77: How to practice speaking Italian: 3 smart ways
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🗓️ 7 January 2020
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Learn 3 smart ways to practice speaking Italian.
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Today's Italian words
Per imparare a parlare l’italiano = to learn to speak Italian
bisogna usarlo! = you need to use it!
Per = in order to
Imparare = learn
A = to
Parlare = speak
L’italiano = Italian
Bisogna = you need to, lit. it’s necessary to
Usarlo = use it
Ecco tre suggerimenti su come fare = here are three suggestions on how to do it
Ecco = here are
Tre = three
suggerimenti = suggestions
Su = on/about
Come = how
Fare = to do it (lit. to do)
Per fare pratica = To practice
Per = in order to
Fare = to do
Pratica = practice
Si può parlare da soli = You can speak to yourself.
Si può = you can (lit. “one” can)
Da soli = alone
Si possono cercare persone con cui parlare di persona = you can look for people to speak to in person
Oppure online = or online.
Si possono = one can, for when the thing is plural
Cercare = look for
Persone = people
Con = with
Cui = whom
Di persona = in person
Oppure = or
Online = which is of course, online.
Si può mangiare la pizza = you can eat pizza
Si possono mangiare gli spaghetti = you can eat spaghetti (gli spaghetti is plural).
Si può viaggiare = you can travel
Non si può = you can’t (lit. one can’t)
Possiamo parlare in italiano? = Can we speak in Italian?
Vorrei imparare! = I’d like to learn!
Possiamo = can we
In = in
Italiano = italian
Vorrei = I’d like
Imparare = to learn
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week we've got a special guest back with us Italian teacher Stefano. |
| 0:05.5 | Now he speaks loads of languages, so he's going to give us his tips on how to practice speaking Italian this year. |
| 0:12.4 | Find out more in episode 77uti a five minute Italian. I hope you started January feeling ready to speak some Italian this year. And if this is the case, we have the perfect episode for you. |
| 0:40.1 | So we're starting this year with something that's becoming a bit of a tradition by inviting |
| 0:44.5 | one of my favourite Italian teachers and people in general, Stefano, to come on and give us a bit of |
| 0:50.8 | advice about how to learn Italian, especially because as Stefano speaks a whopping 10, |
| 0:56.0 | and possibly more now, languages himself, |
| 0:59.0 | he has a lot of great advice to share. |
| 1:02.0 | Ciao, Stefano, benvenuto. |
| 1:04.0 | Ciao, Katie, |
| 1:06.0 | Ciao to all, happy New Year, Buon Anno. |
| 1:09.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:10.0 | It's really a joy to be your guest once again for the opening episode of the new year. |
| 1:17.1 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:18.0 | It's a pleasure to have you back on. |
| 1:19.2 | I'm looking forward to hearing your advice this year. |
| 1:23.5 | So this episode is focused on speaking, and Stefano is going to give us three tips on how to speak Italian in Italian. |
| 1:33.8 | So you can get some ideas and also learn some Italian along the way. |
| 1:38.0 | And as this episode is a special one, it will be a little longer than five minutes. |
| 1:43.5 | But I hope you'll find it useful all year long |
| 1:46.0 | to help you have conversations in Italian. |
| 1:49.0 | And at the end, we'll also be revealing the details about our immersion in Italy this spring. |
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