What's the difference between da and per?

In English, they both translate as four, but they're not interchangeable in Italian.

Find out more in episode bea-minute Italian.

I'm Katie and I'm Matteo,

Ciao.

And in today's lesson, we're going to continue talking about how long, in the sense of how long you've been doing something,

or how long you did something for. This week, we're looking at the difference between da and per.

Let's start with a question. How long have you been learning Italian? This is an important phrase to learn, because when you get into conversations with Italians,

one thing they'll probably ask you is how long have you been learning Italian?

How would you say this question in Italian?

If you listen to the last week's lesson, you know that to ask this question, we start with da.

Which is like saying for or since in English.

To ask how long, Italians literally say since, how much time. Da, quanto tempo.

Since

how much time?

So now we have how long

da quanto tempo to say have you been studying it's actually much simpler in

italian than in english italians use the present they say since how long you study italian We know that how long is da quanto tempo.

So how would you say you study Italian?

Studi the Italian.

Da quanto tempo study the Italian? So let's take that sentence again.

Da, since, how much, time, you study, the Italian.

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