92: Subject Pronouns in Italian: How to Use ‘em Like a Native!
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🗓️ 11 April 2023
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Summary
Curious to know when you use Italian subject pronouns, like io and tu? Most of the time, you don’t! But read on to find out how to use them like an Italian.
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Today's Italian words:
Hai ragione = you're right.
Io cucino, tu pulisci = I'll cook, you clean.
Pulisco ogni giorno = I clean every day.
Tu non pulisci ogni giorno, io pulisco ogni giorno = you don’t clean every day, I clean every day.
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| 0:00.0 | Io, tu, lay. These little words are called subject pronouns in Italian. In English, we use them all the time. I go, you want, she speaks, but Italians often don't. In fact, it can be really confusing knowing when to use i and tu and when not to. After today's |
| 0:25.2 | episode, you'll know when to use or leave out these little words with confidence. Hi, all to all and welcomeutie. |
| 0:44.2 | Hi everyone and welcome to Learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
| 0:48.4 | Today, we're talking about when to use subject pronouns. |
| 0:52.3 | Hold on a second, Katie. |
| 0:54.0 | For the non-grammer nerds, could you explain what a subject pronoun is? |
| 0:59.0 | Yes. |
| 1:00.0 | So a subject pronoun is a word like I and you, which in Italian are |
| 1:08.0 | I and two |
| 1:11.6 | or he and she |
| 1:14.6 | which would be |
| 1:16.6 | Louis and lay |
| 1:18.6 | they're the words we used to talk about |
| 1:21.6 | who is doing something |
| 1:23.6 | Okay, got it |
| 1:25.6 | Let's listen to a typical situation in our house |
| 1:29.3 | that shows some examples of when we do and don't use these subject pronouns, |
| 1:34.5 | like I, you, and lay. |
| 1:40.0 | This house is a disaster. |
| 1:44.8 | Not is vero. |
| 1:46.4 | Pulisco every day. |
| 1:49.6 | You not pullish every day. |
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