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🗓️ 6 February 2017
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What shall we eat today? This is a very important question in Italy! In today's episode, you'll learn how to make suggestions and ask questions in Italian.
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Today's Italian words
Pranzo = lunch
Che mangiamo oggi = what shall we eat today?
Che = what
Mangiamo = we eat/let's eat/shall we eat?
Oggi = today
Non lo so = I don't know (literally: not it I know)
Pasta al sugo = Pasta with fresh tomato sauce (literally, pasta with sauce)
Sugo = sauce
Pasta al pomodoro = Pasta with fresh tomato sauce
Pasta al pesto = Pasta with pesto
Mangiamo pasta al pesto = we eat pasta with pesto
Va bene = OK (literally: it goes well)
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0:00.0 | How do we make suggestions like, shall we eat in Italian? |
0:05.0 | And how should you answer? |
0:07.0 | Let's eavesdrop on some real Italian conversations to find out how in 5 minute Italian episode 7. Ciao to all and beaunitoui and welcome to Five Minutes Italian. |
0:27.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minutes Italian. I'm Katie and I'm Matteo. |
0:32.6 | Ciao to all. |
0:33.6 | In Italy, lunch or pranzo is the most important meal of the day. |
0:40.3 | Today I overheard Matteo and our friend Adriano having a conversation about pranzo |
0:46.3 | and they use some words and phrases that I thought you guys would find really useful. |
0:51.3 | So we're going to say the conversation again here, together with Matteo. |
0:55.7 | You've been learning Italian with us for a few weeks now, |
0:58.8 | and I think it's time to take it up a notch and start listening to some real spoken Italian. |
1:03.9 | We'll learn the first part today and the second part next week. |
1:07.6 | Listen, and don't worry if you don't pick up much at first. |
1:10.5 | We'll break it down after. |
1:13.6 | What do we? |
1:15.6 | Don't know. Pasta the sugo? |
1:17.6 | Alright. |
1:19.6 | So that was our little conversation. |
1:21.6 | The first sentence you heard was... |
1:24.6 | What we're going ojee? Ke |
1:29.3 | mani |
1:30.3 | Mangeamo |
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