CBI 2.22 | Preparavo la cena quando Luca è arrivato
Coffee Break Italian
Coffee Break Languages
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We've now learned both the Perfect Tense and the Imperfect Tense in Italian, but when do you use which tense? In this episode of Coffee Break Italian we'll be talking about "thtooms" and "dum-de-dum-de-dums". This is Mark's method of explaining how you can combine the Perfect Tense and the Imperfect Tense in one sentence to talk about what was happening when something else happened. You'll also learn an alternative translation of the Imperfect which involves beaches at sunset!
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| 0:00.0 | Coffee Italian Season 2 Episode 22 |
| 0:10.0 | Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti a Coffee Break Italian, io sono Marc |
| 0:14.0 | Ciao a tutti, io sono Francesca e io sono Aila |
| 0:18.0 | Come state, ragazze, Aila, come stai? |
| 0:21.0 | Molto bene, grazie e tu? |
| 0:24.0 | Sì, sto bene ma sono un postanco oggi |
| 0:28.0 | Poverino, come mai sei stanco |
| 0:31.0 | Perché ieri avevo molto da fare, ero molt impegnato |
| 0:36.0 | Avevo molto da fare |
| 0:38.0 | Avevo molto da fare |
| 0:40.0 | Ai capito, Aila aveva molto da fare |
| 0:43.0 | Ma tu avevi anche molto da fare ieri, no? |
| 0:46.0 | Sì, sì |
| 0:47.0 | Avevamo tutti molto da fare, questo è un po' di scegliere |
| 0:52.0 | Però è un po' di practicing in perfetto che abbiamo appena |
| 0:57.0 | Avevo, avevi, aveva, avevamo, avevate, avevano |
| 1:01.0 | Good use of the avery in the imperative |
| 1:05.0 | Bravissimo, ma? |
| 1:06.0 | We've been looking at the imperfect and we'll take this a little bit further today |
| 1:09.0 | because we're going to be talking a little more about the imperfect |
| 1:12.0 | In fact, we were actually in fact Francesca can you tell us the story of what happened here? |
| 1:16.0 | because we've been talking about, well, how language learning has changed a little? |
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