91: 4 Ways to Use ESSERE in Italian (that might surprise you!)

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🗓️ 28 March 2023

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Summary

Think you know “essere” in Italian? Usually it means “to be” and is similar to English. But there’s a handful of phrases where it behaves differently!

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Today's Italian words:
Sono raffreddato= I have a cold (lit. I am cooled. masculine)
Sono raffreddata= I have a cold (lit. I am cooled. feminine)
Sono portato= I have a talent for it (masculine)
Sono portata= I have a talent for it (feminine)
Non sono portato= I don’t have a talent for it (masculine)
Non sono portata= I don’t have a talent for it (feminine)
Sono d'accordo= I agree (lit. I am of accord)
Sei tutti noi!= you can do it! (lit. you are all us)

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0:00.0	What does catching a cold have in common with agreeing or cheering someone on?
0:05.1	In Italian, it's the verb Esere.
0:08.5	Eser nearly always means to be, but there are a few funny little exceptions.
0:14.6	In this lesson, you'll learn four ways to use Esere, which doesn't always translate in English,
0:19.9	and how to use them in a natural way,
0:22.1	just like Italians do.
0:35.1	Ciao to all and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages. I'm Katie. And where's
0:43.0	Matteo? Anyway, in this episode, you'll learn four phrases that are surprisingly tricky to
0:50.7	translate from Italian. They all use the verb Esere, which normally means
0:56.1	to be. It's the one which
0:58.1	has the forms, Iosono,
1:00.8	Tu se,
1:02.8	Luilay,
1:03.9	eh, etc.
1:06.0	We'll get started with the dialogue
1:07.7	just as soon as Matteo gets here.
1:10.7	Ah, here he is.
1:13.6	Uh-chee. Excuse me. I'm raffreddato.
1:18.5	But this year we're going to come back-euvre.
1:22.3	Oh, it's true.
1:24.8	All right, we're at home?
1:27.6	Okay.
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