Yesterday I was eavesdropping on a conversation in an Italian bar, as I like to do,

and I overheard someone say something that made me smile, including a very useful little word that Italians use all the time,

Casino. And it may not mean exactly what you think it does, as it's quite different in English and Italian.

Learn what Casino means and eavesdrop on an

Italian conversation with us in episode 69 of Five Minutes Italian.

Ciao all and Benvenutiuti a five minute Italian.

I'm Katie.

And I'm Matteo.

Ciao.

Yesterday morning, I was drinking my usual morning cafe in the bar around the corner.

When I overheard an Italian say something that was not only interesting and funny,

but also had some mini Italian lessons in it. The sentence was,

The government, It costs a sack of the soldy, and fa sempre casini. Let's listen to the sentence again,

nice and slowly, and see how much you can get from it.

The government costs a sack of the

money, and fa,

...céemprae, and fa,

...cassini.

So the guy I was eavesdropping on, was complaining about the government and he said,

The government costs us loads of money and they're always making a mess.

Literally,

The government,

...