67: How long have you...? How to use “da” in Italian
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🗓️ 30 June 2019
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Asking and answering questions with "how long" in Italian. It's easy when you know how! All you need is a little word "da".
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Today's Italian words
Da quanto tempo vivi in Italia? = How long have you been living in Italy?
Da = since
quanto tempo = how much time
Vivi = you live
in Italia = in Italy
Da quanto tempo = how long have you…. (lit. since how much time)
Vivo in Italia da quasi 10 anni = I’ve been living in Italy for almost 10 years.
Vivo = I live
in Italia = in Italy
da = since
quasi = almost
dieci anni = ten years
E tu? = And you?
Ovviamente vivi in Italia da tutta la vita, più o meno = Obviously you’ve been living in Italy for your whole life, more or less.
Ovviamente = obviously
vivi = you live
in Italia = in Italy
da = since
tutta la vita = the whole life
più = more
o = or
meno = less
Ma da quanto tempo vivi a Milano? = But how long have you been living in Milan?
Ma = but
Da = since
Quanto tempo = how much time
Vivi = you live
A Milano = in Milan
Vivo a Milano da 8 anni = I’ve been living in Milan for 8 years.
Vivo = I live
a Milano = in Milan
Da = since
8 anni = eight years
Vivo IN Italia = I live in Italy (for countries)
Vivo A Milano = I live in Milan (a for cities)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How long have you been learning Italian? |
| 0:03.0 | How long have you been living where you live now? |
| 0:06.0 | These kind of questions and answers with how long are quite different in Italian compared to in English, |
| 0:14.0 | but they're actually quite simple when you know how. |
| 0:16.0 | All you need is the little word da. |
| 0:19.0 | Find out more in episode 67 of Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:23.0 | And in today's lesson, and in today's lesson we're going to learn Ciao all all and benvenuti a five minutes Italian I'm Katie and I'm Mattieo |
| 0:38.6 | and in today's lesson we're going to learn how to talk about how long you've been |
| 0:44.5 | doing something using the word da the good news is it's actually a lot simpler |
| 0:50.2 | compared to in English let's listen to the dialogue. |
| 0:55.0 | Let's start. |
| 0:58.0 | How do you live in Italy? |
| 1:02.0 | I've lived in Italy |
| 1:04.0 | for almost 10 years. |
| 1:07.0 | And you, obviously, |
| 1:10.0 | vivie in Italy, |
| 1:11.6 | all the life, |
| 1:13.6 | more or less. |
| 1:14.6 | But, |
| 1:15.6 | how do you |
| 1:16.6 | have |
| 1:17.6 | in Milan? |
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