72: Eggs or grapes? How to avoid a silly mistake
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🗓️ 27 October 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Do you know the difference between eggs and grapes in Italian? It's easy to get them mixed up. Learn how to differentiate them in this episode.
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Today's Italian words
uovo = egg
uova = eggs
un uovo = one egg
due uova = two eggs
L'uva = (the) grapes
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know the difference between eggs and grapes in Italian? |
| 0:04.3 | It should be simple, but it's very easy to mix them up. |
| 0:07.7 | Learn how to differentiate these words and avoid making an embarrassing mistake in episode 72 of 5-minute Italian. Ciao to all |
| 0:26.6 | and benvenuti at 5 minute Italian. |
| 0:29.2 | I'm Katie. |
| 0:29.9 | And in today's episode, |
| 0:33.0 | we're going to talk about two words which sounds similar in Italian, |
| 0:36.4 | eggs and grapes. |
| 0:38.5 | And it's a bit cruel because they're very easy to get mixed up, but as you can imagine, |
| 0:42.3 | it can sound quite silly. |
| 0:44.6 | So let's get started. |
| 0:45.7 | Cominciam. |
| 0:47.5 | Do you know how to say egg in Italian? |
| 0:50.3 | Ubo. |
| 0:52.2 | That's three syllables. Uwovo. That's three syllables. |
| 0:55.0 | Uwovo. |
| 0:56.0 | Uwo. |
| 0:58.0 | Uwo. |
| 1:00.0 | Uwo. |
| 1:01.0 | Now, in Italian, the plural of eggs is a bit crazy. |
| 1:05.0 | It doesn't follow the rules at all. |
| 1:07.0 | In the singular, |
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