute Italian.

0:29.7

Ciao to all and Benvenuti

0:30.7

I'm Katie

0:32.6

And I'm Matteo,

0:33.8

Ciao.

0:34.7

In the last few episodes,

0:36.7

we've been learning how to say to her and to him and to them.

0:41.3

But Italian can be sneaky sometimes and there are some situations where we use to him, to her, to them,

0:48.3

when we wouldn't in English and vice versa.

0:52.3

In today's episode you'll learn about these differences.

0:56.0

Remember, you can see the words written down and get bonus materials for this episode,

0:59.9

including a quiz and flashcards, by going to our website jervlanguages.com

1:04.7

forward slash Italian podcasts and scrolling down to episode 59.

1:10.4

For now,

1:12.0

we'll listen to the conversation.

1:15.0

Let's listen to the conversation.

1:18.6

Katie,

1:20.4

your mom

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