You have been looking forward to shopping in Italy for a long time! However, you found very quickly that shopping in Italy is not quite what you thought it would be. You have spent all morning looking at beautiful Italian clothing and accessories…items that would make the women back home horribly envious! But you have no idea how to ask how much something costs in Italian. Your only way to ask the Italian shop clerks how much something costs is to hold it up and look at them questioningly. The longer you shop, the more uncomfortable you feel trying to act-out the motions to ask how much something costs. To make matters worse, you can’t be sure but you are almost certain the Italian clerks are getting very upset with you for asking! There has to be an easier way to ask how much something costs in Italian!
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! There is an easy way and it’s right here in this Italian Beginner lesson! You will learn how to ask how much something costs in Italian, as well as how to say “this” and “that” in Italian. Finally, we will discuss some very important rules for shopping in Italy. Don’t forget to visit ItalianPod101 to leave us a comment and pick up other great Italian learning materials!

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During your travels abroad, did you ever discover some very cheap items compared to your home country?
Sorry to be pedantic but you only explain the singular form but give a masculine plural example- questi fiori
“negli USA” has no explanation whatsoever!!
Hi Peter? Sorry I don’t understand what is not clear to you?
Can I maybe help you with some more explanation?
Cinzia
Dear Peter,
“negli Usa” is translated in the dialog. We do not cover in detail “negli” as it would make the grammar too long and distract listeners from the lesson’s grammar focus.
Sometimes it is best to just insert a few simple words or gramar topics that are not explained in detail in order to let the student’s mind automatically understand the possible meaning.
Regarding “questi fiori”, good find. It must have slipped in while I was typing.
Sorry for the confusion, I have changed it.
Buona giornata
Marco
Category: Beginner Lessons |
Grammar: costare this that | Function: asking the price | Topic: shopping | Politeness Level: formal
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