CBI 1-16 | Shopping in Italian
Coffee Break Italian
Coffee Break Languages
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this latest episode of Coffee Break Italian we’re heading to the “negozio” – the shop – to learn how to go shopping in Italian. You’ll develop a range of new structures which will help you increase your confidence and mastery of Italian, and you’ll learn how to use Italian in a variety of situations where you need to buy things while in Italy.
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| 0:00.0 | Coffee Break Italian, Season 1, Episode 16. |
| 0:07.0 | Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti a Coffee Break Italian, eosona mark. |
| 0:11.0 | Ciao a tutti, sana francesca. Buongiorno, it's Katie. |
| 0:15.0 | We're delighted to be back with another episode of Coffee Break Italian and you'll be pleased to know that we've moved on from those numbers. |
| 0:22.0 | Yes, now that you all know how to count up to, what was it? A hundred thousand or something like that? |
| 0:27.0 | I think so. |
| 0:28.0 | Then we do not need to do any more numbers for the time being, no doubt we'll come across some numbers in context later on. |
| 0:35.0 | But today we are doing something a little different. |
| 0:38.0 | Perché oggi siamo nel negozio. |
| 0:41.0 | Que bello, fatemo shopping. |
| 0:43.0 | Fatemo shopping, that should give you a clue as to what il negozio is. |
| 0:47.0 | Il negozio, Katie. |
| 0:49.0 | It's the shop, a shop. |
| 0:50.0 | It's the shop, yeah. |
| 0:51.0 | So when you're on holiday or you're vacationing until then you might find that you've forgotten something or did you might just be enjoying the prospect of some souvenir shopping. |
| 1:01.0 | In that case, you'll need to know how to deal with that in Italian. |
| 1:04.0 | This will also give us an opportunity to look at some more patterns of the Italian language and help you express yourself better. |
| 1:11.0 | Allora, siamo pronti. |
| 1:13.0 | Si, prontissimi. |
| 1:14.0 | Come in, chamo. |
| 1:15.0 | So if you are going shopping in Italy, there's chances are you might be entering a larger store, in which case you can just wander in and have a look around and decide what you want to buy. |
| 1:30.0 | But of course, if you're entering a smaller store, then the chances are that you might be asked, can I help you? |
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