70: When to use molto (and when to use molti, molta and molte)
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🗓️ 22 September 2019
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Molto, molti, molta, molte... what's the difference? And when should you use them? It's actually quite simple. Find out more in this episode.
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Today's Italian words
Molto = very/lots of
Molto grande = very big
Molto felice = very happy
Molto vecchio = very old
Molto veloce = very fast
Molto difficile = very difficult
Molto cibo = lots of food
Molti pomodori = lots of tomatoes
Molta pioggia = lots of rain
Molte banane = lots of bananas
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| 0:00.0 | Molto, MOLT, MOLT, MOLTA, MOLTE. |
| 0:05.0 | What's the difference and when should you use them? |
| 0:08.0 | Find out in episode 70a 5 Minutes Italian. I'm Katie. |
| 0:27.3 | And I'm Matteo. Ciao. |
| 0:29.5 | This week's episode is dedicated to Kathy, Cheryl and Rick, who came along to our immersion in Florence last week. |
| 0:37.8 | And as we were sitting eating breakfast on the terrace, a very interesting question came up, |
| 0:43.0 | which was, in Italian you have Moldo, Malti, Mota and Moldte. |
| 0:51.3 | When do you use Moldo and when do you use the others? |
| 0:55.0 | This was a great question and a question that I think many people wonder about. |
| 0:59.0 | So today we're going to clear up some of the mystery around |
| 1:02.0 | MOLTO. |
| 1:05.0 | Most can mean very, as in MOLTO BEllo. Very beautiful. But it can also mean a lot, as in |
| 1:18.1 | MOLTO Cibo, lots of food. And therein lies the difference. When MOLto means very, as in |
| 1:28.9 | much bello, it's a describing word used to describe something. |
| 1:35.0 | We can also have examples like |
| 1:37.0 | Very big. |
| 1:41.1 | Molto felice. Very happy. And when we use |
| 1:46.0 | MOLTO as a describing word, it never changes. |
| 1:50.0 | It's always MOLTO. |
| 1:52.0 | It can never be MOLTA, MOLTI or MOLTE. |
| 1:55.0 | Always MOLTO. |
| 1:57.0 | Here are some more examples. |
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